SUNSET SALON 2
Karin Schaupp, Guitar & Tim Munro, Flute
Date & Time
Sunday, 30 August
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Venue
Aqua Vista Penthouse
64 Sixth Ave, Maroochydore
Kabi Kabi Country
sunset salon 2
In a world that hums with distraction, music offers a rare invitation to pause, to look inwards.
Acclaimed by the German Press as “So perfect, so complete, that it seems like a miracle”, Karin Schaupp brings her sublime Artistry to ‘Sunset Salon’ No. 2 at Dusk on Sunday 30 August 2026 at The Penthouse, Cotton Tree.
Karin, whilst still a teenager, won prestigious international prizes in Italy and Spain. Today, Karin tours regularly throughout Australia, Europe, Asia and North America, performing as a recitalist, soloist and Festival guest. This year Karin is Guest Artist with the Southern Cross Soloists.
Karin joins the remarkable Tim Munro, Flute, to paint a sublime picture of serenity for our Audience. Karin has performed for SCCMF at two previous Festivals.
Tim is a triple Grammy-award-winning Artist with truly impressive International plaudits. Tim’s playing has been called “captivating”, “bravura” and “charismatic” by the New York Times. He is Associate Professor of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium in Brisbane and Principal Artist with the Southern Cross Soloists.
The program opens with electrifying dance tunes by Marin Maria’s and Isaac Albeniz. The program then takes us on a journey to night through beloved songs by Schubert and Faure. As the sun prepares to set outside, calming music tucks the audience into bed, finding peace amid the hubbub.
Karin and Tim appear in our ‘Sunset Salon’ Series for 2026, in Association with The Southern Cross Soloists, continuing a wonderful partnership with ‘SXS’.
Karin Schaupp (Guitar)
Karin Schaupp is one of the most outstanding guitarists on the international scene. She performs widely on the international stage as a recitalist, concerto soloist and festival guest, and has given countless recitals in Australia, Europe, Asia, the US, Mexico and Canada. Karin’s playing receives the highest acclaim from critics and audiences alike and she is held in great esteem by her peers worldwide. Her unique stage presence and magical, passionate playing have inspired several composers to write works especially for her.
Karin’s guitar training began at the age of five and she first performed in public the following year. While still in her teens she won prizes at international competitions in Lagonegro, Italy and Madrid, Spain, where she was also awarded the special competition prize for the Best Interpretation of Spanish Music.
Taught almost exclusively by her guitarist mother, Isolde Schaupp, Karin completed her tertiary music studies at The University of Queensland with First Class Honours, a Masters degree and was the recipient of a University Gold Medal. In 2003 she was awarded the Music Council of Australia Freedman Fellowship in recognition of her achievements, and in 2013 was awarded the prestigious Music Fellowship (2014-2015) from the Australia Council for the Arts.
Karin has recorded an extensive discography for Warner Music International and ABC Classics. Her acclaimed solo debut Soliloquy (1997) for Warner Music was praised by UK Classical Guitar Magazine as "a pace-setting performance in all respects…". This was soon followed by the ARIA nominated bestseller Leyenda (Warner 1998), and then Evocation (Warner 2000), Dreams (ABC Classics 2004), Lotte’s Gift (ABC Classics 2007), and Cradle Songs (ABC Classics 2010).
Her chamber music collaborations have also led to a number of recordings including three albums with the ARIA award winning ensemble Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet, a duo album with Genevieve Lacey (recorders), the ARIA nominated Fandango (ABC Classics 2011) with Flinders Quartet, the double ARIA nominated Songs of the Southern Skies (KIN 2012) with Australian songstress Katie Noonan, and Karin and Katie's latest release, Songs of the Latin Skies (KIN 2017), which was awarded the 2017 ARIA for Best World Music Album. In March 2018, ABC Classics released Wayfaring, with cellist Umberto Clerici and more recently, Karin joined Florecilla Records, an online label for whom she continues to commission and record world premieres of new Australian works.
Karin’s orchestral recordings include the award-winning world premiere recordings of Phillip Bracanin’s Guitar Concerto (1995 with The Queensland Symphony Orchestra), which was written for her, and Ross Edwards’ Concerto for Guitar and Strings (2004 with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra). Karin has also recorded Peter Sculthorpe’s Nourlangie (2005) for guitar and orchestra with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and Spain (2009 ABC Classics) featuring works by Rodrigo, Bacarisse and Castelnuovo-Tedesco with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and the choir Cantillation. Gramophone Magazine (UK) praised Spain, saying “By combining the lapidary precision of Williams with the expressiveness of Bream, Schaupp here brings us an Aranjuez fit to stand alongside the best of them…”. In 2014, ABC Classics released Karin’s Mosaic: Australian Guitar Concertos album.
Karin has appeared live on television in many parts of the world: most notably performing solo to twenty million viewers and listeners in China, on the occasion of China Radio International’s 50th Anniversary celebrations and solo as part of a prestigious line-up of international artists in the opening Gala of the Goodwill Games, which was broadcast live on international television. She has also appeared on German, American and Canadian television and some of her Australian television appearances have resulted in an overwhelming response from viewers with record numbers of viewers calling in. Karin also plays regularly on radio, including numerous broadcasts of live recitals, as well as countless interviews and guest appearances.
Following training at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), The Australian Acting Academy, and most extensively, private tuition with Martin Challis, Karin has extended her performance activities to the theatrical stage. Combining her love of music and passion for acting, Karin starred in some 150 performances of Lotte’s Gift, a play written especially for Karin by David Williamson, Australia’s best-known and most prolific playwright. The work enjoyed its international premiere with a four-week season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2009.
Other performance highlights include concertos with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (UK) in London’s Royal Festival Hall, the Springfield Symphony Orchestra (USA), the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and performances at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony, World Expo (Aichi, Japan), Hong Kong Arts Festival, and APEC Summit in Sydney, Australia, and her 2013 International Concert Season tour with Pavel Steidl for Musica Viva Australia. In 2023, Karin again toured nationally for Musica Viva Australia, performing with Flinders Quartet and premiering Carl Vine’s guitar quintet, Endless.
Karin is Head of Classical Guitar at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University.
Tim Munro (Flute)
Tim Munro is a Brisbane-based, triple-Grammy-winning musician. As flautist, writer, broadcaster, and teacher, he treats audiences as equals, welcoming them into musical worlds with passion, intelligence and humor. He is Associate Professor of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium in Brisbane, Australia.
Tim was flautist and co-Artistic Director of Eighth Blackbird from 2006-2015. He toured the US and internationally, premiering more than 100 works, co-curating festivals, playing as a concerto soloist, and winning three Grammy Awards. Eighth Blackbird sought engaging musical experiences that drew audiences close.
He was the St Louis Symphony Orchestra’s Creative Partner and flautist with the University of Chicago’s Grossman Ensemble. He has performed with Ensemble Signal, Imani Winds, Wu Man, Ensemble Q, Ensemble Liaison, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Third Coast Percussion.
Tim is committed to large-scale, immersive projects that put listeners at the center of the musical experience. He co-directed Crowd Out Chicago, which drew a choir of 1000 untrained singers from 43 of Chicago’s 50 wards. Tim’s playing has been called “captivating,” “bravura” and “charismatic” (The New York Times).
Tim lives in Brisbane with his wife Julie, an innovative theatre artist, and their son Ellis.