Three virtuosi will be playing together at the festival and nowhere else; they will play music by Brahms, Prokofiev, Scarlatti, Dvorak, Mozart, Beethoven, both Bachs and others, as well as examples of some of their own compositions.

Richard Tognetti, a violinist and composer, is one of Australia’s best-known musicians both as a brilliant performer and as the lead violinist and artistic director of the renowned Australian Chamber Orchestra.

His repertoire is extraordinarily broad ranging from Bach, Mozart and Beethoven to Dvorak, Saint-Saens and Sculthorpe; he plays period violins (his current violin is a 1743 instrument made at Cremona, Italy by Giuseppi Guarneri de Jesu) as well as contemporary and even electric violins. He is an intelligent, engaging and warm performer with a rare combination of deep respect for the classical music canon and a playful irreverence that avoids any possibility of pomposity.

Giovanni Sollima is an Italian cellist and composer, born in Sicily to a family of musicians.

His repertoire ranges from Baroque composers to rock, jazz and contemporary music. He has composed for theatre, dance and film scores and has played with leading musicians and conductors around the world.

Yo-Yo Ma, the legendary cellist, said of Sollima that, “He has no fear, and that’s unusual in the classical world – we’re all terrified of wrong notes.”

He plays a cello made by Francesco Ruggieri in Cremona in 1679 as well as more contemporary electric and radical instruments that he designs and has had built.

The third of this illustrious trio, Dejan Lazic, is a Croatian pianist and composer.

He was born in Zagreb, Croatia, grew up in Salzburg, Austria, and now lives in Amsterdam.

He has established himself as a soloist and as a chamber musician and has played music by noted composers for piano like Scarlatti, Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Liszt and Rachmaninov among others.

Some Four Winds Festival-goers may have heard him play Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto when he toured with the ACO in 2009. He brings a fresh and inventive approach to his playing so that even deeply familiar music can be heard as though for the first time.

Tickets can be bought either on-line at www.fourwinds.com.au or in person from the Four Winds office at the Bermagui Community Centre, Bunga Street, Monday to Thursday between 10am and 4pm or by phoning 6493 3414 during business hours.

Early-bird tickets (savings of between $20 and $30) are available before Friday, 31 January.