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SUMMARY:Kyle Horch Saxophone Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Kyle Horch to take a masterclass with our students. \nKyle Horch studied with Fredrick Hemke at Northwestern University in Chicago\, and with Stephen Trier at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He won numerous prizes as a young musician at competitions in Britain\, Europe\, and the United States. Since making his London debut at the Purcell Room in 1989\, he has performed as a recitalist at many venues in Britain and abroad. His solo recordings Fairy Tales\, ChamberSax\, AngloSax have received international praise: ‘This is a stunning album.’ American Record Guide (for AngloSax). \nAs a freelance orchestral musician\, he has performed on concerts\, broadcasts\, tours\, and recordings with many ensembles including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra\, London Symphony Orchestra\, London Philharmonic Orchestra\, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra\, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group\, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra\, Birmingham Royal Ballet\, and the Rambert Dance Company. \nAs a chamber musician\, he leads his own ensemble\, ‘Flotilla’ which explores music on themes of reflection and memory\, often in unusual instrumentations of saxophones and keyboards\, as recorded on the album Flotilla: ‘This CD sparkles with energy and the playing is terrific.’ The Observer. Since 2008\, he has been a member of the ensemble ‘Counterpoise’\, which mixes instrumental works\, melodrama\, and song in collaboration with artists including Sir John Tomlinson\, Eleanor Bron\, Donald Maxwell\, and Sir Willard White\, in live performance at many venues including the Cheltenham\, Newbury\, City of London\, and Ulverston Festivals\, and on two recorded albums: Deadly Pleasures and Kokoschka’s Doll. On the lighter side\, with the ‘Art Deco Trio’\, he has recorded a programme of Iain Farrington’s arrangements of Gershwin songs on the album Gershwinicity. Kyle is lead saxophonist with Michael Law’s Piccadilly Dance Orchestra\, playing music from the American songbook – Gershwin\, Cole Porter\, Irving Berlin\, Rodgers & Hart – mixed with early jazz arrangements by Duke Ellington and Fletcher Henderson as well as songs by British contemporaries such as Ray Noble and Noel Coward – at concerts\, private engagements\, a residency at the Savoy Hotel 1997–2003\, and on nine CD recordings. \nAs a teacher\, Kyle has been a saxophone professor at the RCM since 1991. He has given masterclasses in Britain\, France\, Holland\, Norway\, Ireland\, Belgium\, Switzerland\, Hungary\, Singapore\, Australia\, and the USA. He works as saxophone tutor for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain\, and teaches annually on the Summer Saxophone Course at MusicFest Aberystwyth in Wales. He has worked on many outreach projects in schools\, most frequently on behalf of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. He is the author of the chapters on saxophone technique and teaching to The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone (Cambridge University Press). \nIn 2010 Kyle was a jury member at the ‘5th International Competition Adolphe Sax’ in Dinant\, Belgium. He is a Vice-President of the Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain. \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org .The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/kyle-horch-saxophone-masterclass/
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SUMMARY:Sean Shibe Guitar Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Sean Shibe  to take a masterclass with our students. \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org .The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.\nJoin with Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/eqm-pcmi-jkz\nLearn more about Meet at: https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9282720
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/sean-shibe-guitar-masterclass/
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SUMMARY:Dmitri Sitkovetsky Violin Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Dmitri Sitkovetsky to take a masterclass with our students. \nA renaissance man and a magnetic creative force\, Dmitry Sitkovetsky is recognized throughout the world for the considerable impact he makes on every aspect of musical life. A prolific recording artist\, with a career spanning more than four decades\, he is celebrated globally as a violinist\, conductor\, creator\, transcriber and facilitator – holding an undisputed and venerable position in musical society as a giant personality and educator. \nHis celebrated career is documented in an extensive discography of more than 40 recordings\, reflecting the impressive breadth of his repertoire. His recording collaborators to date include such orchestras as the London Symphony\, Philharmonia\, and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra\, under the batons of such legendary maestros as Sir Colin Davis\, Mariss Jansons\, Sir Neville Marriner and Lord Yehudi Menuhin. As a soloist\, Sitkovetsky has performed with the world’s leading orchestras\, including the Berlin Philharmonic\, Chicago Symphony\, Cleveland Orchestra\, LA Philharmonic\, Leipzig Gewandhaus\, New York Philharmonic\, NHK Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra\, among others. \nIn a flourishing career as a conductor\, Sitkovetsky has worked with such orchestras as Academy of St-Martin-In-The-Fields\, Dallas Symphony\, London Philharmonic\, Orchestre de chambre de Paris\, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra\, Orchestra della Toscana\, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra\, San Francisco Symphony\, Shanghai Symphony\, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra and Japan Century Symphony\, amongst others. In 1990 he founded the New European Strings Chamber Orchestra (NES) – bringing together the most distinguished string players from the top European ensembles. From 2003-2023 Sitkovetsky was also the Music Director of the Greensboro Symphony\, where he attracted such soloists as Emmanuel Ax\, Yefim Bronfman\, Branford Marsalis and Pinchas Zukerman. \nWith his unmatched ability to turn any project into a highly anticipated artistic event\, Sitkovetsky has been invited to create\, develop and lead festivals including the Seattle International Music Festival in the United States\, the Festival del Sole in Tuscany\, the Silk Route of Music in Baku\, Azerbaijan\, and the Korsholm Music Festival in Finland. During his tenure at the Korsholm Festival\, he hosted Alfred Schnittke\, Krszystoff Penderecki and Rodion Shchedrin as composers-in-residence\, performing with such luminaries as Martha Argerich\, Bella Davidovich\, Evgeny Kissin and Mischa Maisky\, to name just a few. \nHe is also in high demand as a jury member\, having served at such competitions as Queen Elisabeth in Brussels\, Tchaikovsky in Moscow\, Montreal in Canada\, Indianapolis in the United States\, and the George Enescu in Bucharest\, where Sitkovetsky returns as the President of the Jury for the fourth time in September 2024. \nHis new role as patron of The Purcell School for Young Musicians was celebrated with an Opening Concert at the Malta Spring Festival 2024\, where he performed alongside The Purcell School Chamber Soloists\, marking a significant milestone in his enduring mission to inspire and elevate young talents. In November 2024\, Purcell School ensembles perform a program featuring works arranged by Sitkovetsky at St. John Smith Square Hall. \nSitkovetsky’s name has also become synonymous with the art of transcription. His iconic orchestral and string trio versions of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations have taken on a life of their own – enjoying regular performances and acclaimed recordings by many of today’s leading performers.  \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org .The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/dmitri-sitkovetsky-violin-masterclass/
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SUMMARY:Joshua Fisher Violin Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Joshua Fisher to take a masterclass with our students. \nJoshua is an International soloist\, orchestral and chamber musician and has guest led orchestras under the batons of Yehudi Menuhin and Mstislav Rostropovich. \nHe has performed the violin solo in Schnittke’s Concerto Grosso No.4 in the Royal Festival Hall\, as well as Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra at St John’s Smith Square. He has also given concerts as violin/director and soloist with the Northern Sinfonia and toured Italy \, Spain and France performing concertos and chamber music recitals. \nJoshua has broadcast live on Classic FM\, Gibraltar Radio & Television and BBC Radio Three. He has also appeared in recitals and concertos with Rodney Friend and Vasco Vasilev and led orchestras under the batons of Yehudi Menuhin and Mstislav Rostropovich. \nHe studied with Felix Andrievsky and Rodney Friend at the Royal College of Music. He was a recipient of many prizes and nominated awards\, and as a postgraduate\, received generous financial assistance from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust\, performing numerous concertos and recitals as part of their concert scheme. \nWe are delighted to welcome Heidi Vogel to take a masterclass with our students.
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/joshua-fisher-violin-masterclass/
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SUMMARY:Mel Rothman Oboe Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Mel Rothman to take a masterclass with our students. \nBritish Oboist Melanie Rothman is a member of the world-renowned Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra\, 1st prize winner of the IDRS Gillet- Fox International Oboe Competition 2021 and professor of oboe at the Royal College of Music\, London since 2024. \nAn experienced orchestral musician\, she held positions as solo oboist of the Hessen State Theatre Orchestra Wiesbaden and the Duisburg Philharmonic/German Opera of the Rhein before joining the oboe section of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2022. In addition\, she is sought after as guest principal oboist in orchestras all over Europe such as the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra\, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra\, the Bergen Philharmonic\, the Frankfurt Opera and Museums Orchestra\, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra\, the Munich Chamber Orchestra\, the Ensemble Modern\, among others. \nAs a soloist and chamber musician she has performed a range of repertoire such as concerti by Bach\, Martinu and Francesconi\, with orchestras such as the Royal Northern Sinfonia\, and in venues such as the Wigmore Hall and St. John’s Smith Square. She has performed the world premiere of several works including ’Sul far della notte’ for oboe and ensemble by Leonardo Marino at the Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Utrecht 2019\, and ‘Tiny Bright Big True Real’ by Sean Shepherd at the IDRS Conference in Boulder\, Colorado 2023. \nShe is the recipient of numerous awards such as the Royal Academy of Music Leila Bull Oboe Prize 2010 and the Isle of Man Bank Prize at the Barbirolli Oboe Competition 2014. In 2019 she was woodwind semi-finalist of the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition in St. Petersburg\, in 2020 was finalist of the Virtual Oboe Competition and in 2021 was 1st grand prize winner of the International Double Reed Society Gillet-Fox International Oboe Competition. \nMelanie studied with Nora Cismondi at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris (CRR) and with David Walter at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (CNSMDP) where she completed her bachelor studies with honours in 2015. Following that she studied a master’s in oboe performance with Professor Stefan Schilli at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg where she graduated with honours in 2018. In 2021 she completed further studies on a soloist postgraduate at the HDMK Stuttgart with Professor Christian Schmitt\, where she was also awarded her degree with honours. She was a member of the Ensemble Modern Academy in 2018-19 and holds a master’s degree in the contemporary music.  \nMelanie has a deep interest in early music and studied the baroque oboe with Alfredo Bernardini\, Rafael Palacios and Katharina Spreckelsen\, and the harpsichord with Carole Cerasi\, Virginia Black and Clare Sutherland. She is also a passionate advocate for and performer on the Northumbrian Smallpipes\, a traditional bagpipe from the North-East of England\, with which she is a national prize-winner and member of the Northumbrian Pipers’ Society committee. \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org .The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.\nJoin with Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/kkp-myhh-hce\nLearn more about Meet at: https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9282720
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/mel-rothman-oboe-masterclass/
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SUMMARY:Lower School Concert
DESCRIPTION:Please do come and enjoy performances from our Lower School students.\nThe concert is free to attend but donations are kindly received. No booking required.
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/lower-school-concert-2/
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SUMMARY:Ning Feng Violin Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Ning Feng to take a masterclass with our students. \nNing Feng is recognised internationally as an artist of great lyricism\, innate musicality and stunning virtuosity. He performs across the globe with major orchestras and conductors\, and in recital and chamber concerts in some of the most important international series and festivals. In 2019 the Washington Post described him as “a wonderful player with a creamy\, easy tone and an emotional honesty” and BBC Music Magazine said of a recent recording “His silvery tonal purity\, immaculate intonation and gently beguiling musicality have a way of making most other players sound decidedly effortful by comparison.” \nNing Feng has toured Europe\, Asia and Australia with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and van Zweden\, he has toured China with the Budapest Festival Orchestra with Iván Fischer\, with whom he has also performed several times in Budapest\, with the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchester and Lawrence Foster\, and with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with whom he has also worked many times. Other career highlights to date include performances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra\, City of Birmingham Symphony\, BBC Philharmonic\, BBC Scottish\, LA Philharmonic\, National Symphony (Washington)\, Helsinki Philharmonic\, Bavarian Radio Symphony\, Frankfurt Radio Symphony\, Russian National Symphony orchestras amongst others. He has worked with many eminent conductors including Gianandrea Noseda\, Marin Alsop\, Yu Long\, Tugan Sokhiev\, Vladimir Spivakov and Vassily Petrenko \nIn chamber music Ning Feng works regularly with Igor Levit and together they have performed at the Schubertiade Festival\, and across Germany and London\, including both Wigmore Hall and Barbican Centre. He has performed many times at Kissinger Sommer Festival\, and has collaborated with artists including Edgar Moreau\, Daniel Müller-Schott and Nicholas Angelich \nNing Feng records for Channel Classics and his most recent disc ‘Paganini Caprices 24+1’ was released in Jan 2021\, which Gramophone reviews as “his ability to make the music palatable for listeners… The more you listen the more you want to listen”\, and it’s been Recommended by the Strad magazine. His earlier recording of Bach’s complete solo works for violin was hailed by Gramophone as “unlike anyone else’s… it’s the illusion of a freewheeling conversation projected from within that held me captive.” His discography also includes concerti by Elgar\, Finzi\, Tchaikovsky\, Paganini\, Vieuxtemps\, Bruch (Scottish Fantasy)\, works for violin and orchestra by Sarasate\, Lalo\, Ravel and Bizet/Waxman\, and with the Dragon Quartet works by Schubert\, Dvořák\, Borodin\, Shostakovich and Weinberg. \nBorn in Chengdu\, China\, Ning Feng studied at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music with Prof. Weimin Hu\, the Hanns Eisler School of Music (Berlin) with Prof. Antje Weithaas and the Royal Academy of Music (London) with Prof. Hu Kun\, where he was the first student ever to be awarded 100% for his final recital. The recipient of prizes at the Hanover International\, Queen Elisabeth and Yehudi Menuhin International violin competitions\, Ning Feng was First Prize winner of the 2005 Michael Hill International Violin Competition (New Zealand)\, and in 2006 won first prize in the International Paganini Competition. \nNing Feng plays the 1710 Stradivari violin known as the ‘Vieuxtemps Hauser’\, by kind arrangement with Premiere Performances of Hong Kong\, and plays on strings by Thomastik-Infeld\, Vienna. \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org .The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/ning-feng-violin-masterclass/
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SUMMARY:Jonathan Maloney French Horn Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Jonathan Maloney to take a masterclass with horn our students. \nJonathan Maloney was born and raised in Glasgow\, and started learning the horn in school. He was a member of Glasgow Schools’ Symphony Orchestra where he discovered a love for playing music with other people. This passion for finding community in music led him to play with many youth ensembles\, including the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and the European Union Youth Orchestra. \nJonathan studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal College of Music in London. After graduating\, he worked throughout the UK and abroad as a freelance musician and was acting Fourth Horn with the Philharmonia Orchestra from 2016–2018 before joining the LSO as Fourth Horn in 2022. \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org .The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/jonathan-maloney-french-horn-masterclass/
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SUMMARY:Craig Ogden Guitar Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Craig Ogden to take a masterclass with our students. \nDescribed by BBC Music Magazine as “A worthy successor to Julian Bream“\, Australian born guitarist Craig Ogden is one of the most exciting artists of his generation. He studied guitar from the age of seven and percussion from the age of thirteen. In 2004\, he became the youngest instrumentalist to receive a Fellowship Award from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. One of the UK’s most recorded guitarists\, he has accumulated an acclaimed discography for Chandos\, Virgin/EMI\, Nimbus\, Hyperion\, Sony and six chart-topping albums for Classic FM. His most recent recordings are a solo recital disc for Chandos\, Craig Ogden in Concert and a new arrangement of the Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach with violinist David Juritz and cellist Tim Hugh for Nimbus Records. \nCraig Ogden has performed concertos with many of the world’s leading orchestras in countries including Latvia\, Russia\, South Africa\, Denmark\, Spain\, Sweden\, Germany and Australia. In recent seasons he has performed with the Hallé\, BBC Concert Orchestra\, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra (Spain)\, Darwin Symphony Orchestra (Australia)\, Spanish Symphony Orchestra\, RTÉ Concert Orchestra (Dublin)\, London Philharmonic\, Ulster Orchestra\, Orchestra of Opera North and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. In 2015\, Craig was invited to perform a series of concerts on tour with the Royal Northern Sinfonia at major UK concert halls and again in 2016 with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and the English Chamber Orchestra\, both tours receiving critical acclaim. In 2019\, Craig presented his own programme of “The Celebration of the Guitar” with Manchester Camerata which showcased the guitar in various styles. This season Craig performs concertos with orchestras including the BBC Concert Orchestra\, English Chamber Orchestra\, Oulu Symphony Orchestra (Finland) and Ulster Orchestra. \nNumerous composers have written works specially for him and in 2017 he gave the world première of a concerto written for him by Andy Scott with the Northern Chamber Orchestra at Stoller Hall\, Manchester\, followed by the Australian première in Perth.  He gave the world première of Il Filo\, a double concerto for guitar and accordion by David Gordon with Miloš Milivojević in summer 2019 and gave the world première of a concerto written for him by David Knotts in March 2022 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall\, London with the BBC Concert Orchestra which was recorded for BBC Radio 3\, filmed for BBC4 TV and currently available on BBC iPlayer. In July 2022\, Craig gave the world première of Isolation Songs (Without Words) a new guitar concerto written for him by William Lovelady with the English Chamber Orchestra for Music in Country Churches with HM The King in attendance. The work received its London première in November 2022 at Cadogan Hall. In January 2023\, Craig gave the world première of a guitar concerto by Greg Caffrey with the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast\, recorded for BBC Radio 3. \nCraig Ogden is the most sought-after guitarist for chamber music in the UK performing with artists including the Carducci Quartet\, Miloš Milivojević (accordion)\, Paul Edmund-Davies (flute) and the London Tango Quintet\, of which he is a regular member. Craig also performs a new arrangement written for him of the Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach with violinist David Juritz and cellist Tim Hugh. He has been invited to perform with John Williams at venues including London’s Globe Theatre\, where he returned for a music and poetry performance with actress Meera Syal and in 2022 he again performed with John Williams at the Royal College of Music for a concert celebrating the life of the late Julian Bream. Craig has performed at many of the major UK festivals as well as large outdoor festivals including Jamie Oliver and Alex James’ Big Feastival and the Wilderness Festival. Craig gave a recital with tenor James Gilchrist at the Edinburgh Festival which was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and performed in the concert series devoted to Sir Michael Tippett at the Wigmore Hall\, returning there with the Nash Ensemble. \nCraig gave concerts and masterclasses in Hong Kong and Shanghai as part of the Hong Kong Guitar Symposium and he has performed several concerts at the Australian Chamber Music Festival at the invitation of Piers Lane. He was invited to be Visiting Musician at Oriel College\, University of Oxford for two years. Craig frequently records for film and was featured on the British hit\, Notting Hill. He has presented programmes on radio including The Segovia Legacy on BBC Radio 3 (co-presented with Louis de Bernières)\, Ten Pound Pom Mum for BBC Northern Ireland (a programme about his Mother’s upbringing in Northern Ireland) and a series of four interviews with artists including John Williams for ABC Classic FM (Australia). Craig presented three short videos as part of an advertising campaign on Classic FM for Emirates Airline and was invited by Sky Arts to be a mentor for the Guitar Star television series. \nCraig Ogden is Director of Guitar at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester\, Adjunct Fellow of the University of Western Australia\, and Associate Artist at The Bridgewater Hall\, Manchester . Craig Ogden plays a 2011 Greg Smallman guitar and strings made by D’Addario. \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org .The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/craig-ogden-guitar-masterclass/
LOCATION:Recital Room\, Aldenham Road\, Bushey North\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Hélène Clément Viola Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Helene Clement to take a masterclass with our viola students. \nBorn in France in 1988\, Hélène Clément has performed at a variety of world-renowned venues.These include the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Wigmore Hall in London\, Carnegie Hall in New York\, the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia\, the Gardner Museum in Boston\, The Konzerthaus in Berlin\, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam\, the Salle Cortot and the Cité de la Musique in Paris\, and many other venues throughout Europe. \nHer chamber music partners have included Nicolas Altstaedt\, Jonathan Biss\, Brett Dean\, Richard Goode\, Alina Ibragimova\, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker\, Elisabeth Leonskaja\, Mitsuko Uchida and Peter Wispelwey\, as well as the Brentano String Quartet and the Nash Ensemble. \nSince September 2013\, she has been the viola player of the Doric String Quartet. Recent highlights include recitals at the Amsterdam Muziekgebouw\, the Vienna Musikverein\, Frankfurt Alte Oper\, Hamburg Laeiszhalle and De Singel\, and regular performances at the Wigmore Hall\, and in many festivals such as Aldeburgh\, Carinthischer Sommer\, Delft\, Edinbrugh\, Grafenegg\, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern\, Musica Viva Sydney\, Risør\, Schwetzinger and West Cork Festivals. Further afield they have toured to Japan\, Israel\, Australia\, America and New Zealand. \nSince 2010 the Quartet has recorded exclusively for Chandos Records. Future releases will include works by Haydn\, Mendelssohn and Britten. \nHélène Clément is a regular guest at the prestigious Marlboro Music Festival in America\, and Prussia Cove in England. \nShe teaches viola and chamber music at the Royal Academy of Music of London. She plays on Benjamin Britten’s viola made by Guissani in 1843\, generously given on loan from the Britten-Pears Foundation. \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org .The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/helene-clement-viola-masterclass/
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SUMMARY:Peter Nagy Piano Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Peter Nagy to take a masterclass with our students. \nThe first prize in the 1979 Hungarian Radio Competition launched virtuosic pianist Péter Nagy into a remarkable international career at a young age\, after beginning his studies at the age of eight at the Liszt Academy\, Budapest. \nNagy’s concerts include tours throughout Europe\, performing in many countries including France at the Louvre\, and the UK at the Wigmore Hall\, as well as many other engagements. His worldwide concert tours include recitals in New York at the 92nd Street\, in Australia at the Sydney Opera House\, in New Zealand and throughout Japan.As a soloist and as a chamber musician he has performed at major music festivals: including Aix-en-Provence\, Bastad\, Blonay\, Beijing International Piano Festival\, Shanghai International Piano Festival\, Shenzhen International Piano Festival\, Davos\, Divonne\, Edinburgh\, Eisenach\, Fayetteville\, Frenswegen\, Helsinki\, Llandoff\, Kilkenny\, Kuhmo\, Kronberg\, Moritzburg\, Nelson\, Ojai\,Stresa\, West Cork and the Marlboro Music Festival.Nagy regularly performs as a chamber musician\, including concerts with partners such as Zoltán Kocsis\, Miklós Perényi\, Leonidas Kavakos\, Daniel Hope\, the St. Lawrence String Quartet\, Kim Kashkashian\, Charles Neidich\, Nobuko Imai\, Tanja Becker–Bender\, Claudio Bohorquez\, Ruggiero Ricci\, and Frans Helmerson\, to name a few. \nHe is Professor of Piano at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart and Director of the keyboard department of the Doctorate School at the Liszt Academy Budapest.Recent achievements include a performance of the Ligeti piano concerto in Budapest.Nagy has recorded for Hungaroton\, Delos\, Naxos\, BIS\, Hyperion\, SWR/Naxos\, Decca\, Berlin Classics and ECM labels. In 2001 he received the prestigious Liszt Award. \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org .The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/peter-nagy-piano-masterclass/
LOCATION:Recital Room\, Aldenham Road\, Bushey North\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Lower School Concert
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome you to our Lower School Concert. \nProgramme: \nShahi-St Mart Feels Like Heaven \nMitchell Peters Yellow After the Rain \nNino Rota Sarabanda e Toccata   \nBrahms Hungarian Dance No.5 \nGeoffrey Robbins Mont Saint Michel  \nGlinka/Balakirev “The Lark” \nSaint-Saëns Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor\, Op. 33 i) Allegro non troppo \nGiuseppe Tartini arr. Gordon Jacob Concertino for Clarinet\, i) Grave  \nSchumann Adagio and Allegro \nBartok Diary of a fly  \nLiszt Etude de Concert\, S.144 No. 3 “Un Sospiro” \nThe concert is free to attend but donations are kindly received. No booking required.
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/lower-school-concert/
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SUMMARY:Jack Liebeck Violin Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Jack Liebeck to take a masterclass with our violin students. \nBritish/German violinist\, director and festival director Jack Liebeck\, possesses “flawless technical mastery” and a “beguiling silvery tone” (BBC Music Magazine). Jack is the Royal Academy of Music’s first Émile Sauret Professor of Violin and Artistic Director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music. “A diverse and interesting program\, giving voice to many of the festival artists\, this was a terrific offering for this year’s Australian Festival of Chamber Music.” (Limelight Magazine). Jack’s playing embraces the worlds of elegant chamber-chic Mozart through to the impassioned mastery required to frame Brett Dean The Lost Art of Letter Writing and he has performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras\, conductors and chamber musicians. Jack’ fascination with all things scientific has led to two new concertos being written for him and regular collaborator Professor Brian Cox – Dario Marianelli’s Voyager Violin Concerto and Paul Dean’s A Brief History of Time commissioned by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in commemoration of Professor Stephen Hawking. In summer 2023 Jack gave the online premiere of Taylor Scott Davis’ new concerto for violin\, choir & orchestra To Sing of Love: a Triptych with the VOCES8 Foundation Choir and Orchestra conducted by Barnaby Smith as part of LIVE From London\, commissioned for Jack this will be released on album in 2024. \nUpcoming highlights include a tour of Australia with VOCES8 including performances at Sydney Opera House and with Queensland Symphony Orchestra performing a new arrangement of Lark Ascending and Christopher Tin The Lost Birds; his debut with Spokane Symphony performing Marianelli Voyager\, return performances with Royal Scottish National Orchestra\, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Bruch with Jaime Martin)\, Savannah Chamber Music Festival\, Franz Liszt Orchestra\, London Chamber Orchestra\, Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie\, Wigmore Hall with Jack’s ensemble Salica Piano Trio\, and debuts at La Jolla Festival and a new project with the Australian Youth Orchestra. \nUpcoming album releases include featuring as soloist and guest leader on Decca Classics’ Christmas 2023 release\, A Choral Christmas\, with the VOCES8 Foundation Choir and Orchestra and Barnaby Smith; a recording of the Wilson Violin Concerto with Rory Macdonald and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for Linn Records; Vaughan Williams’ Concerto Accademico with London Choral Sinfonia; and a chamber recording for Orchid Classics of English composer and musical advisor Frederick Laurence’s Sonata for violin and piano and Spring Nocturne with pianist Anna Tilbrook. Jack’s Schoenberg & Brahms with BBC Symphony Orchestra was ‘Recording of the Month’ and BBC Music Magazine’s ‘Recommended Recording’ for Brahms Violin Concerto in its ‘the greatest violin concertos of all time’; the “flawlessly done” Music from the Ghetto on Signum with Simca Heled and the London Chamber Orchestra earned 5*’s in BBC Music Magazine.   \nIn the 25+ years since his debut with the Hallé\, Jack has worked with major international conductors and orchestras including Sakari Oramo\, Andrew Litton\, Leonard Slatkin\, Karl-Heinz Steffens\, Sir Mark Elder\, Vasily Petrenko\, Brett Dean (Royal Stockholm Philharmonic)\, Daniel Harding (Swedish Radio)\, Jukka Pekka Saraste (Oslo Philharmonic)\, David Robertson (St Louis Symphony)\, Jakub Hrůša and many orchestras across the world including Belgian National\, Queensland Symphony\, Moscow State Symphony\, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia\, Indianapolis Symphony and all of UK orchestras. Recent  orchestral appearances include Queensland Symphony with Elena Schwarz\, Uppsala with Rebecca Miller\, Philharmonia with Santtu-Matias Rouvali\, BBC Philharmonic\, Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie\, Bournemouth Symphony with Jamie Phillips\, BBC National Orchestra of Wales with Jac Van Steen\, and Opera North with David Greed. Recital touring includes performances across Europe\, USA and Australasia for festivals and venues such as Wigmore Hall\, Savannah Music Festival\, Portugal Festival de Música dos Capuchos\, Arts and Lettres\, Vevey\, Inons Festival (CA)\, Leeds International Piano Competition\, multiple UK festivals as well as his own Australian Festival of Chamber Music and Oxford May Music festival which celebrates the synergy between art\, music and science. \nOther recordings and collaborations include recordings Ysaÿe Six Sonatas on Orchid Classics “…in every track Liebeck excels in capturing the fury\, poetry\, madness and dazzle of Ysaÿe’s haunting music. This is an exceptional release.” (The Times 5*); The Lark Ascending with VOCES8 commemorating Vaughan Williams’ 150th anniversary\, the world premiere recording of Stuart Hancock’s violin concerto released on Orchid Classics\, two chamber discs for Albion Records (Holst and Vaughan Williams with Mary Bevan and Vaughan Williams Folk Songs vol.1 with Nicky Spence and Mary Bevan)\, The Mozart Question with Michael Morpurgo and the London Philharmonic\, Classic FM’s\, The Glorious Garden (poetry by Alan Titchmarsh\, narrated by Alan with music by Debbie Wiseman)\, a collaboration with Alexis Ffrench on his new release ‘Truth’\, a project with Opera North\, and as BBC Music Magazine’s cover disc in celebration of Paganini\, The Virtuoso Violin. He can also be heard in the soundtracks of The Theory of Everything\, Jane Eyre and Anna Karenina. \nAs the first Émile Sauret Professor of Violin at the Royal Academy of Music Jack works as an ambassador helping to recruit future talent both at home and internationally as well as nurturing the next generation of violinists in his class. Jack has a developing relationship with digital teaching app NomadPlay\, a unique opportunity for individuals to play alongside renowned musicians and orchestras. He has written and curated pieces for Strad Magazine\, guest edited Classical Music Magazine\, and presented BBC Radio 3’s Inside Music. Jack is also a member of the Salieca Piano Trio and directs his own ensemble of regular collaborators\, ‘Jack Liebeck and Friends’. \nJack plays the ‘Ex-Wilhelmj’ J.B. Guadagnini dated 1785 and is generously loaned a Joseph Henry bow by Kathron Sturrock in the memory of her late husband Professor David Bennett. \nJack Liebeck is managed worldwide by Percius. www.percius.co.uk   \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org .The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.
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SUMMARY:Sarah Burnett Bassoon Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Sarah Burnett to give a masterclass to our students. \nIn a career full of variety and diversity\, Scottish born bassoonist\, Sarah Burnett\, is a lyrical\, successful and highly regarded wind player. Sarah is currently Principal Bassoon with the Britten Sinfonia and the London Mozart Players. She is in demand as Guest Principal with most of the major UK orchestras: symphony\, chamber and opera orchestras alike. She also plays for session orchestras and can be heard on many a film score. In addition\, she is a busy and passionate chamber musician being a member of the Haffner Wind Ensemble as well as the RPS award winning Britten Sinfonia Soloists and regularly performs in venues such as the Wigmore Hall\, St George’s Bristol\, the South Bank and the Barbican Centre\, as well as in many festivals abroad. She can frequently be heard on BBC Radio 3. \nSarah is a keen and experienced teacher; not only is she Professor at the RCM\, but also coaches the bassoons of the National Youth Orchestra\, is Consultant at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and is demand for masterclasses\, both at home and around the world. \nIn her early years\, she won places\, awards and scholarships allowing her to study at Chetham’s School of Music\, Cambridge University\, the Royal Academy of Music and later to study with Klaus Thunemann in Hanover\, Germany. She was also Principal Bassoon in both the National Youth Orchestra of GB and the European Union Youth Orchestra. \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org .The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/sarah-burnett-bassoon-masterclass/
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SUMMARY:Josephine Knight Cello Masterclasses
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Josephine Knight to take a masterclass with our cellists at The Purcell School. \nBritish cellist Josephine Knight is among the most sought-after performers of her generation. Since her sell-out debut at London’s Wigmore Hall\, British cellist Josephine Knight has gone on to a highly acclaimed international career spanning over 25 years. \nAs a soloist Josephine has performed with major orchestras in the U.K. and abroad working with such distinguished conductors as Sir Colin Davis\, Edward Gardner\, Richard Hickox\, Jac van Steen and Vasily Petrenko. \nIn 2005 Josephine made her BBC Proms concerto debut at the Royal Albert Hall. She has recorded for EMI Classics\, Deutsche Grammophon\, Chandos and Dutton Epoch. Her recording of John Tavener’s ‘The Protecting Veil’ received public and critical acclaim and reached the Top Ten in the Classical Music Charts. Other more diverse collaborations have included recordings with Nigel Kennedy\, Paul McCartney and Madonna. \nJosephine has collaborated as a soloist and chamber musician with many leading international performers\, including Daniel Hope\, Maxim Vengerov\, Lisa Batiashvili\, Wu Han\, Menahem Pressler\, Melvyn Tan\, Michael Tree from the legendary Guarneri Quartet\, Pinchas Zukerman and the Emerson and Takács Quartets. As a founding member of the Pizarro Trio\, formed in 2005\, they performed in many of the most renowned concert halls and venues worldwide\, including numerous appearances at Wigmore Hall\, Aldeburgh (where the trio were Artists in Residence)\, the Petworth\, Newbury and Stavanger International Chamber Music festivals\, Casa da Música in Porto and the Tonhalle in Düsseldorf.h \nAs an independent artist Josephine has appeared at some of the world’s most prominent festivals\, including Bath\, Beethoven\, Cheltenham\, Echternach\, Gstaad\, Mecklenburg\, Schleswig-Holstein\, Salzburg\, Schloss Elmau and Savannah\, as well as the BBC Proms festival. \nPassionate about teaching and much in demand\, Josephine holds the Alfredo Piatti Chair at the Royal Academy of Music in London\, where she is a professor of cello.  \nJosephine studied at Yale University and the prestigious Juilliard School in the USA\, studying with Aldo Parisot\, and at the Royal Academy of Music with David Strange. Following her studies in the USA\, Josephine won a place to study with Mischa Maisky at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana\, Siena\, Italy\, as one of only nine international cellists to be selected. \nIn acknowledgement of her success as an international cellist\, in 2008 Josephine was awarded a Fellowship to Wells Cathedral School (one of four major specialist music schools in the U.K.) and in 2009 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music. \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org .The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/josephine-knight-cello-masterclasses/
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SUMMARY:Louise Crane Voice Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Louise Crane to take a masterclass with our vocal students. \nA singing teacher at RBC for nearly twenty years\, Louise studied at the Guildhall\, gaining her AGSM Diploma and subsequently won awards from Clonter Opera Trust and the Peter Moores Foundation\, as well as a college scholarship\, to study at the Royal Northern College of Music.  After a season with Glyndebourne Festival Opera Louise was awarded the Peter Stuyvestant Foundation Scholarship to the National Opera Studio where she completed her studies. \nSome early engagements were Don Giovanni with Opera Factory (filmed for Channel 4)\, and Dialogues des Carmelites for the Opèra de Lyon (recorded by Virgin Classics)\, since when her many and varied roles have included Mother Goose (The Rake’s Progress) at the Aldeburgh Festival; Giovanna (Ernani)\, Ismene (The Siege of Corinth)\, Death (Le Rossignol) and Smaragdi (Francesca da Rimini) for Chelsea Opera Group; Florence Pike (Albert Herring)\, Third Lady (The Magic Flute) and Mistress Quickly (Falstaff) for English Touring Opera; Marcellina (The Marriage of Figaro) and Third Lady for both Opera Brava and European Chamber Opera; Flora (La Traviata) for Mid-Wales Opera and the Irish Operatic Repertory Company\, Jocasta (Oedipus Rex) and Filipyevna (Eugene Onegin) for Oxford University Opera; The Sorceress (Dido and Aeneas) for Palace Opera\, Minerva (Orpheus in the Underworld) and Praskovia (The Merry Widow) for Opera Holland Park. She made her debut with English National Opera in Joanathan Harvey’s Inquest of Love and subsequently took part in the opera’s revival at the Brussels Opera. \nIn demand for concert engagements at home and abroad\, Louise has broadcast Rossini’s Stabat Mater with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra\, appeared on Friday Night is Music Night and toured with the Basque Symphony Orchestra of Spain and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. She has recorded extracts from Handel’s Messiah for Classic FM and performed the same work in Britain and the Far East. She has sung the B Minor Mass in Salisbury Cathedral\, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Verdi’s Requiem under Stephen Cleobury at King’s College Chapel\, Cambridge and A Child of Our Time at Warwick University. Her repertoire includes the Missa Solemnis\, The Dream of Gerontius\, Janácek’s Glagolithic Mass\, Mahler’s Eighth Symphony\, Das Lied von der Erde\, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater (broadcast for BBC Radio 3)\, and Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater. She has sung Berlioz L’Enfance du Christ in Hungary with Howard Williams and the Pécs Hungarian Symphony Orchestra and has sung Carmen and Offenbach programmes at the Barbican and Birmingham Symphony Hall.Louise was a principal mezzo soprano with the D’Oyly Carte Opera singing at London’s Savoy Theatre\, and on tour throughout the UK and the USA. She has sung over fourteen roles with Opera della Luna and is a member of Impropera.  \nA qualified life coach\, Louise specialises in helping musicians with performance anxiety.  She gives masterclasses and choral workshops and also teaches vocal and presentational skills in the corporate world. \nLouise is a Specialist External Assessor at Trinity Laban\, the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music. \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org .The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/louise-crane-voice-masterclass/
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SUMMARY:Nellie Seng Piano Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are very delighted to welcome Nellie Seng to take a masterclass with some of our piano students. \nDr Nellie Seng is an accomplished pianist\, artist-educator\, and academic whose career spans over two decades in performance\, higher music education\, and curriculum innovation. She currently serves as Associate Dean of the School of Music at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA)\, a founding faculty of the University of the Arts Singapore (UAS). Her work bridges artistic excellence and pedagogical vision\, shaping inclusive and forward-looking music training in Singapore and the region. \nA graduate of The Juilliard School and the Graduate Center\, City University of New York\, Dr Seng has performed internationally\, garnering prizes at the Puigcerdà International Piano Competition and the Juilliard–Gina Bachauer Competition. She has appeared with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and continues to perform actively in recitals\, festivals\, and world premieres\, with a strong focus on contemporary and Southeast Asian repertoire. \nAs an educator\, Dr Seng is dedicated to developing reflective\, expressive\, and socially engaged musicians. She has taught across diploma\, undergraduate\, and postgraduate levels\, specialising in Principal Study (Piano)\, Collaborative Piano\, Musicianship\, and Performance Pedagogy. Her teaching integrates values-based education\, cross-cultural perspectives\, and artistic inquiry. \nDr Seng’s educational philosophy is closely linked to her research and artistic practice. She is co-author of “Courage to Create” (Education Sciences\, 2024)\, a publication that outlines a values-driven model for music teacher education in Asia. Her engagement with NAFA’s A/R/Tography initiative further explores the intersection of movement\, memory\, and sound in music learning and performance. \nInternationally\, she is active as a festival artist\, adjudicator\, and masterclass clinician\, with recent engagements at institutions including the Central Conservatory of Music (Beijing)\, China Conservatory of Music\, Shanghai Conservatory of Music\, and Chetham’s School of Music (UK). These activities reflect her ongoing commitment to artistic exchange and to nurturing the next generation of musicians across cultural and educational contexts. \nDr Seng is also closely involved with major initiatives such as the Nanyang International Music Competition and the Nanyang International Piano Academy. Her artistic and educational work reflects a deep commitment to musical excellence\, cross-cultural dialogue\, and regional collaboration. \nShe believes that arts education nurtures not only artistic skill but also empathy\, imagination\, and resilience. As both performer and pedagogue\, Dr Seng remains committed to advancing a holistic vision of music education—one that prepares musicians not just for the stage\, but for meaningful contribution to the broader cultural landscape. \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org .The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.
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SUMMARY:Irina Nuzova Piano  Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted that the renowned pianist Irina Nuzova will visit us again to take a masterclass with our piano students. \nCritics have applauded classical pianist Irina Nuzova for her “rise above mere virtuosity” (The Washington Post)\, “intensity of feeling” (La Nazione\, Italy) and “profound interpretation” (Il Resto de Carlino\, Bologna). Nuzova has appeared in recital as a soloist and as a chamber musician in the United States\, Europe\, and South America. In Europe\, she has performed as part of the Amici della Musica concert series in Florence; at the Teatro Massima in Catania\, Italy; Hermitage State Museum in St. Petersburg; the Moscow Conservatory\, and in the Netherlands. In the United States\, she has played at the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C.\, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York; and as part of chamber music series including the Rhode Island Chamber Music Concert Series and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago. In recital with Wendy Warner\, Nuzova has performed at the Music Institute of Chicago\, the Phillips Collection\, in Toronto\, in Boston\, and the Rockefeller tri-Institutional series in New York City.  \nNuzova’s discography includes the critically acclaimed WarnerNuzova duo’s debut recording: Russian Music for Cello & Piano\, released in 2010 on Cedille Records. The CD entered the Billboard charts as #8\, and has been featured on more than 100 radio stations. Nominated for best chamber music recording by ICMS\, Classical Candor commented about the CD: “The two women …play with style\, with grace\, with refinement\, and with deep emotional attachment\, yet always placing the music above any showmanship on their part. Most important\, however\, they appear to reach into the heart of this heart-wrenching music and convey its inner spirit with not only clarity and precision but with ultimate passion. They are consummate artists.” Warner and Nuzova have played together for years\, but officially formed the duo in 2008 with the intention of performing and recording the canonical sonatas for cello and piano from the past and present\, as well as commissioning unique arrangements and new music. This first album covers romantic Russian works featuring among others the rarely performed Sonata in A Minor by Nikolai Miaskovsky.  Nuzova regards the Miaskovsky sonata a “rare gem\,” adding that she likes to flip the Russian maxim which reads: “All is not gold that glitters\,” to say “Something that does not glitter can still be gold” in regards to the composer and this sonata in particular.  Says Nuzova\, “The sonata’s pervasive\, nostalgic quality speaks to the Russian soul and mind\, but it is subtle and subdued in its expression\, and absolutely jewel-like in its clarity and simplicity.” \nNuzova appears as soloist in numerous venues. Besides her appearances with her duo at the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C. and at St. Paul’s Music in the Park Series\, other highlights include the double recital at the Gardner Museum (complete Beethoven cycle of sonatas)\, and chamber music performances at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Ms. Nuzova has also appeared in live radio interviews and performances in Boston\, Chicago\, Philadelphia\, Washington DC\, among others\, including a live broadcast on WFMT in Chicago; and an interview with Fred Child of Performance Today — a program that was syndicated nationwide. Also the recipient of the Bruce Hungerford Award at the Young Concert Artist Auditions in New York\, Nuzova has won top prizes in competitions such as the Vincenzo Bellini and Citta di Senigallia International Competitions in Italy and the Beethoven Piano Sonata International Competition in Memphis\, Tennessee. As a chamber musician\, she has won top prizes at the Vittorio Gui and the Premio Trio di Trieste International Chamber Music Competitions in Italy. Nuzova’s performances have been broadcast live on WFMT in Chicago\, WGBH in Boston\, and Italian TV. Ms. Nuzova is also a member of the Camerata Phillips – an ensemble in residence at the Phillips Collection Gallery in Washington DC. \nNuzova is a native of Moscow\, Russia. She made her debut with the Omsk Philharmonic at the age of 14. She studied at the Gnessin Academy of Music under the guidance of Alexander Satz before moving to the United States. Nuzova continued her musical education at the Manhattan School of Music with Lev Natochenny\, and at Juilliard where her teachers were Oxana Yablonskaya and Jerome Lowenthal.  To further herself as a musician she worked for many years in the cello studio of Harvey Shapiro at Juilliard and pursued individual studies with pianists Jean-Bernard Pommier\, Eteri Andjaparidze\, and Vladimir Feltsman. Nuzova earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the Hartt School of Music (University of Hartford\, Connecticut). She regularly gives lecture recitals at schools and festivals. For the past two summers Nuzova has taught and performed at the Interharmony International Music Festival and the Summit International Music Festival in Purchase\, NY. She also serves regularly as a jury panelist. Ms. Nuzova is a member of the piano faculty of the Special School of Music in New York City and of Bard College’s pre-college division. \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org. \nThe masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/irina-nuzova-piano-masterclass/
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SUMMARY:Emily Beynon Flute Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Emily Benyon to take a masterclass at The Purcell School. \nEmily Beynon has been principal flute of the Concertgebouw Orchestra\, Amsterdam for 30 years. \nBorn in Wales\, Emily Beynon began her flute studies as a junior at the Royal College of Music with Margaret Ogonovsky and then went on to study with William Bennett at the Royal Academy of Music in London and with Alain Marion in Paris. \nEqually at home in front of the orchestra as in its midst\, Emily has performed as concerto soloist with\, amongst others\, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra\, the Philharmonia Orchestra\, BBC Orchestras\, NHK Symphony\, the Vienna\, Prague\, Netherlands and English Chamber Orchestras and the Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields. \nAs a chamber musician she works regularly with her sister\, the harpist\, Catherine Beynon and the pianist\, Andrew West. She is frequently heard on the radio and has featured in several television documentaries. She has made 15 concerto/recital albums to date\, the most recent being the fourth in a series of 5 Project Paloma discs with Andrew West\, featuring masterworks for flute and piano from the Second World War. \nEmily is an enthusiastic protagonist of new music and has had many new works written for her by composers such as John Woolrich\, Sally Beamish\, Jonathan Dove\, Errollyn Wallen\, Guillaume Connesson\, Roxanna Panufnik and Maarten Ornstein. \nA passionate and dedicated teacher\, Emily is regularly invited to give masterclasses all over the world. From 2009 – 2021\, she was Artistic leader of the Netherlands Flute Academy. At the start of the 2020 pandemic\, Emily established a YouTube channel with video tutorials on technical aspects of playing and various orchestral repertoire solos. \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org .The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.
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SUMMARY:Richard Goode Piano Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are very delighted to welcome Richard Goode to take a masterclass with some of our piano students. \nRichard Goode has been hailed for music-making of tremendous emotional power\, depth\, andexpressiveness\, and has been acknowledged worldwide as one of today’s leading interpreters of Classicaland Romantic music. In regular performances with the major orchestras\, recitals in the world’s musiccapitals\, masterclasses in person or online\, and through his extensive and acclaimed Nonesuch recordings\,he has won a large and devoted following.  \nAn exclusive Nonesuch recording artist\, Goode has made more than two dozen recordings over the years\,ranging from solo and chamber works to lieder and concertos. His 10-CD set of the complete Beethovensonatas cycle\, the first-ever by an American-born pianist\, was nominated for a Grammy and has beenranked among the most distinguished recordings of this repertoire. Other recording highlights includenumerous Mozart piano concerti with Orpheus and the Beethoven piano concerti with Ivan Fischer andBudapest Festival Orchestra.  \nA native of New York\, Richard Goode studied at the Mannes College of Music and the Curtis Institute. Hisnumerous prizes over the years include the Young Concert Artists Award\, First Prize in the Clara HaskilCompetition\, the Avery Fisher Prize\, and a Grammy award for the Brahms Sonatas recorded with clarinetistRichard Stoltzman.  \nMr. Goode served as co-Artistic Director of the renowned Marlboro Music School and Festival in Vermontfrom 1999 through 2013. In Fall 2021\, Mr. Goode joined the Peabody Conservatory as Distinguished ArtistFaculty. For the 2025-26 season\, Mr. Goode joins The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as an Artistic Partner.  \nHe is married to the violinist Marcia Weinfeld\, and\, when the Goodes are not on tour\, they and theircollection of some 5\,000 volumes live in New York City.  \n# # # # #  \nRichard Goode records exclusively for Nonesuch. Please visit Mr. Goode online at richardgoodepiano.comand on Facebook (@richardgoodepiano) for additional information about touring\, recordings\, and specialprojects.   \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org .The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/richard-goode-piano-masterclass/
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SUMMARY:Markus Schirmer Piano Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:We are very delighted to welcome Markus Schirmer to take a masterclass with some of our piano students. \nEnergy\, expression and emotion characterize Austrian top-pianist Markus Schirmer’smusic making.No matter where he tours he receives audience acclaim for his charismatic musicianship andhis ability to tell vivid stories with the instrument. One of his reviews sums him up precisely:“A pied piper on the piano…music that comes straight from the heart\, the brain and thefingertips.”After intense studies with Rudolf Kehrer\, Karl-Heinz Kämmerling or Paul Badura-Skodathe Graz born artist went on to win numerous prizes and honours and to take a number ofmajor concert halls and festivals by storm: the Wiener Musikverein and Konzerthaus\,Herkulessaal and Philharmonic (Munich)\, Suntory Hall (Tokyo)\, Wigmore Hall (London)\,Gewandhaus (Leipzig)\, Philharmonie and Konzerthaus (Berlin)\, Rudolfinum (Prague)\, Palaisdes Beaux Arts (Brussels)\, Finlandia Hall (Helsinki)\, Teatro Teresa Carreño Caracas)\, Palau dela Musica (Valencia)\, Victoria Hall (Geneva)\, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden\, Teatro Olimpico(Vicenza)\, Megaron (Athens)\, Lucerne Festival\, Rheingau Musik Festival\, Festivalinternational de piano “La Roque d´Antheron“\, Ruhr piano festival\, “Stars of White NightsFestival” (St.Petersburg)\, Festival pianistico internazionale “Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli”(Brescia)\, Vilnius Festival\, Kissinger Sommer\, styriarte\, Bregenz Festival\, Mondseetage\, ISCMMusic Festival and many more.He has worked with renowned orchestras: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra\,Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London\, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra\, Mariinsky OrchestraSt.Petersburg\, Chamber Orchestra of Europe\, Vienna Symphony Orchestra\, English ChamberOrchestra\, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande\, Sinfonia Varsovia\, the Radio SymphonyOrchestras of Vienna\, Munich and Leipzig\, Borusan Philharmonic\, Czech Philharmonic\, theFinnish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Valery Gergiev\, Sir Neville Marriner\, VladimirFedoseyev\, Lord Yehudi Menuhin\, Jukka Pekka Saraste\, Sir Charles Mackerras\, MichaelGielen\, John Axelrod\, Fabio Luisi\, Yan-Pascal Tortellier\, Philippe Entremont\, James Judd\, PaulGoodwin and Philippe Jordan among others.He adores Schubert above all but is also enthusiastic about more obscure works such asBritten’s ironic piano concerto\, the transcendental solo piano oeuvre of Szymanowski or“Castelli Romani”\, an epic piano concerto by Joseph Marx.Chamber music plays an important role in his work and his partners have included VadimRepin\, Renaud Capuçon\, Julian Rachlin\, Benjamin Schmid\, Veronika & Clemens Hagen\,Isabelle van Keulen\, Sharon Kam\, Nils Mönkemeyer\, Christian Poltéra\, Linus Roth\, NataliaPrishepenko\, Danjulo Ishizaka\, Boris Giltburg\, Patrick Demenga\, Christian Altenburger\, theEnsemble Wien-Berlin\, the Artis-\, the Auryn-\, the Carmina Quartet\, the String Trio Berlin andmany others.His love affair with the unusual\, his daring and his eagerness to explore new territoriesensure the development of sensational events outside the traditional classical repertoire:– SCURDIA is an improvisation project which brings together extraordinary musicians fromall over the world on one stage\, thus allowing new artistic and creative energies to be setfree by bridging various cultures.– Markus Schirmer has great pleasure in working with actors\, combining literature andmusic\, and has developed unusual programs which are celebrated by audience and criticsalike.In collaboration with the American singer and actress Helen Schneider f.e. he presents hisown adaptation of Kurt Weill’s ”The Seven Deadly Sins” for voice and piano.For his exceptional artistic diversity Markus Schirmer was awarded the “Music ManualAward“ at the Euromusic International Music Convention and is a recipient of one ofAustria’s most prestigious awards\, the Karl Böhm Interpretation Prize.He received the German Record Critics’ Award for his debut CD of Schubert Sonatas.Further recordings including works by Haydn\, Beethoven\, Ravel\, Mussorgsky and hisstrongly acclaimed outing “THE MOZART SESSIONS” together with the uplifting US chamberorchestra A FAR CRY have won numerous international prizes.In the upcoming season he will be performing at many festivals and concert series in theUnited States\, Germany\, Switzerland\, Italy\, South Africa\, Russia and Austria.In addition to his work as a very successful Professor of Piano at the Music University in hishometown Graz – many of his students are acclaimed prizewinners – Markus Schirmerregularly gives international masterclasses for piano and is a sought after adjudicator atseveral prestigious piano competitions.Furthermore\, Markus Schirmer is artistic director of the annual international music festivalARSONORE\, which every September engages top chamber musicians to perform in the Hallof Planets at Eggenberg Castle (UNESCO World Cultural Heritage) in Graz. \nIf you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org .The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.
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