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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.
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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.
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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.
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/emily-beynon-flute-masterclass/
LOCATION:Recital Room\, Aldenham Road\, Bushey North\, United Kingdom
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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.
URL:https://www.purcell-school.org/event/markus-schirmer-piano-masterclass/
LOCATION:Recital Room\, Aldenham Road\, Bushey North\, United Kingdom
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