What’s on this 2024-25 season
What’s on this 2024-25 season
Unitarian Church, Shrewsbury
Manuel de Falla – Danse espagnole No 1 La Vida Breve (Life is Short)
Enrique Granados – Andaluza Oriental, Intermezzo
Isaac Albéniz – Asturias & Cordoba
Gaspar Cassadó – Requiebros (Requirements)
Astor Piazzolla – Adios Nonino (Farewell to Grandpa)
Ernesto Nazareth – Confidências (Confidences)
£10 and free to children under 18
François Ragot, cellist, is currently music director of Mare Nostrium Musicae in Catalonia, for which he has organised over 30 concerts. He also appears regularly with l’Orchestre de Montpellier and at international concerts abroad. He teaches at the music schools of St Cyprien and of Céret.
Nathalie Mengual, guitarist and arranger, currently teaches classical guitar in St Cyprien and at the music school in Albères.
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St Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch
Manuel de Falla – Danse espagnole No 1 La Vida Breve (Life is Short)
Enrique Granados – Andaluza Oriental, Intermezzo
Isaac Albéniz – Asturias & Cordoba
Gaspar Cassadó – Requiebros (Requirements)
Astor Piazzolla – Adios Nonino (Farewell to Grandpa)
Ernesto Nazareth – Confidências (Confidences)
£12 and free to children under 18
François Ragot, cellist, is currently music director of Mare Nostrium Musicae in Catalonia, for which he has organised over 30 concerts. He also appears regularly with l’Orchestre de Montpellier and at international concerts abroad. He teaches at the music schools of St Cyprien and of Céret.
Nathalie Mengual, guitarist and arranger, currently teaches classical guitar in St Cyprien and at the music school in Albères.
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Maidment Auditorium, Shrewsbury School
| J Haydn | Variations in F Minor, Hob. XVII:6 |
| Beethoven | Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3 |
| J Haydn | Sonata No. 31 in A Flat Major, Hob. XV1:46 (programme change) |
| R Schumann | Kinderszenen Op. 15, 'Scenes from Childhood' |
| Brahms | Paganini Variations, Op. 35, Book 1 |
On 31st July, 2024, Alim was announced as the winner of the Critics' Choice Award for Young Talent (Piano). Their annual Young Talent Awards highlight the wealth of emerging talent across the country, and celebrate artists for whom 2023 was a notable breakthrough year.
Read more at https://criticscircle.org.uk/critics-circle-music-awards-2023/
£18
Children and full-time students £9
Please note 3.00 pm start
Born in Kazakhstan in 1998, Alim’s early studies were at the Purcell School where he won several awards, including First Prize at the Junior Cliburn International Competition.
Since winning the 2021 Leeds Competition, Alim has built a highly successful career and has become a BBC New Generation Artist 2023-2025, playing regularly for BBC Radio 3 and performing at the Proms. He has performed in many international venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Chopin Institute in Warsaw.
“This Prom had at its heart a performance of the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no. 2 of the kind I thought we could hear only in our dreams”
- Jessica Duchen, i News
"There’s no pianist under 30 in the world I would rather hear."
- The Telegraph
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