Lunchtime Concerts

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Programme & Performers

Juliet Beadle flute
Ben Pattinson flute
Daniel King Smith piano

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Programme & Performers

Yixuan Tian piano

Liszt from Transcendental Etudes S.139
No. 9 Ricordanza
Brahms from Intermezzi Op.117
No.2 in B♭ minor, Andante non troppo e con molta espressione
No. 3 in C♯ minor, Andante con moto

Victoria Churcher clarinet
Daniel King Smith piano

Phillipe Gaubert Fantaisie
Poulenc Sonate pour clarinette et piano
I. Allegro tristamente
II. Romanza
III. Allegro con fuoco

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Mozart Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Andante cantabile con espressione
III. Presto

Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Scherzo, Molto vivace
III. Largo
IV. Finale, Presto non tanto

BIOGRAPHY

Nefeli Erma is a young pianist from Limassol, Cyprus, currently living in London, United Kingdom. In September 2023, she received a special scholarship from Trinity College of London and commenced her studies for an Artist Diploma at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where she also attained with Distinction her Master of Music in piano performance, under the tuition of Prof. Kazakevich.

In June 2021, she completed her Undergraduate Studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, under the guidance of Mikhail Kazakevich and having as a second study classical singing under the tuition of Anne Dawson. She graduated with First Class Honours and received the “Marjorie Hazlehurst Piano Award” for the greatest imagination, enterprise and highest level of performance.

Nefeli Erma has given numerous piano recitals in the United Kingdom and abroad and performed in piano masterclasses taken by renowned pianists such as Martino Tirimo, Peter Tuite, Douglas Finch, Gabriele Baldocci, Mikhail Kazakevich, Nino Jvania, Charlotte Tomlinson, John Thwaites, Anthony Hewitt, Robert Markham.

Since 2017, she participated in a number of competitions and music festivals in the UK as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist, including Denis Matthews Memorial Prize, Rena Kellaway Piano Recital Prize, Herbert Lumby Prize, Soloists Competition, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Piano Chamber Music Festival, Beethoven Day Festival, Bottesini Festival, CoLab (co-hosting innovative projects) and New Lights Festival, where she was doing instrumental and vocal improvisations. Her multifaceted talent was recognised, and received an award of “Multifaceted Artistic Talent As An Active Member In Public Events”.

Her solo and chamber repertoire is versatile. It spans from Baroque to Contemporary styles and Nefeli Erma’s special interest lies within Romantic repertoire. Some of the major works she performed recently were Schumann Symphonic Ètudes Op.13, Chopin Sonata No.3, Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1.

Admission free, no ticket required

Admission free, no ticket required

Admission free, no ticket required

Admission free, no ticket required

Programme & Performers

MINAH LEE PIANO

Debussy Preludes book.1
V. Les collines d’Anacapri: Très modéré (The Hills of Anacapri)
XII. Minstrels: Modéré

Rachmaninoff Etude op.39 no.3 F-sharp minor

Prokofiev Vision fugitives op.22
No.1 Lentamente
No. 8 Commodo

Chopin Ballade No. 3, Op.47 in A-flat major

VICTORIA FINSTAD CELLO
MINAH LEE PIANO

Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor, op.40
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Allegro
III. Largo
IV. Allegro

BIOGRAPHIES

MINAH LEE
British-Korean pianist Minah , based in London, is the recipient of the prestigious Peter Harris Charitable Trust Scholarship. Under the guidance of her distinguished mentor Gabriele Baldocci. She is pursuing her Master’s degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

Minah’s musical journey began in Seoul, where she actively participated in annual concerts and won first prizes in several competitions in Seoul. She has performed in notable venues such as St John’s Smith Square, St James’s Piccadilly, the Lansdowne Club, St James’s Church Paddington, the Old Royal Naval College Chapel in London, Mozarteum in Salzburg, and annual concerts in Seoul. Her versatility extends beyond solo piano performance, as Minah is an active chamber musician, collaborating with instrumentalists, vocalists, and church choirs. She has seized valuable opportunities to broaden her repertoire by learning from musicians such as Pascal Rogé, Enrique Graf, Julian Jacobson, Peter Ovtcharov, Min Kwon, Martino Tirimo, Deniz Arman Gelenbe, and Mikhail Kazakevich.

VICTORIA FINSTAD
Victoria is a cellist born in Oslo, Norway, who is currently in her third year of undergraduate studies at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance under the tuition of Natalia Pavlutskaya.

Victoria started playing the cello at the age of 5 with her father, and at the age of 7, she joined Nor59 String Institute. In 2015, Victoria was accepted to the Oslo Music and Culture Schools talent program which focuses on chamber music, and in 2016, she started attending the music program at Edvard Munch Upper Secondary School. With Nor59 Victoria has participated in several tours and CD productions, including opera, ballet, and jazz conducted by Stefan Plewniak. As a soloist Victoria has performed several times with the Nor59 orchestra, and also with the Oslo Music and Culture School’s orchestra and the Edvard Munch Upper secondary school´s orchestra. In the summer of 2023, she preformed the first movement of Elgar cello concerto during Nor59´s orchestra trip to Krakow. Victoria has since 2016 helped Nor59 as an assistant teacher for orchestra rehearsals, seminars, and summer courses, and she is very passionate about inspiring the younger members of the orchestra. Victoria has studied with Nikita Sirotenko, Bård Henrik Bostrup, Kristine Solberg, and Dr Anzél Gerber.

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Admission free, no ticket required