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10.00AM
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Eos Trio
Paul Evernden clarinet
Angela Najaryan violin
Jelena Makarova piano
Khachaturian Trio for clarinet, violin, and piano
CPE Bach Sonata No. 1 for two violins and piano
Stravinsky Suite from the Soldier's Tale
Formed in the summer of 2017, Eos Trio is made up of three Royal Academy of Music Alumni with a passion for music spanning several centuries. Combining iconic works written in the mid-twentieth century with transcriptions of 18th century music and earlier, Eos Trio explores the rarely heard literature for Violin, Clarinet and Piano whilst at the same time adding to the repertoire. After a series of successful recitals throughout the summer, Eos Trio is quickly gaining an impressive reputation, with future concerts planned throughout the UK, Europe and the USA.
After studies at the Royal College and Royal Academy of Music, as well as at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP), Paul Evernden (b. 1983) was awarded his PhD from King's College London in 2013. Paul’s music has been heard at the Theocharakis Foundation and Megaron Concert Hall, Athens; Platypus V Marathon Festival, Vienna; 2011 and 2013 Tête à Tête Opera Festivals at the Riverside Studios, London; 2013 impuls Festival, Graz; 2010 Baketes Festival, Valencia; the Roundhouse, London, in a concert series curated by Rolf Hind; 2006 and 2008 Perpignan Contemporary Music Festival, France, and the 2008 Spitalfields Music Festival, London. Recordings include for the Lorelt and Big Shed Music labels as well as on the Greek label, ekfrassis productions; in August 2015, Ekphrasis No.1 was released via digital download on Demerara Records. Paul has lectured at the Odeon (the Athens Conservatoire) on ‘Music, Drama, Song: Monodrama and Music Theatre in Britain post-war to the present day’, and his article, “‘Place’ in Claudia Molitor’s Vast White Stillness”, was published by Noise & Silence, an alternative online magazine, in Summer 2016.
After initial studies in Violin at the Komitas State Conservatory, Yerevan, Armenia where she received the Red Diploma (Highest Honours), Angela Najaryan was awarded a full scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London where she has performed with conductors including Sir Colin Davis, Yan Pascal Tortelier and Ignat Solzhenitsyn, as well as being a regular member of the Academy Soloists, a string ensemble led by Clio Gould. In 2001, Angela won First Prize in the inaugural Strings Contest for the wider Middle East organised by the Lebanese Ministry of Culture, performing in a Gala concert at the American University in Beirut. Before coming to the U.K, Angela spent a year as First Violin in the Spendaryan State Opera and Ballet orchestra in Yerevan, as well as teaching for a year in the Tchaikovsky specialist music school. Angela has been invited to participate in masterclasses across Europe, most notably the Ensemble-Akademie Freiburg, and in Salzburg with Thomas Rieble. Described as a “virtuoso violinist” by the Daily Telegraph, Angela has performed regularly in solo, choral and orchestral concerts at venues including the Royal Festival Hall, the Barbican, Southwark Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral, Shoreditch Town Hall and St. Paul’s, Covent Garden.
After graduating from the Royal Academy of Music , where she studied piano with Colin Stone and chamber music with Michael Dussek and Nicola Eimer, Jelena Makarova developed a successful international career as a concert pianist and chamber musician. She has been performing in the USA, UK, Russia, Lithuania and Sweden at such venues as Carnegie Hall, the world renowned concert venue of St. George’s Hall in Bristol, Purcell Room, St. James’s Piccadilly, St. Martin-in-the-Fields for ‘Pianists of the World’ series, The Forge, Municipal Hall in Russia, British Embassy in Lithuania, Lithuanian Embassy in London, and also for the Liszt International Piano Festival, Beethoven Piano Society of Europe and other music societies and clubs. Jelena also performed here at St John’s Smith Square with the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain for the orchestra’s 40th Anniversary Concert, which included a world premiere of a work by Kenneth Hesketh. She has had master classes with Pierre Laurent-Aimard, Paul Lewis, Gyorgy Kurtag and Roger Vignoles amongst others. Jelena is a pianist for the Eos Trio, Ensemble Mintaka, Trio Sonorité and Vocal/Piano Duo with Soprano Jessica Summers.
10.45AM
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Katherine Clarke viola
Garth Knox Viola Space No. 7 'In Between'
Paul Patterson Tides of Mananan Op. 64
Katherine is a talented viola player, with a particular interest in contemporary repertoire and a versatility that allows her to explore many different aspects of music, from playing in chamber groups to performing solo recitals. Having completed her undergraduate studies at the Royal College of Music, she went on to achieve her Masters in Performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, with scholarships from the Goldsmiths’ Company and the Guildhall School Trust. She enjoys working with composers to write new works for the viola, showcasing the depth and range of this underrated instrument.
Katherine is a keen chamber musician and has performed with various ensembles at LSO St. Luke’s, the National Gallery and the British Museum, and has recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Last year she took part in the Edinburgh Quartet Apprentice Competition and in 2015 she reached the finals of the British Harp Chamber Music Competition with the Orion Trio. Combining her love of chamber and contemporary music, Katherine is a member of Echoshed, an experimental music collective, and has premiered many works for a variety of chamber ensembles. She was recently chosen to take part in the London Sinfonietta Academy in July, where she rehearsed and performed alongside players of the London Sinfonietta, the world’s leading contemporary music ensemble.
As a dedicated orchestral player Katherine has performed in a number of top London venues, such as the Royal Festival Hall, the Barbican and Milton Court Concert Hall, and she has worked with many conductors including Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Neville Marriner and Sir Simon Rattle. During her final year at the Royal College of Music Katherine took part in the ENO Evolve scheme, which gave her the chance to shadow her mentor, participate in rehearsals and take part in an orchestral masterclass given by five members of the ENO. This year she was selected by audition to take part in the Chipping Campden Festival Academy Orchestra, the UK’s leading side-by-side scheme, which took place in May. She also mentored the Festival's Youth Orchestra in August, culminating in a concert with soloist Nicola Benedetti.
11.30AM
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Beibei Wang percussion
Bach Cello Suite No. 1 Prelude
John Psathas 'Etude' from One Study One Summary
Beibei Wang One
Beibei Wang is an acclaimed virtuoso percussionist with both Chinese and British musical education background. Beibei has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the classical music world and has performed worldwide, receiving international praise for her performances. She received double Master Degrees from the Central Conservatory of Music (China) and the Royal Academy of Music (UK).
Since 2008, at the invitation of Grammy and Oscar winner, world renowned composer and conductor Tan Dun, Beibei was featured as a soloist in his Organic Music Trilogy (Water Concerto, Paper Concerto and Earth Concerto), premiered the Earth Concerto at 2009 Grafenegg Music Festival in Austria with conductor Kristjan Järvi and Tonkünstler-Orchester.
In 2009, Beibei was invited by the Barbican Centre to feature as a marimba soloist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Her marimba concerto Sacred Fire by Tang Jianping premiered in the Beyond the Wall Music Festival at the Barbican Centre. In the same year, she won first prize in the seventh Hong Kong International Drum competition, and was invited as a soloist to perform with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.
In 2011, Beibei performed at the Edinburgh International Festival,presented by International Classical Artists as a soloist performing Tan Dun’s Water Concerto with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal (Canada), under the direction of Maestro Kent Nagano.
Since 2011, Beibei has embarked upon a number of hugely successful international tours. She has collaborated with numerous leading Orchestras worldwide, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra (UK) the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (Germany) and the Orchestra dell’ Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Italy) to name a few.
Beibei has also collaborated with many leading conductors, including: Kent Nagano, Tan Dun, Kristjan Järvi, Muhai Tang, Gerd Albrecht, Igor Valjnic, Chew Hee Chiat and Lu Jia. She has performed at many international music festivals including the Edinburgh International Festival, the Lucerne Festival, the Bach Academy Musikfest Stuttgart, the Grafenegg Music Festival and the Michelangelo International Festival, Young Euro Classic Festival.
Her debut recital live DVD was released in 2011. She was subsequently invited by the China Symphony Development Foundation to feature as a soloist with the Asia-Pacific United Symphony Orchestra (USA) performing at the UN Headquarters General Assembly Hall. In 2013, Beibei was invited by Melody for Dialogue among Civilizations Association to perform the Water Concerto on World Water Day, featuring as a soloist with Maestro Tan Dun and the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra at UNESCO, Paris. The live concert DVD was released by Melody for Dialogue among Civilization Association, and features Beibei in Hangzhou, China and NESCO, Paris with the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra and the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, both under the direction of Tan Dun. Recently, as a soloist representing China, she gave a performance with the Prague Symphony Orchestra and musicians from 35 countries at UNESCO headquarters, celebrating the 70th anniversary of UNESCO in Paris.
Beibei was funded by Oriental Express Project of Chinese Ministry of Culture for her debut in Switzerland with Zürcher Kammerorchester in 2008. In 2013, she was listed in the top 50 Chinese musicians in the “Sound of East” project by the Chinese Ministry of Culture. By the end of 2014, she was sponsored by the Arts Council, England as Exceptional Talent living in the UK. Following the successful recital at SOAS ,University of London, she started giving Chinese traditional percussion workshops at SOAS. Most recently, she was featured as the cover of China Music Life magazine and iD China Magzinge in 2017.
By exploring new possibilities and challenging assumptions from all fields, she and her collaborators have developed genre-defying projects, pushing boundaries and delighting audiences the world over.
12.00PM
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Karl Prybyloski piano
Karl Prybyloski Buenos Aires
Karl Prybyloski Energy
Karl Prybyloski Inner Oceans
Karl Prybyloski is an accomplished piano improviser with a classical background, whose main fascination is in exploring water movements in his music and subsequently in creating maritime sounsdcapes on piano.
His current repertoire contains improvisations and compositions from his last piano solo album Inner Oceans, entirely inspired by ocean and waves, where he explores water movement patterns and shades, adding to it all the spectrum of emotions it provokes.
His fascination with the ocean in conjunction with jazz tuition led him to seek his own musical style in which he could express all his water related obsessions and life experiences.
Karl currently undertakes jazz studies in London. Previously he studied classical piano in Poland and Portugal, however he decided not to pursue his classical studies at a conservatory. With time, his ability to improvise led him to embrace the freedom and creativity inherent in improvisation.
Karl has given piano recitals in Barcelona, Lisbon, Buenos Aires and London, where his unique style and water related improvisations, offering a fresh alternative to the classical repertoire, were warmly welcomed by the public.
12.30PM 
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Martin Evans piano
Martin Evans Nocturne • Dreaming • The Question • Unaccompanied • Entwined • Flurries • Inner Voices • Conversation (world premiere)
Martin Evans studied at The Royal College of Music under John Barstow, Edwin Roxburgh and Hubert Dawkes, after which he propelled himself into the world of a session musician as pianist, keyboard player and arranger for several European pop/rock bands and solo musicians. After several years spent touring and performing throughout Europe, Canada and the USA, he took a lengthy sabbatical, later returning to focus on the craft of his own musical compositions, including performing those written for solo piano.
The fusion of classical and pop styles of piano writing is evident in many of his solo piano compositions, resulting in a modern, romantic and emotive sound. A recording of some of these, a collection of piano tone poems, is being planned for 2018.
1.00PM
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Iken Scholars
Matthew Dunn conductor
Lobo Audivi vocem de cælo
A Scarlatti Missa Clementina
Lotti Crucifixus a 8
Established in 2014, the Iken Scholars are a London-based chamber choir dedicated to exploring hidden corners of the Renaissance repertoire. Recent performances have included masses and motets unheard in 400 years, as well as large-scale masterpieces from the central canon. Primarily focused on presenting unusual and liturgically-focused programmes in the capital, the choir is increasingly in demand in London’s cathedrals and further afield. The group is made up of young professionals and directed by Matthew Dunn.
1.45PM
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Marrianne Town Smith soprano
Alessandro Viale piano
Wagner ‘Schmerzen’ No. 4 from Wesendonck Lieder
Wagner ‘Träume’ No. 5 from Wesendonck Lieder
Wagner ‘Liebestod’ from Tristan und Isolde
Marrianne Town Smith started to sing in 2007 as a hobby and distraction from a fast-paced Marketing Management role. She sang solo in 2008 at a masterclass and…loved it. She hasn’t looked back. Since then she has been on an adventure into opera and classical music doing as much to learn and grow with a full time job as was possible. In 2015 she successfully auditioned for a position at Trinity Conservatoire and was accepted onto the Independent Study Programme Advanced. Marrianne passed her LTCL exam with distinction and was accepted to stay on with scholarship, to take the Postgraduate Advanced Diploma which she has just completed with distinction. She has loved taking part in Blackheath Halls Community Opera projects Macbeth, Count Ory (Soprano chorus principal) Brundibar and also appeared in Noye’s Fludde in April 2016 as a Gossip. She has taken part in many staged opera scenes in roles such as Ariadne in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos; the Mother and the Witch in Hänsel und Gretel, as well as Madeleine Lidoine and Mere Marie in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmèlites and Lady Billows in Britten’s Albert Herring. Recent master class highlights include working with Susan Bullock in March 2017, travelling to Antwerp in September 2016 to take part in the W.Stephen Smith masterclass (author of The Naked Voice) and in October 2016 with David Gowland Artistic Director of the Royal Opera House Jette Parker Young Artist Programme. mtownsmith.wix.com/marrianne
Alessandro Viale is an extremely versatile musician. He holds Master's Degrees in Piano, Harpsichord, Composition and Conducting (and a Bachelor’s degree in Physics!). In 2016 he became a Junior Fellow in Piano Accompaniment at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire and also a Professional Accompanist at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
Born in Rome (Italy), he has recently moved to the UK where he has a busy career as solo pianist, chamber musician, continuo player and accompanist. He has played in numerous festivals and major venues in Italy including Villa d’Este and Filarmonica Romana. He often works with renowned ensembles such as Imago Sonora and co-founded the Ardorè Duo. He has premiered more than thirty pieces written by composers from many countries. A successful composer, his Songs of simple desires for voice and cello have been recently premiered in Estonia. He is the author of the soundtrack to the film Cam Girl directed by Mirca Viola. In 2015 he recorded Steps Volume 5: Sixteen Scenes before a Crucifixion, composed by Peter Seabourne, for the label Sheva Collection which has been widely and positively reviewed in such journals as Piano News and Musical Opinion. He will record three further discs in 2017.
2.00PM
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Yuki Negishi piano
Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 3 in B
Chopin Ballade Op. 47 No. 3 in Ab
Liszt Funerailles from Harmonies poetiques et religeuses III
Nikolai Kapustin Prelude Op. 53 No. 5
Nikolai Kapustin Concert Etude Op. 40 No. 1
Bluthner artist Yuki Negishi is steadily establishing herself as an pianist of rare poetry, passion and virtuosity with a vast repertoire and a charismatic stage personality. Yuki has already performed in over 350 concerts in the UK where she has resided since 2001, and she regularly performs about 30 concerts a year internationally. This season, she has performed in Beijing (also giving masterclasses as part of Piano Week 'www.pianoweek.com'), Tokyo, at the Dumfries & Galloway International Arts Festival presented by Absolute Classics and numerous other venues in the UK. Her past engagements with orchestra have included the Brahms 2nd, Rachmaninoff's 2nd, Poulenc, Beethoven’s "Emperor”, Ravel G major, Chopin 1st and Mozart Piano Concertos with the Scarborough Symphony Orchestra/Shaun Matthew, New London Sinfonia/David Gibson, North London Sinfonia/Owen Leech, Worthing Symphony Orchestra/John Gibbons, and the Ealing Symphony Orchestra/John Gibbons. She has given recitals across the UK (Southbank Centre, Royal Opera House Linbury Studio, Leeds International Concert Series, D&G International Musicians' Platform, St George's Bristol, Southampton Guildhall, St James's Piccadilly, Blackheath Halls, Steinway Hall, the Bluthner Lansdowne Club series, etc.) the Netherlands (Concertgebouw), France, Germany, Italy (Festival di Londra), Romania, Japan and the USA. Future engagements include recitals, masterclasses and concerto performances across the UK and Asia. Her performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Channel 4, Dutch, Polish, Romanian and French television and radio.
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Yuki Negishi started playing the piano at the age of 5 in New York City. At the age of 10, she was accepted to The Juilliard School Pre-College Division as an honorary scholarship student. Yuki has since worked with such eminent figures as the late Takahiro Sonoda, Christian Zacharias, the late Irina Zaritskaya, Dominique Merlet, Dr Peter Katin and Murray Perahia at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, Amsterdam Conservatory and the Royal College of Music where she obtained her Masters in Music degree with distinction and Artist Diploma. At the age of 16, she was the youngest prize-winner at the Takahiro Sonoda Piano Competition and she was awarded the 2nd prize at the 2000 International Jeunesses Musicales Competition in Bucharest. Since coming to the UK in 2001, she has additionally won no less than 10 coveted prizes at the RCM and elsewhere.
Yuki is also a keen chamber musician, and has collaborated with members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic, the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and regularly performs with the award-winning London Myriad Ensemble. Yuki has released a solo CD, and also a DVD from Sound Techniques in conversation with BBC presenter Andrew Green. She also served as one of the jury members for the 2010, 2013, and 2015 Sussex International Piano Competition consecutively since its inauguration, alongside such distinguished pianists as Artur Pizarro (Leeds 1st prize 1990), Vanessa Latarche (RCM Head of Keyboard), Ian Fountain (RAM Professor), Julian Jacobson (RCM Professor), Idil Biret, and George-Emmanuel Lazaridis. She was invited as a guest jury of the Open Piano Competition (London, October 2012). Yuki is a regular faculty member of Piano Week (www.pianoweek.com) since 2015 where she gives masterclasses and recitals.
3.00PM
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Harriet Stubbs piano
Leo Nicholson piano
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in
D minor Op. 30 (first movement)
Harriet Stubbs began piano studies at the age of three, performing publicly a year later. At the age of five she was awarded a full scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama given by the Elsie and Leonard Cross Memorial Foundation. She studied with James Gibb, Guildhall’s Emeritus Professor and Ronan O'Hora, Head of Keyboard and Advanced Performance Studies. At the age of seven she had passed all eight piano exams with distinction. Invited to play at the International Piano Festival, Blackheath in 1998 (aged eight), Harriet's "exceptional musicianship, poise and supreme confidence" were critically acclaimed. A year later her performances of Mozart’s Piano Concerto in A K414 at the age of nine, and then Bach's Piano Concerto in D minor with the Primavera Chamber Ensemble at the Rye Festival Winter Series at the age of 10, received further recognition, leading to an hour long interview on the BBC World Service, BBC Radio in York and Southern Counties. She was also voted one of the top three pianists in Britain by Julian Lloyd Webber on ITV's 'Britain's Brilliant Prodigies'. Harriet then branched out into film work, employed by Warner Brothers in the third Harry Potter film, 'The Prisoner of Azkaban'. Harriet during her teens debuted solo recitals at almost every major concert venue in the UK across the entire length of the country whilst taking her GCSE’s and A levels at Christ’s Hospital School. For her undergraduate degree Harriet studied with Douglas Finch at Trinity College of Music whilst maintaining a full professional career. Harriet worked on BBC Maestro with Katie Derham, Radio 1 DJ Goldie and Blur bassist Alex James as well as the London Mayor’s initiative, Rhythm of London. Harriet worked with Angela Hewitt in Perugia, Italy focusing on Bach and Mozart before performing a Mozart concerto as soloist with Angela Hewitt accompanying. Later that summer she performed at Serenata Classical Music Stars, before playing for the Ambassador of the United States in London at his home for a private function. Harriet gives regular solo performances at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St. John's Smith Square, St. John's Waterloo, Cheltenham Recital Series, Blackheath Concert Halls, The Reform Club, The Traveller's Club, St. James's Piccadilly and Castle Howard. In her final year as an undergraduate she won the piano category of the Trinity Soloists Piano Competition, and was one of the final three soloists overall, playing Prokofiev’s 3rd piano concerto. Harriet moved to New York City at the age of 22 to pursue her Master's degree at Manhattan School of Music and to build a career in North America and Canada. Harriet became pianist at the Oracle Club, premiered the chamber reduction of Mahler's first Symphony with the Metro Chamber Orchestra as well as performing at Steinway Hall. Harriet has also been performing in Cyprus most at Bellapias Monastry for the Turkish Cypriot President and Prime Minister broadcast on national television and in Berlin. Harriet now divides her time equally between New York and London. In the UK Harriet has been playing at Middle Temple Hall for the Duke of Gloucester, Lauderdale House, The Georgian Theatre Royal, King’s College Chapel, The Strand and Royal Festival Hall. In New York Harriet Harriet is part of the new artists movement The HoneyB Corp and their sister project Omniclusters. Harriet has just finished recording her first commercial album produced by Russ Titelman and featuring Marianne Faithful based on the concept of the doors of perception having recently just released her Christmas Fantasia arranged by Rob Mousey and spoken at The United Nations about the future of Classical Music and performed at Carnegie Hall. Harriet has just been put on the board of the Grammy’s and has upcoming performances in Barcelona, Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland, China and The Cutting Room.
3.30PM
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Andrew Garrido piano
Brahms Intermezzo in Eb Op. 117 No. 1
Fauré Nocturne in Db Op. 63
Born in Carshalton, South London, in 1998, Andrew began learning the piano at the age of 11; he drew a keyboard onto paper and learnt from YouTube for four months before his first piano lesson. Fewer than five years later, he achieved his ABRSM Grade 8 with Distinction. He began study with Danielle Salamon upon his entrance to the Purcell School in September 2015, where he was awarded the Senior Piano Prize and Senior Academic Music Prize in 2017. After, Andrew obtained a Licentiate of Trinity College London (LTCL), a QCF Level 6 Qualification, in August 2017. He has organised and performed three full-length solo recitals before now to fund his musical tuition and the purchase of the piano that he now owns, as he had not had one at home until August 2015.
Andrew has also enjoyed playing at a variety of other musical performances, charity events, and festivals, and has seen success at the Sutton Music Festival and the North London Music Festival. He has been fortunate enough to perform in such venues as the Fazioli Concert Hall in Italy, the Ledger Recital Room at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Milton Court in Barbican, St James' Church in Paddington, the Secombe Theatre in Sutton, and Fairfield Halls in Croydon, as well as record at Abbey Road Studios.
Andrew has benefitted from masterclasses with Nataša Lipovšek, Jonathan Plowright, Aaron Shorr, Fali Pavri, Robert Markham, Iain Burnside, Justas Dvarionas, and Dmitri Alexeev. His interests are primarily in improvisation, following courses with David Gordon and John Sweeney, as well as harmony, counterpoint, and music in society. Andrew’s chromesthesia, otherwise known as sound-colour synesthesia, allows him to perceive colours as he listens to or plays music, thus guiding his interpretations.
Andrew has been studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Charles Owen since September 2017, turning down the opportunity to read music at Oxford University.
3.45PM
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Emmanuel Sowicz classical guitar
D Scarlatti trans. Sowicz Sonata in D K333
Bach trans. Sowicz Fuga from Sonata in G minor BWV1001
Castelnuovo-Tedesco Sonata ‘Omaggio a Boccherini’ Op. 77
At the beginning of what is promising to be an exciting career, Emmanuel Sowicz is a prize-winning guitarist who combines his love for traditional repertoire with a keen interest in collaborating with young composers. Winner of the Liliana Pérez Corey National Competition (Chile, 2013) and the SMBA International Competition (Argentina, 2014), he is also a keen chamber musician which has led him to develop several musical partnerships both in Chile and the UK.
Born to British and Chilean parents, Emmanuel completed his BA at the University of Chile in 2014 before moving to London. He completed his MA at the Royal Academy of Music with a DipRAM award for ‘an outstanding final recital’ and the Regency Award for ‘notable achievement’ during his studies.
Recent engagements include performances at Spitalfields Music Festival and Kings Place as part of last year’s International Guitar Festival, as well as an hour-long profile on Radio Beethoven - Chile’s top classical station. In October, Emmanuel will be performing at Canterbury Festival.
Emmanuel’s studies at the Royal Academy of Music have been kindly supported by the Benjamin Dale Award and the Alec Templeton Scholarship, as well as an Academic Excellence Scholarship awarded by the SCD Society in Chile. He is grateful for the Academy’s kind support in allowing him to play on a 2016 Greg Smallman & Sons guitar.
4.15PM
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Sheila Conway piano
Alison Conway piano
Bach Invention in A minor BWV784
Merikanto Valse lente Op. 33
Mike Cornick Modulations
Bach Partita No. 2 in C minor BWV826
Mozart Sonata No. 8 in A minor K310 (first movement)
Brahms Intermezzo Op. 117 No. 2
Grieg Nocturne Op. 54 No. 4
Gershwin Prelude No. 2 'Andante con moto e poco rubato'
Sheila Conway describes herself as an amateur enthusiast. She played the piano as a child and has taken it up again as a retirement hobby.
Alison Conway played the piano quite as a child, attending Chetham’s School of Music and then reading Music at Cambridge. Since then she continues to enjoy playing as a hobby, and has performed a number of solo and chamber music concerts over the years.
4.45PM
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Musicke in the Ayre
Melissa Scott mezzo soprano
Esha Neogy bass viol
Din Ghani lute
Campion Never weather-beaten sail
Dowland Adew for Master Oliver Cromwell
Caccini Amarilla mia bella
Purcell Now that the sun
Melissa Scott spent several years in Handel Opera in the ‘80s followed by a long stint in the London Symphony Chorus before moving on to focus on earlier repertoire with Highgate-based 16-voice ensemble Moving Chamber Choir. Occasional coaching from Robert Hollingworth and Christopher Bucknall has helped ease her into solo recitals with Musicke in the Ayre in 2013, augmented by a masterclass with Dame Emma Kirkby. She brings her experience in Arts Marketing and in running her own company to the music world as a Trustee in two Charitable Trusts (I Fagiolini and Guildhall School of Music and Drama).
Esha Neogy is a viol player and event organiser who divides her time between Honolulu and London. She is a member of the Europa Early Music Consort (in Hawaii) and Ensemble Tramontana (in London), and has performed with Musicke in the Ayre, Chelys, Echoing Air, and various other ensembles. The events she has directed or organised include the international Pan-Pacific Gamba Gathering held in Honolulu in 2007.
Din Ghani began playing the lute in 1975, and took up lutherie in 2003 in order to meet his growing need for a wide range of early plucked stringed instruments. Since 2007 he has participated regularly as an accompanist in lutesong masterclasses given by Dame Emma Kirkby and Evelyn Tubb. The coaching received from David Miller and Michael Fields at these events helped hone his accompaniment skills. This passion for lute and continuo song led him in 2011 to form Musicke in the Ayre through which he has so far given over 90 recitals all over the country and abroad, each with one or more individuals from an evolving team of over 20 singers and other instrumentalists who share his passion. With frequent appearances at the Foundling Museum and at Handel House, and an on-going residency at the National Portrait Gallery, Musicke in the Ayre have become known for their engaging programming and enthusiastic advocacy for this genre of early music.
5.15PM
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Frances Wilson piano
Britten Night Piece ‘Notturno’
Schubert Piano Sonata No. 20 in A D959
Frances Wilson is a pianist, concert reviewer, writer and blogger on classical music and pianism as The Cross-Eyed Pianist. Described as "an important voice in the piano world" by international concert pianist Peter Donohoe, The Cross-Eyed Pianist enjoys a global readership and has been ranked third in a top ten of British classical music blogs. A keen concert-goer, Frances reviews for her own blog, for ArtMuseLondon.com and Bachtrack.com, and is a guest writer for Hong Kong-based classical music site InterludeHK and German music streaming service IDAGIO. She also contributes a regular column on aspects of piano playing to Pianist magazine's website, and has written articles for a number of classical music websites around the world.
Frances returned to the piano seriously after an absence of nearly 20 years, completing Associate and Licentiate Performance Diplomas (both with Distinction) in her late 40s. She studies with acclaimed pianist, writer and teacher Graham Fitch, and is about to embark on a Masters course in Performance Science at the Royal College of Music.
crosseyedpianist.com
franceswilson.co.uk
6.30PM
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Wall of Sound Singing Ensemble
Sandra Scott conductor
Trad. All My Trials
Trad. Go Down Moses
Trad. Wayfaring Stranger
Trad. Lagan Love
Trad. Danny Boy
The Wall of Sound Singing Ensemble is a vibrant choir based in Vauxhall and Rye which encompasses an inclusive ethos, using the power of music and singing to unite and transform. Under the musical direction of Royal Academy of Music trained singing coach Sandra Scott Dip RAM Dip Couns, the ensemble is now making it's name for encompassing a wide range of wonderfully vivacious and infectious blend of repertoire including World Folk, Jazz, Gospel and Classical songs with arrangements which are all composed especially by Sandra creating a truly magical approach to vocal works, both well known and not so. The choir has recently performed for Dame Esther Rantzen's charity Silver Line's Charity Concert at St Bartholomew the Great, received great praise as part of renowned Cork International Choral Festival and straight from a rip roaring evening of ditties at the Hastings Fringe Festival.
wallofsoundchoir.com
singinglessonsinlondon.com
7.15PM
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Niamh Beddy piano
Alice Weber dancer/choreographer
Carl Vine Piano Sonata No. 1
Stevon Russell Get some rest then party (world premiere)
Niamh Beddy is a London-based freelance pianist and violinist. Niamh graduated from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Her professional focus is working as a Dance Accompanist, regularly accompanying class and rehearsals including Royal Ballet School, English National Ballet School, Urdang Academy, London Studio Centre, The Place, Central School of Ballet among many others. Niamh also continues to perform as a soloist, with recent engagements including St John Smith’s Square and Faryfax Sinfonia’s performance of the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25, as well as violin at Glastonbury Festival, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, Hay-on-Wye festival and The Palace Theatre London.
Alice Weber is an Australian contemporary dance artist spanning performance, choreography and academia. London based since 2013, she has performed and choreographed for institutions including Tate Modern, Turner Contemporary, Hauser & Wirth, Central St Martin’s, Royal College of Music, London College of Fashion, Riverside Opera, London Contemporary Orchestra. Recent engagements include guest artist with Tanzcompagnie Gießen for TanzArt Ost-West; artist in residence at Brierfield Mill for Crash2016; Festival of Recorded Movement, Vancouver; Resolution at The Place; choreographer in residence at Accademia Nazionale di Danza, Rome. Alice continues a number of collaborative and personal projects alongside studying an MFA at Trinity Laban, where her academic work centres on dance ontology via body-based subject/object dynamics.
Niamh and Alice have an ongoing collaborative practice that premiered with 1990, a dance/piano performance set to Carl Vine's Piano Sonata No.1 at Finsbury Town Hall. More recently they have worked with Stevon Russell's original composition Get Some Rest then Party, including a VR dance film by Cris Cristobel. Their creative partnership intersects their respective technical backgrounds with improvisation and contemporary performance.
7.45PM
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Anna Scott piano
Joplin Bethena
Joplin The Entertainer
Anna started learning the piano at a relatively young age along with her four sisters! Having studied music at university she also plays the violin and teaches piano in her spare time. Due to other commitments Anna took a break from the piano and hasn’t played in public for 20 years but a chance to play at St John's Smith Square was a motivational opportunity!
Anna has chosen to play two pieces by Scott Joplin. Bethena is one of the composer’s lesser-known works written in 1905 during a time of emotional and financial turmoil. It was written after the death of his second wife to whom he’d only been married to for two months. The piece understandably reflects the loss of his love with lamenting and heartfelt melodies. It was largely rejected by publishers at the time until the Scott Joplin revival in the 1970s.
The Entertainer in contrast is a classic syncopated piano rag full of energy and character written in 1902. The first recording was in 1928 by the Blue Boys played on a mandolin and guitar and later gained international fame for its appearance in the 1973 Oscar-winning film The Sting.
8.15PM
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Késia Decoté piano & toy piano
Linda Catlin-Smith A Nocturne
Tatiana Catanzaro Kristallklavierexplosionsschattensplitten
Yfat Soul Zisso Recollection, for toy piano
Maria Kaoutzani Lilies, for piano and singing pianist
Késia Decoté is a Brazilian pianist who has been developing a rich and diverse career, as piano soloist, chamber music instrumentalist, musician in theatre productions, and as a member of Oxford Improvisers. Késia has performed concerts to great acclaim in Brazil, Portugal, and in the UK.
Késia has a special affinity for contemporary music, she has been dedicated pieces for piano and for toy piano, and has been premiering works in Brazil and in the UK. Késia is also interested in exploring alternative ways to shape her piano recitals, incorporating concepts from theatre and visual arts in her performances.
Késia holds a BA and Master’s Degree in Piano Performance from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and an MA in Contemporary Arts and Music from Oxford Brookes University. Currently, Késia Decoté is doing a PhD in Contemporary Arts and Music at Oxford Brookes University (sponsored by CNPq - Brazil), researching on interdisciplinary strategies for the piano recital.
9.00PM
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Clarice Rarity violin
Katherine Clarke viola
Kaija Saariaho Aure
Salvatore Sciarrino La Malincolia
Clarice Rarity is a London violinist that is dedicated to learning and performing contemporary classical repertoire. Currently pushing her solo performance under the guidance of Irvine Arditti, she regularly tackles some of the most challenging pieces in the modern repertoire and will be later on this year performing Boulez Antheme for violin and electronics at the Holywell Music Hall in Oxford. Leading the Royal college of music contemporary music ensemble ‘new perspectives’ she has gone on to perform with Birmingham contemporary music group, and been a guest performer for the IEMA ensemble 2017 as a Ulassys network player. Solo and chamber performances at Impuls Festival have broadened her repertoire and has sparked a real passion for exploring the interpretation of different compositional methods and further violin techniques.
Repertoire has this year has featured Ades, Cage, Boulez, Puumala, Finissey, Nancarrow, Sciarrino, Furrer, Lindberg, Bedrossian, Czernowin amongst many others. She regularly performs the work of emerging composers and loves collaborating on exciting projects. This has included working with some of the most exciting young composers in the UK, including Oliver Leith, Piyawat Louilappraeserta, Mauricio Pauly, Nick Morrish Rarity, Lauri Supponen and Leo Lehtinen.
She has played as a guest performer with Ensemble XY and Filthy Lucre, and other up and coming ensembles and concert series in the UK. Clarice developed her loved of 20th century modern repertoire from an early age and with her school piano quartet, won the Pro-corda International Chamber Competition playing William Walton.
As a dedicated orchestral player Katherine Clarke has performed in a number of top London venues, such as the Royal Festival Hall, the Barbican and Milton Court Concert Hall, and she has worked with many conductors including Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Neville Marriner and Sir Simon Rattle. During her final year at the Royal College of Music Katherine took part in the ENO Evolve scheme, which gave her the chance to shadow her mentor, participate in rehearsals and take part in an orchestral masterclass given by five members of the ENO.
Katherine is a keen chamber musician and has performed with various ensembles at LSO St. Luke’s, the National Gallery and the British Museum, as well as recorded at Abbey Road Studios. With an interest in exploring contemporary viola repertoire, Katherine is a member of Echoshed, a contemporary music ensemble, and she enjoys working closely with composers to perform brand new works. She was chosen by audition to take part in the London Sinfonietta Academy in July this year, which gave her the opportunity to rehearse and perform alongside players of the London Sinfonietta, the world’s leading contemporary music ensemble.
9.30PM
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Echoshed
Dialogues, created in 2017 by the ensemble as a whole especially for the St Johns’ Smith Square Music Marathon.
Echoshed is a collective of like-minded musicians dedicated to the exploration of contemporary music, founded by David Denyer and Christopher Schlechte-Bond. They are a fluid ensemble of players and graduates of the Royal College of Music and seek to explore novel ideas in music through collaborations with composers and by devising musical performances together as an ensemble. They have previously curated gigs that have merged the musical element with the visual element, collaborating with lighting designers and other artists for an all-encompassing musical experience. They have performed at numerous small venues around London and have as part of experimental music night ‘Nonclassical.’