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Sunday 8 March 2015   3pm
ARTESIAN QUARTET
Kate Suthers, Emily Davis - violins
Matt Maguire - viola   Antonio Novais - 'cello

Haydn             String Quartet in A major, Op 20 No 6
Beethoven     String Quartet in B flat major, Op 18  No 6
Ravel               String Quartet in F major

The Artesian Quartet is a young, dynamic group, passionate about chamber music.  Founded in 2009 and increasingly in demand, their trademarks include high energy, spontaneity and a fresh approach to texture and colour.

'…Great control and dynamic subtlety… their playing at once separated and integrated…'   The Strad, April 2014

'I've never heard a more lyrical account of the Debussy quartet.'    Lake District Summer Music Festival, 2012

'The Artesian Quartet play with tremendous energy, attention to detail and their sheer enjoyment in concert is always evident… they are definitely an ensemble to watch out for now and in the future!'     Martin Outram, Maggini Quartet, 2012

www.artesianquartet.co.uk

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Sunday 12 April 2015   3pm
MAX WELFORD - clarinet 
KATHERINE TINKER - piano


Debussy                Première Rhapsodie
Ireland                  Fantasy Sonata
Schumann            3 Romances, Op 94
Brahms                 Sonata No 1 in F minor, Op 120 No 1
Verdi/Lovreglio   La Traviata Fantasia



Max Welford graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 2012 and has since performed as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player in the UK, Europe, the USA and Asia. He has been a 2014 Park Lane Group Young Artist, a Concordia Foundation Artist, and will make his Wigmore Hall debut in Spring 2015.

Katherine Tinker is a pianist residing in London, and is a Park Lane Young Artist.  She has a special interest in accompaniment, orchestral piano, and contemporary classical music, and has performed at venues including the Kings Place Festival, the Roundhouse in Camden, and the Lindbury Studio Theatre Covent Garden.

Max and Katherine's debut recital at the Purcell Room was described in the press:

'excellent…oozing class'    The Guardian

'real dynamism and cohesion, a sense of conversation'    The Times

www.maxwelford.com
www.katherinetinker.com

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Sunday 10 May 2015   3pm
JOO YEON SIR - violin
KUMI MATSUO - piano

Bach-Mendelssohn   Chaconne from Partita No 2 in D minor BWV 1004
Schubert                      Rondo Brilliante

Brahms                         Sonata No 3 in D minor for Violin and Piano, Op 108
Kreisler                         Three Waltzes 
Waxman                       Carmen Fantasie


Winner of the prestigious Karl Jenkins Classical Music Award 2014 in association with The Arts Club and Classic FM, Korean-born British violinist Joo Yeon Sir has performed as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician at major venues across the UK including Wigmore Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St James's Piccadilly, Fairfield Halls, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Gallery and St James's Palace in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales.

www.jooyeonsir.com

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Kumi Matsuo was born in Tokyo, Japan. Winner of the 5th Louisiana International Piano Competition in 2013, she has also won Second Prize at the 75th Music Competition of Japan in 2006, Third Prize at the 22nd Ferrol International Piano Competition in 2008 and First Prize at the 6th Isidor Bajic International Piano Competition in 2012.


Kumi is now the Anthony Saltmarsh Junior Fellow in Accompaniment at the Royal College of Music.






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