Festival: Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Regent Hall Summer Festival| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Friday 26-Jul-13 01:00pm |
 Regent Hall, LondonLunchtime Recital - Piano Four Hands Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Regent Hall Summer Festival |
Bach J.S., Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit - Cantata, BWV106 (arr. Kurtag) |
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| Regent Hall, London, 275 Oxford Street, London W1C 2DJ, United Kingdom Friday 26-Jul-13 01:00pm Lunchtime Recital - Piano Four Hands Julian Jacobson and Mariko Brown's musical association dates back to the late 1990s, though it was only in 2010 that they decided to team together to explore the rich and varied repertoire for piano duet. Both composers as well as pianists, they have already enhanced this repertoire: Mariko's piece 'Travels Through a Mist of Chinese Mountains' (2012) has already received three performances, to great acclaim, and Julian's 'Tango Albertito' has been performed in France and England . They made their debut at the festival 'Rencontres Musicales en Eygalieres' in France in 2010, returning there in 2011 and 2012. In the UK , they have given concerts at Burgh House, Regent Hall at the 2011 Beethoven Society Summer Festival and at various London churches. Concerts in 2013 include Blackheath Hall, London and Fairfield Halls, Croydon, a Debussy project including the neglected ballet masterpiece 'Khamma' and 'Epigraphes Antiques' with live dance, further concerts in France and the premieres of Gary Carpenter's 'After Braque' and Julian's 'Palm Court Waltz' - a tribute to the late Sir Richard Rodney Bennett - in May. Their first recording, for the British Music Society's CD label, will be released later this year. Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit - Cantata, BWV106 (arr. Kurtag) Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), Eight variations for piano four hands 'on a theme by Count Waldstein', WoO 67 Price type: Free | ||
| Monday 29-Jul-13 01:00pm |
Regent Hall, London Lunchtime Cello and Piano Recital Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Regent Hall Summer Festival |
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| Regent Hall, London, 275 Oxford Street, London W1C 2DJ, United Kingdom Monday 29-Jul-13 01:00pm Lunchtime Cello and Piano Recital Programme to include: Price type: Free | ||
| Wednesday 31-Jul-13 01:00pm |
Regent Hall, London Lunchtime Piano Recital Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Regent Hall Summer Festival |
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| Regent Hall, London, 275 Oxford Street, London W1C 2DJ, United Kingdom Wednesday 31-Jul-13 01:00pm Lunchtime Piano Recital In great demand as a recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician, John Paul Ekins has given performances throughout the UK, and overseas, and has broadcast on the BBC, and on Romanian and Polish TV. In 2009 he graduated from the Royal College of Music with First Class Honours, and in the same year he was awarded the James Anthony Horne Scholarship by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to study with Charles Owen, where he graduated with Master of Performance (Distinction) in 2011. He received a Music Education Award from the Musicians Benevolent Fund, and generous support from Making Music, The Concordia Foundation, The Razumovsky Trust and The Keyboard Charitable Trust.
He has participated in masterclasses with many renowned musicians and ensembles, such as Salvatore Accardo, the Brodsky String Quartet, Levon Chilingirian and the Chilingirian String Quartet, Peter Donohoe, Bernard Greenhouse, Leslie Howard, Joan Enric Lluna and Martino Tirimo. He is a past prize-winner in the Anglo-Czechoslovak Trust Chamber Music Competition, and recently formed The Cremona Piano Trio, with Michal Cwizewicz and Liubov Ulybysheva, and in early 2012 they won the Audience Prize in the final of the St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Music Competition.
As well as private teaching John Paul has also given workshops and masterclass-recitals with great success in the UK. He has taught at St. Paul's School, Barnes since 2013.
John Paul was particularly honoured to be presented to Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Prince Philip at a Reception for Young Performers at Buckingham Palace in 2011.Price type: Free | ||
| Friday 2-Aug-13 01:00pm |
Regent Hall, London Lunchtime Recital - Violin and Piano Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Regent Hall Summer Festival |
Works by Beethoven Works by Jack Works by Franck |
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| Regent Hall, London, 275 Oxford Street, London W1C 2DJ, United Kingdom Friday 2-Aug-13 01:00pm Lunchtime Recital - Violin and Piano Works by Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Works by Jack, Adrian (b. 1943) Works by Franck, César (1822-1890) | ||
| Monday 5-Aug-13 01:00pm |
Regent Hall, London Lunchtime Piano Recital Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Regent Hall Summer Festival |
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| Regent Hall, London, 275 Oxford Street, London W1C 2DJ, United Kingdom Monday 5-Aug-13 01:00pm Lunchtime Piano Recital Nominated for the Prince of Girona Prize for the Arts 2013, one of the most important Awards for a young musician in Spain, sponsored by the Botín Foundation (Banco de Santander), the 22 years old Spanish pianist Francisco Fierro is considered one of the great promises of the piano in Spain. Despite his age, he has already performed in several European countries and also in the United States. Soon he will be touring Latin America and will make a return visit to the United States. Francisco is also well known and respected as a great improviser, often improvising at concerts. A live CD of his improvisations, representing different periods in music history, will be recorded in the near future.Price type: Free | ||
| Wednesday 7-Aug-13 01:00pm |
Regent Hall, London Lunchtime Piano Recital Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Regent Hall Summer Festival |
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| Regent Hall, London, 275 Oxford Street, London W1C 2DJ, United Kingdom Wednesday 7-Aug-13 01:00pm Lunchtime Piano Recital An Australian debut in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503 marks the start of pianist James Brawn's solo career at the age of twelve. Brawn credits all subsequent achievements to the great pianists with whom he was privileged to study. He takes justifiable pride in the fact that his teachers trace their pedagogical lineage back to Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and Clara Schumann.
Yet Brawn has also forged his own musical path as a solo performer, chamber musician, and pedagogue. Born in England in 1971, he has lived in New Zealand, Australia, the UK, and the United States.
Brawn's musical journey began in New Zealand, where he started piano lessons at age seven. He played Bartok on New Zealand television and, in 1979, won his first awards in Auckland. The family moved to Melbourne, Australia the following year. There, he studied with Margaret Schofield, Ronald Farren-Price, and Rita Reichman throughout the 80s. The talented young pianist won major prizes at the Melbourne Eisteddfods competitions. Yehudi Menuhin also awarded him the Hephzibah Menuhin Memorial Scholarship. In 1987, Brawn reached the concerto final of the ABC Young Performers Awards, which led to concerts with the Adelaide and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras.
A major overseas study grant from the Australia Arts Council enabled him to continue work with Rita Reichman in Philadelphia. In 1988, he received a full scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he studied with Frank Wibaut and Christopher Elton. As a student at the Royal Academy, Brawn won many recital awards, including the Beethoven and 20th century prizes. He also performed in master classes with András Schiff, Tamás Vásáry, Stephen Kovacevich, Fou Ts’ong, and Menahem Pressler. In addition, Brawn studied with members of the Amadeus and Chilingirian Quartets. He attended the Britten-Pears and Lake District summer schools.
At the age of nineteen, Brawn won the Keyboard Final of the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition. This resulted in solo recitals at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall and chamber music partnerships at UK music societies and festivals. He then continued studies with the Armenian pianist Nelly Akopian and the Slovenian pianist Marina Horak.
From 1993-2001, James Brawn taught piano and chamber music at the Kings College and St. Johns College choir schools in Cambridge, England. During this same period, he gave recitals with his wife, soprano Susan Brawn, and sister, oboist Victoria Brawn. These collaborations led to performances at the Cambridge Elgar Festival and the Purcell Room in London. From 1996-98, James and Victoria Brawn also received sponsorship from the Countess of Munster Recital Scheme. The mission of the Recital Scheme is to provide outstanding young artists with greater visibility as they transition from study to professional careers in music.
In 2001, he moved to Melbourne, Australia to take up a piano teaching position at Scotch College, one of the finest music departments in the country. Whilst teaching at Scotch College, he appeared in recital at the Melba Festival, Melba Conservatorium, Monash University, and music societies throughout Victoria. Brawn recorded for RTHK Radio 4 in Hong Kong, ABC Classic FM, and 3MBS radio in Melbourne. He also co-founded the biennial Scotch College Piano Festival during that period.
Brawn returned to England in 2010 and is currently based in the Cotswolds. He performs regular solo recitals in Birmingham, Cheltenham, Chichester, and London: St. James's Piccadilly, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Blackheath Halls, Foundling Museum, The Forge, Royal Over-Seas League, and St. Olave Church are just a few of the venues at which he has appeared. Significant engagements in the UK include the Bösendorfer concert series at St. Mary Magdalene and the 'Pianists of the World' series at St.Martin-in-the-Fields.
In 2011-12 Brawn not only toured much of the UK, but also performed recitals in Hong Kong, Brunei, Paris, Sicily, and New Orleans. He began to record the complete Beethoven piano sonatas at Potton Hall in East Anglia, UK with the eminent producer Jeremy Hayes in April 2012. He signed with the American record label, MSR Classics, in September 2012. 'A Beethoven Odyssey' volume 1 is now available. | ||
| Friday 9-Aug-13 01:00pm |
Regent Hall, London Lunchtime Piano Recital Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Regent Hall Summer Festival |
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| Regent Hall, London, 275 Oxford Street, London W1C 2DJ, United Kingdom Friday 9-Aug-13 01:00pm Lunchtime Piano Recital Born in Mexico in 1991, Bruno Ferrari began piano studies at the age of 6 as a means of physical therapy for an arm injury... Following a swift recovery, studies continued at the Conservatoire de Montpellier, the Conservatorio Musicale Luigi Boccherini di Lucca, and in Freiburg, Germany under the instruction of Florian Heilmann. Subsequently, academic endeavours brought him to the oldest co-educational boarding school in California, The Thacher School.
After graduating at 17, he devoted himself exclusively to music under the guidance of Val Underwood and Edward Francis. During the subsequent year, Bruno won the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic Concerto Competition, where he appeared as soloist performing the Grieg Concerto. He was also awarded 3rd Prize at the California International Young Artists Competition, and placed 2nd at the American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition.
In 2009, Bruno began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Professor Sulamita Aronovsky. Since then, he won the 2nd Prize in the Moray Piano Competition and was awarded the Douglas Cameron Prize at the Royal Academy of Music. Amongst other recent achievements, in 2011 Bruno won 1st Prize at the Brest International Piano Competition in France.
He has performed in the UK at Bolivar Hall, Queen Charlotte Hall for the inauguration of the Kew Music Festival, and at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, as well as internationally at venues such as the Merkin Concert Hall in New York, Le Chateau de Kergroadez in France and recently a most successful recital tour of Mexico where he performed at several prestigious venues including the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Durango, Aguascalientes, Guadalajara, Sinaloa and also to an audience of 20,000 at the Explanada del Angel, Chihuahua.
Following his engagement with the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, he was also invited to perform Rachmaninov Concerto No.2 in France with the Orchestre Entre Sable et Ciel. His recent engagements include an enthusiastically received recital for the Mexican Week at the London School of Economics.Price type: Free | ||
