Leeds Lunchtime Chamber Music 2016/17 by Leeds International Concert Season

Leeds Lunchtime

Chamber Music 2016/17

Wednesdays at 1.05pm

The Venue

Leeds College of Music â&#x20AC;¢ Quarry Hill, Leeds

Leeds Lunchtime Chamber Music 2016/17

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Welcome to another exciting season of lunchtime chamber recitals at The Venue, featuring some of the most talented young musicians at the start of their professional careers alongside students from the UK’s leading conservatoires and junior colleges.

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Leeds College of Music’s café bar stocks a range of drinks, sandwiches and light meals and is open before and after the concert. So why not make a lunch date with us this season! We look forward to seeing you there.

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Whether you work in Leeds city centre, are a student or a senior member of the community, Leeds Lunchtime Chamber Series offers the perfect midday respite with a chance to hear world-class performances for free! Each concert lasts fifty minutes so that it can easily fit into your lunch break or daily routine.

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This season’s highlights include the welcome return of the Opera North String Quartet performing Haydn and Verdi, Arcturus’ annual recital this year featuring flute, viola and piano, a bassoon and piano recital by Principal Bassoon of the Philharmonia Amy Harman, and solo piano recitals by international prize-winners Alexander Ullman, Olga Stezhko, and Mauro Lo Conte.

The Venue

Leeds College of Music (next to the West Yorkshire Playhouse)

Wednesdays 1.05pm – 1.55pm Free admission

5 October 2016

12 October 2016

19 October 2016

Bryony Gibson Cornish

Simon Lindley

Alison Rhind

Handel Overture: Alexander’s Feast Bonnet Poèmes d’Automne Rinck Variations and Finale Sir William Harris Processional March (1960) Butterworth/Tambling The Banks of Green Willow Elgar Solemn Prelude: For the Fallen (1916) Warlock Capriol Suite (1926) Bernard Rose Chimes Henry Smart Variations in A with Finale Fugato

Junior Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

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Schumann Märchenbilder Brahms Viola Sonata Zimbalist Tango and Zapateado: Sarasateana Originally from New Zealand, Bryony is studying towards her Artist Diploma as an Ian Evans Lombe Scholar at the Royal College of Music, where she won the 2016 Viola Competition. A graduate of the Juilliard School and the University of Canterbury (NZ), Bryony’s current and past mentors include Andriy Viytovych, Heidi Castleman, Misha Amory and Stephen Larsen. Recent chamber music highlights include performances in Cadogan Hall, Sage Gateshead, Wigmore Hall and a nationwide tour for Chamber Music New Zealand. Bryony also plays with the Philharmonia, the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera and was part of the 2015/16 London Symphony Orchestra String Experience Scheme. Her recent summer engagements include the London Sinfonietta Academy and the San Marino International String Concert Academy. In addition to support from the Royal College of Music, Bryony would like to thank Pettman Foundation & Fulbright New Zealand, Creative New Zealand, The Kathleen Trust, The Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the Yamaha Foundation of Europe for their support this year.

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City Organist Simon Lindley moved to Leeds in 1975 to take up the post of Master of the Music at what was then Leeds Parish Church (Leeds Minster from 2012). He is now Minster Organist Emeritus. A notable debut at Westminster Cathedral and his performance of the Elgar Sonata at the 1975 Proms established his reputation as a player of distinctive style, a reputation enhanced by numerous concerts, recordings and broadcasts. An extensive discography includes two bestselling Naxos CDs and a number of CDs in the popular Chandos series The World’s most beautiful Melodies on which he accompanies cornet virtuoso Phillip McCann. In the choral field Simon is the long-serving Music Director of Leeds-based St Peter’s Singers and Conductor of Sheffield Bach Choir and Doncaster Choral Society as well as Music Director of Halifax’s Overgate Hospice Choir.

Samrat Majumder guitar Nicola Stevenson flute Calum Blair trumpet Programme to be confirmed – please check www.leedsconcertseason.com for updates. Samrat has been studying classical guitar under the tutelage of Peter Stewart at the Junior Conservatoire since the age of eleven. He has taken part in several competitions, including winning the RSC Guitar Competition in both 2015 and 2016. Nicola is an eighteen year old flautist from Edinburgh. She started playing the flute at the age of nine and currently attends the Junior Conservatoire. She recently won the Wind and Brass recital class of the Edinburgh Festival Competition. Aged sixteen, Calum is from East Kilbride. He is currently studying trumpet under Brian Forshaw at the Junior Conservatoire, where he has attended since 2013. He is a member of the National Youth Symphony Orchestra of Scotland and is principal cornet with the Coalburn Silver Band.

Leeds Lunchtime Chamber Music 2016/17

26 October 2016

2 November 2016

9 November 2016

16 November 2016

23 November 2016

30 November 2016

Opera North String Quartet

Junior Royal Northern College of Music

Royal Northern College of Music

Amy Harman

Leeds College of Music

Sean Shibe

Xander Croft violin Kezia Lovick-Jones

Egle Sarmaviciute piano Yulia Vershinina piano

David Greed violin Katherine New violin David Aspin viola Jessica Burroughs cello Haydn String Quartet Op 76, No 5 (Largo) Verdi String Quartet The Opera North String Quartet gave its premier recital in the Howard Assembly Room, Leeds Grand Theatre, in May 2011, recent appointments to the Orchestra of Opera North having created a wonderful opportunity for such an ensemble to be formed. David Greed has been Leader of the Orchestra of Opera North since its inception in 1978. He is well known throughout the area as a soloist and chamber player. Katherine New first joined Opera North in 1991, becoming Section Leader of Second Violins in 1998. After a busy life freelancing and playing in every orchestra and ensemble you could possibly think of, David Aspin joined as Section Leader of Violas in 2007. Jessica Burroughs is currently Principal Cello having freelanced with the orchestra for many years as well as having guest led many other orchestras in the UK and abroad. All members of the quartet are crazy about chamber music so it seemed the most natural thing in the world to form a quartet, and start to immerse themselves in the gigantic world of the quartet repertoire.

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Andrew Woolcock percussion

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piano accompanist Programme to be confirmed – please check www.leedsconcertseason.com for updates. Xander is seventeen years old and lives in Greenfield, North Wales. He began learning the violin at the age of eight and is currently in his fifth year at the Junior RNCM, where he is a pupil of Steve Wilkie. Xander won the Caerwys Young Musician of the Year competition in 2014 and 2015. Kezia is sixteen years old and lives in Anglesey, North Wales. She began saxophone lessons at the age of eleven, achieving a distinction at Grade 8 two years later, before starting her studies with Ruth Bourn at the Junior RNCM in 2013. She recently achieved a distinction in DipABRSM on the saxophone. Andrew is sixteen years old and lives in Preston. He took up percussion and drum kit lessons when he was fourteen and a year later he achieved distinction at Grade 8 on both. He recently joined the Junior RNCM to study percussion with Ian Forgrieve and won the Percussion Category Final of the 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition.

Albireo Piano Duo

Debussy Petite Suite Brahms Sixteen Waltzes Schubert Fantasy in F minor Longstanding friends, Egle Sarmaviciute and Yulia Vershinina, formed the Albireo Piano Duo whilst undertaking postgraduate degrees at the Royal Northern College of Music. The duo’s debut performance at the RNCM Chamber Music Festival was shortly followed by winning the RNCM Piano Duo Prize. The Albireo Piano Duo has also competed in the prestigious Chris Rowland Prize. The duo was invited to perform Prokofiev’s Cinderella Suite, arranged for two pianos by M Pletnev, for an evening recital in the RNCM Concert Hall as part of the Keyboard Festival Highlights in June 2015. Upcoming engagements include performances at the RNCM Concert Hall and the Chamber Music Festival in Lithuania. Both pianists relish in an active performing career as soloists and chamber musicians. Egle and Yulia share a versatile technique, an expressive and rich sound palette and an idealistic vision of music.

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Erdem Misirlioglu piano

Schumann Three Romances Mozart Bassoon and Piano Sonata Mendelssohn Songs without words Dutilleux Sarabande et cortège Amy Harman studied at the Royal College of Music with Andrea de Flammineis, Julie Price and Martin Gatt, and with František Herman at the Hudební Fakulta Akademie Múzických Umění in Prague. In 2011 Amy was appointed Principal Bassoon of the Philharmonia at the age of 24, and in 2014 she was selected for representation by Young Classical Artists Trust. Engagements over the last year have included a performance of Strauss’ Concertino with the English Chamber Orchestra and solo recitals in Hamburg, Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Sage Gateshead, Bath International, Lichfield and Devizes Festivals. Passionate about bringing the bassoon to a wider audience, in 2012 Amy appeared as a ‘flying soloist’ in Birmingham Opera’s premiere of Stockhausen’s Mittwoch aus Licht where she performed from a trapeze suspended above the audience. As a chamber musician, Amy has been a member of Ensemble 360 since 2010. Amy is a Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music.

Robert Catney flute Doppler Hungarian Pastorale Fantasy Martin Ballade Messiaen Le Merle Noir

Danny Barley Sextet

Danny Barley trombone Will Blackstone trumpet/ flugelhorn Eliot Richards tenor saxophone Aleks Podraza piano Sam Quintana bass Jordan Dinsdale drums Yours Sincerely Suite A jazz suite in four parts written throughout the final year of Danny’s undergraduate education at Leeds College of Music. Robert hails from Belfast, and joined his local marching flute band in Newtownards County Down at the age of eleven. He has won prives at music festivals throughout Northern Ireland and more recently was awarded the Hyde Prize at LCM for achieving the highest grade in his year. Robert also holds a Licentiate of the Victoria College of Music & Drama, London with Honours. Danny is a freelance trombonist and Leeds College of Music alumnus from Hull. He started learning the trombone at the age of eight and has since been fortunate enough to work alongside many popular artists in some of the UK’s most prestigious venues and concert halls including Symphony Hall in Birmingham and The Cavern in Liverpool.

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Dowland Forlorn Hope Fancy Dowland Fantasia 1a Walton Five Bagatelles Britten Nocturnal after John Dowland Born in Edinburgh in 1992, Sean studies with Paolo Pegoraro. He previously studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In 2012 he became the first guitarist selected for the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, and the only solo guitarist to be awarded a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship. Sean has appeared as soloist with the Scottish Chamber, BBC Symphony and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestras. He recorded Takemitsu’s To the Edge of Dream with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and performed with the BBC Singers broadcast live by Radio 3. Concert highlights include his debut solo recital at Wigmore Hall, taking part in the Britten celebrations in Aldeburgh, and the Marlboro Summer Music Festival & Academy in the USA at the invitation of Mitsuko Uchida. Drawn to chamber music and song, Sean has collaborated with the Danish String Quartet, Mahan Esfahani, Robin Tritschler and Ben Johnson. During 2016 he returns to Wigmore Hall, and gives recitals at the Heidelberger Frühling, Festspiele MecklenburgVorpommern, Bath International and Aldeburgh Festivals. Sean was selected by Young Classical Artists Trust in 2015.

Leeds Lunchtime Chamber Music 2016/17

7 December 2016

14 December 2016

4 January 2017

11 January 2017

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Royal Northern College of Music Songsters

Alexander Ullman

Benjamin Mellefont Pro Corda

Jasdeep Singh Degun sitar The Bridge A uniquely co-commissioned Sitar Concerto brings together two prominent styles of Classical music. Scored for sitar and strings, this debut performance of The Bridge, explores the nature of the Indian solo instrument in a new context stretching the themes of raag, taal and harmony to produce a rich, diverse and distinctive sound. Recently awarded the Tarang Musician of the Year, Jasdeep Singh Degun represents the next generation of innovative and ground-breaking Indian Classical musicians of the UK. The Bridge is a commission by zerOclassikal in association with SAA-uk.

Kimberley Raw soprano Rhiain Taylor mezzo

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Matthew Nuttall baritone Yulia Vershinina piano Quilter Three Shakespeare Songs Liszt Four French Songs Brahms Songs Trad/Britten Songs Britten Two Cabaret Songs The RNCM Songsters is a specially selected group of pianists and singers from The Royal Northern College of Music, all of whom are students that excel in the performance of art song. The group comprises of a variety of voices, allowing for exciting and creative repertoire programming. The artistic direction is led by RNCM staff pianist Jonathan Fisher and RNCM Head of Vocal Studies Lynne Dawson, with further guest tutors including Julius Drake and Alice Coote. The RNCM Songsters has performed in many of the Royal Northern College of Music’s festivals and recitals in London, in addition to several recitals for music societies across the north of England.

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Beethoven Piano Sonata No 32 Schumann Papillons Stravinsky/Agosti The Firebird Born in 1991 in London, Alexander Ullman studied at the Purcell School with William Fong, the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia with Leon Fleisher, Ignat Solzhenitsyn and Robert McDonald and currently the Royal College of Music with Ian Jones and Dmitri Alexeev. He also studied with Eliso Virsaladze at the Fiesole Scuola di Musica, Florence. In 2011 he won First Prize at the Liszt Competition in Budapest and in 2014 he was selected for representation by Young Classical Artists Trust. Alexander has given concerts throughout Europe, Asia and America, with highlights including the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Archive Nationales (Paris), Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Copenhagen), Auditorio de la Diputación de Alicante and La Jolla Arts Festival (California). As a soloist, Alexander has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Mann Centre, the New Jersey and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestras, Montréal Symphony Orchestra, the Oxford Philomusica, Southbank Sinfonia, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana and the Danubia and Budapest Radio Orchestras. He has been broadcast by BBC Radio 3, Radio France and MDR Classic. Alexander Ullman is grateful for support from Help Musicians UK and is a Boise Scholar.

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Alison Rhind

18 January 2017

Behn Quartet

Kate Oswin violin Alicia Berendse violin Mozart/Mellefont Clarinet Sonata Lydia Abell viola Schumann Adagio and Allegro Ghislaine McMullin cello Béla Kovács Hommage à Dvořák String Quartet Op 96 Manuel de Falla (American) Brahms Clarinet Sonata Mendelssohn String Quartet Op 120, No 2 Op 44, No 2 piano

Benjamin Mellefont began playing clarinet in Sydney in 2002. He moved to London in August 2011 to begin studies at the Royal College of Music as the Tegner Scholar. He graduated in July 2015 with First Class Honours, having learnt with Barnaby Robson, Richard Hosford, Timothy Lines and Michael Collins. Whilst at the RCM he won the Concerto Competition and the Clarinet Prize. He trained with both the Australian and European Union Youth Orchestras, and is an alumnus of the London Sinfonietta Academy and Britten-Pears Young Artists Programme. Benjamin was appointed Principal Clarinet of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in October 2015. He has performed several times as a soloist with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Youth Orchestra and RCM Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2012 Benjamin has been a core member of explorensemble, which performs contemporary chamber music. He is also a member of Manchester Collective performing both core repertoire and cross-arts collaborations.

The Behn Quartet is a London-based string quartet, comprised of players from England, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Wales. The quartet is named after Aphra Behn, the seventeenth-century playwright and poet, philanthropist of the arts, feminist, spy and political activist. Selected for the CAVATINA Chamber Music Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music 2016/17, the Behn Quartet combines an intense passion for chamber music with a love of exploring new perspectives across centuries of music. Recent engagements include working with Oliver Knussen and Linn Records on a recording of works centred around Stravinsky due for release early next year and filming for the NHK World (Japan) lecture series on Mozart. Masterclass performances include with the Fine Arts Quartet, Doric Quartet, Levon Chilingirian, and the ensemble’s principal mentor Martin Outram of the Maggini Quartet. The Behn Quartet was also part of the official 40th Anniversary celebrations of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, featured on the BBC and in news outlets worldwide.

25 January 2017

Arcturus Julia Breakspear flute/alto flute

Howard Breakspear viola Michael Cleaver piano Weber/Cleaver Im Forsthaus Brahms Gestillte Sehnsucht Brahms Geistliches Wiegenlied Debussy Sonata Duruflé Prélude, récitatif et variations Welcome to a programme of gorgeous music highlighting German and French music written between 1821 and 1928. Weber’s romantic opera Der Freischütz appeared in 1821. Im Forsthaus is a new one-movement concert work showcasing three favourite numbers from the opera. In 1884 Brahms composed two songs that feature a delicate interplay between voice and viola. A beguiling instrumental version introduces the sensuous timbre of the alto flute, that perfectly captures the warmth of Brahms’ vocal part. Debussy intended his exquisite work for flute, viola and harp to be one of a set of six sonatas. He was, however, able to complete only three before his death in 1918. This beautifully restrained piece, here re-cast with piano, is a highlight of the impressionist repertoire. The concert ends with Duruflé’s only chamber work, a powerful and sonorous trio, written in 1928. His love of Gregorian chant informs the theme and ensuing variations, and a final burst of implacable energy carries the piece to an exciting conclusion.

Leeds Lunchtime Chamber Music 2016/17

1 February 2017

8 February 2017

15 February 2017

22 February 2017

1 March 2017

8 March 2017

Royal College of Music

Olga Stezhko

Relaxed performance

Royal Academy of Music

The Purcell School

Mauro Lo Conte

Timothy Ellis french horn TBC piano

Ysaÿe Poème élégiaque

Jamal Aliyev cello Maria Tarasewicz piano Eccles Cello Sonata Chopin Cello Sonata Popper Elfentanz BBC Introducing Classical Artist Jamal is rapidly becoming one of the most sought after cellists of his generation. He is the First Prize winner of several competitions including V Antonio Janigro International Competition (2004), Muriel Taylor Cello Competition (2014), Croydon Concerto Competition (2015), Bromsgrove International Competition (2015) and Eastbourne Concerto Competition (2016). Jamal enjoys performing as a solo artist and a chamber musician in Europe and Asia. His recent performances include Wigmore Hall, Windsor Castle, Menuhin Hall, Forbidden City Concert Hall (Beijing) and Istrian Assembly Hall (Croatia). Jamal plays on a cello by Gabrielli (1756). Maria has already gained an enviable international reputation as a soloist and chamber musician. She studied first in Ukraine with Alexandra Smetankina and Iya Pavlova, and then in Poland with Natalia Radecka, Natalia Rewakowicz (piano) and Maja Sterczynska (chamber music). In 2008 she moved to Brussels where she continued her studies at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

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Scriabin Two Dances Debussy Suite Bergamasque Prokofiev Thoughts Ravel Miroirs: Oiseaux tristes & Alborda del grazioso Since making her debut as a concert pianist on the stage of the Minsk National Opera House at the age of eight, Olga Stezhko has been performing internationally to great acclaim at venues such as Wigmore Hall, Barbican and Southbank Centre in London, Minsk Philharmonic Hall, Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria in Santander, Salle Cortot and SaintÉtienne Opera Theatre in France and Carnegie Hall, New York. Olga has won many international piano competitions, prizes and awards including the Grand Prix at the First ‘Halina Czerny-Stefanska In Memoriam’ International Piano Competition in Poland and First Prize at the Nikolai Rubinstein International Piano Competition in France. Her musical interests range from core classical repertoire to contemporary composers, whilst her main passion is for the works of the early 20th century composers, such as Scriabin, Prokofiev and Debussy. In her spare time, Olga keeps up to date on current advances in the fields of physics and cosmology. Olga’s recital album Eta Carinae featuring music by Scriabin and Busoni was released worldwide in May 2014 and described by Bryce Morrison of Gramophone Magazine as “an outstanding debut”.

Alias Trio

Jim Boyle fiddle/voice Dave Gray melodeon Matthew Jones guitar Alias Trio plays warm and engaging sets of folk and traditional tunes and songs from the British Isles and beyond. Expect to clap along to contemporary arrangements of jigs and reels, enjoy relaxing slow airs and sing along to amusing songs. Jim, Dave and Matthew will have you tapping your feet with music from their local traditions alongside newer compositions. The relaxed performance has a less formal atmosphere. Audience noise and movement in the auditorium are acceptable. Everyone is very welcome.

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Dukas Villanelle Strauss Andante Strauss Nocturno Abbott Alla Caccia After beginning his musical career studying with Emma Roberts, and with four years in the National Children’s Orchestra, Timothy is now a postgraduate horn player at the Royal Academy of Music, having previously been a first study pianist, also at the Academy, studying with Carole Presland. He currently studies horn with Michael Thompson, Richard Watkins, Martin Owen and Roger Montgomery. In 2013 Timothy won the Dennis Brain Horn Prize for his performance of Strauss’ Horn Concerto No 2. He is also the 2015 recipient of the Oliver Green Memorial award from the Philharmonia Orchestra / Martin Musical Scholarship Fund. A Royal Academy of Music Leverhulme Scholarship and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust also generously support his studies. Timothy has worked professionally with the London Sinfonietta and is a founding member of the Buck Brass Trio; which in 2014 won the Worshipful Company of Musicians Brass Ensemble Prize. Looking towards the future, Timothy wishes to pursue a career as an orchestral horn player, whilst continuing to perform as much chamber music with the Buck Brass Trio as possible.

Olivia Ziani violin Daniel Swani recorder Van Eyck Short pieces for recorder Eggert Out of Breath Leenhouts Big Baboon Helen Meng piano Chopin Ballade No 4

Daniel Swain piano accompanist

Olivia was born in London in 1999 and began learning the violin at the age of six. In September 2015 Olivia joined The Purcell School where she currently studies the violin with Yosi Zivoni. Daniel was born in East London and began learning the flute at the age of ten. He currently studies the recorder with Barbara Law at The Purcell School where he began studying in 2015. Helen was born in London in 1999 and moved to Beijing when she was three. She began learning the piano at the age of four and now studies at The Purcell School with Professor William Fong. Daniel read Music at St Anne’s College, Oxford and the Royal Academy of Music. He is a staff accompanist for the Junior Royal Academy of Music and The Purcell School.

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Bach French Suite No 5 Beethoven Piano Sonata No 17 (Tempest) Schumann Fantasie Of Swiss and Italian nationality, Mauro Lo Conte was born on the 24 September 1984. In 2003 Mauro became a pupil of Christian Favre at the Conservatoire of Lausanne. In 2008 he moved to the Conservatory of Music in Hamburg (Hochschule für Musik und Theater) to continue his training under Evgeni Koroliov, becoming a teacher there himself in 2010. Mauro Lo Conte has participated in many master classes under famous teachers including Pascal Devoyon, Paul Badura-Skoda, Jean-Philippe Collard, Dominique Merlet, Valentin Georghiu, Alexei Lubimov and Philippe Cassard. Mauro has performed regularly in Switzerland and in many other countries in Europe and in Asia. He has recorded for Radio Suisse Romande, Television Suisse Romande, France Musique, NDR Radio and Television Hamburg. Other honours besides the MaxJost Prize include the First Prize of the Lions Club DW, Third Prize in the Schnittke International Competition, Migros Prize in 2008 and 2009, Second Prize in the Elise-Meyer competition and the Masefield Prize awarded by the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung. In 2009 Mauro won a Leenaards Foundation Scholarship and since 2011 has been supported by the IMMACultur in Hamburg.

Leeds Lunchtime Chamber Music 2016/17

Why not take advantage of Metro’s CityBus to travel to and from The Venue? Buses run every few minutes between 6.30am and 7.30pm, each journey costs just 50p (season tickets, day tickets and concessionary passes, after 9.30am, are all valid).

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Linda is an eighteen year old cellist from Latvia. She joined Chetham’s in September 2015 where she currently studies with Nicholas Jones. Henry is seventeen years old and is from Huddersfield. He is in his fourth year of studying piano at Chetham’s and his current teacher is Graham Caskie. Ellena is sixteen years old and is from Delph, Greater Manchester. She joined Chetham’s in September 2011 where she studies under the expert tuition of Katy Jones and Les Storey. Brenda currently combines a concert career with her position as Joint Head of Accompaniment at Chetham’s School of Music.

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The Makaris Quartet is a young, prize-winning saxophone quartet based in Glasgow. Formed in 2015 while studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the quartet has quickly gained a reputation for its exciting and sensitive performances, winning the Governor's Recital Prize for Chamber Music and being awarded the Mary D Adams award for chamber music within its first year of performances. Performers of highly eclectic music, the quartet's repertoire encompasses music drawn from the standard French saxophone literature, right through to newly written works by young composers. Currently, the quartet has a special focus on performing arrangements of string quartets. The quartet made its recital debut at the Westbourne Chamber Music Series in 2016, and as well as performing across Scotland, the quartet has received coaching from legendary saxophonists Arno Bornkamp and Philippe Geiss.

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Tomasi Concerto for Trombone: i Andante et Scherzo-Valse Sandström Sång till Lotta Dutilleux Choral, Cadence et Fugato

Debussy String Quartet Shostakovich String Quartet No 1

Lee Jae Phang is currently a first year student on the Master of Music in Performance programme at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM). He is a student of Graham Scott, supported by The Helen Mackaness Award. At the RNCM, Lee Jae recently won the annual RNCM Helen Porthouse Paganini Prize with violinist Oliver Baily and was a finalist in the RNCM Chopin Prize 2016. In March 2015, he was a winner of the RNCM Concerto Auditions, which led to a concerto appearance with the RNCM Chamber Orchestra. He has performed in many concerts at the RNCM. Lee Jae appears frequently as a soloist and as part of his piano trio (Trio Lazuli), performing regularly in solo and trio lunchtime and evening recitals in venues across the North East organised by Master Musicians. In December, Lee Jae will return to Leeds to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 3 with the West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra following his successful debut in November 2015. Lee Jae has participated in masterclasses conducted by eminent piano professors including Christopher Elton, Vanessa Latarche, Ronan O’Hora and Bernard d’Ascoli.

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Beethoven Piano Sonata No 21 (Waldstein) Debussy Pour le piano Granados Goyescas: El amor y la muerte Chopin Polonaise Op 53

University of Leeds The Mount

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Lewis Banks soprano saxophone Francisco Sanchez Diaz alto saxophone Richard Scholfield tenor saxophone Rory Simons baritone saxophone

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The University of Leeds, School of Music brings together internationally acclaimed scholars, composers and performers to set the highest standards in music. It is one of the largest academic schools of its kind in the country and offers courses across a wide range of undergraduate and research interests.

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Lee Jae Phang

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Debussy Cello and Piano Sonata: i Prologue: Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto Rachmaninov Elegie Op 3, No 1

Artists and programme to be confirmed – please check www.leedsconcertseason.com for updates.

The nearest stop to The Venue is at Leeds Bus Station.

University of Leeds, Royal Conservatoire School of Music of Scotland

5 April 2017

Chetham’s School of Music Linda Heiberga cello

29 March 2017

22 March 2017

15 March 2017

Enjoy more free lunchtime concerts in Leeds Leeds Town Hall Organ Recitals Mondays, 1.05pm at Leeds Town Hall

City Organist Simon Lindley’s popular series of lunchtime recitals showcasing the magnificent organ at Leeds Town Hall. Visit www.leedsconcertseason.com for details or call 0113 378 6600 for free brochure.

University of Leeds School of Music Concert Series

Fridays, 1.10pm at Clothworkers Hall, Leeds University Lunchtime and occasional rush-hour performances bringing you the very best in almost every genre of music, from world music to jazz via baroque. Visit www.leeds.ac.uk/music for details. Call 0113 343 2583 for free brochure.

Talk to us! If you have any questions or comments about Leeds International Concert Season please contact us: Leeds International Concert Season Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD General Enquiries: 0113 378 6600 Email: music@leeds.gov.uk Whilst every effort is made to avoid changes, Leeds International Concert Season reserves the right to change artists and programmes without notice if unavoidable.

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