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Katya Apekisheva was born in Moscow into a family of musicians, she started to play the piano at the age of five. After studying in Moscow she continued with Irina Berkovich in Jerusalem where she won important prizes and awards. In 1994 she moved to London to study at the Royal College of Music with Irina Zaritskaya and the following year won the President's Rose Bowl for the most outstanding pianist of the year. In 1996 she was nominated London Philharmonic/Pioneer Young Soloist of the Year which led to performances with the same orchestra. In following years, she won the Terence Judd Award for the Most Outstanding Pianist of the Year, second prize at the Scottish International piano competition and Schubert prize at the AXA Dublin Piano Competition. Katya is a frequent guest at festivals in USA, UK, France and Russia. She has performed throughout Russia, Italy, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, France, Israel, Turkey, USA, South Korea and Philippines, with major orchestras under conductors like Alexander Lazarev, David Shallon, Alexander Rudin and Sir Simon Rattle. As a chamber musician Katya collaborates regularly with English and Russian ensembles and soloists like Janine Jansen and Jack Liebeck. She has made several recordings for BBC Radio 3 and released several CDs. Recently she played in recitals with Natalie Clein and Jack Liebeck, recorded for BBC radio3, released a CD of works by Brahms, performed the Hummel Piano Concerto at "Music in country churches" festival with the English Chamber Orchestra and released a solo CD with Grieg's piano music.
Jack Liebeck was born in 1980 in London. He attended, from 1989 until 1999, the Purcell School of Music and then the Royal Academy of Music where he studied with Professor Mateja Marinkovic, graduating in 2003. Performing in concertos and recitals since the age of eleven, Jack's appearances have taken him to Singapore, Taiwan and Malaysia, the USA, Holland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Turkey and Yugoslavia. In the UK Jack has appeared in many major venues including the Royal Festival Hall, Barbican Centre, Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room. Since the age of fourteen Jack has made concerto debuts with many acclaimed orchestras including the Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam, the Halle, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the English Chamber, the Bournemouth Symphony, the Lausanne Chamber, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestras. He has toured in the UK and abroad with renowned Orchestras under the baton of conductors like Sir Neville Marriner and Alexander Lazarev. Jack's live performances have been broadcast on various radio and television channels throughout Europe. Committed Chamber musician he has also appeared in major music festivals in Australia, Japan and Europe. His debut disc in 2004 with Katya Apekisheva has received enormous critical acclaim. In 2009 he recorded, again with her, the complete Brahms sonatas. Recently he performed with the Indianapolis Symphony, Scottish Chamber and Oslo Philharmonic and the Orquestra Sinfonica de Navarra and gave recitals in main venues in Great Britain and in various Festivals (like Bath and Brisbane). He is the artistic director of the new festival Oxford May Music. Jack plays the 'Ex-Wilhelmj' Guadagnini dated 1785.
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MAY CONCERTS
1st CONCERT Wednesday, 26th May 2010, at 7.30 p.m. sharp
Johann Sebastian BACH Sonata No. 1 em Si menor para violino e piano
(1685-1750) 1. Allemande - Double
2. Corrente - Double (Presto)
3. Sarabande - Double
4. Tempo di Borea - Double
Johannes BRAHMS Sonata No. 3 em Ré menor
(1833-1897) 1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Un poco presto e con sentimento
4. Presto agitato
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Edvard GRIEG 4 Peças Líricas para piano solo
(1843-1907)
Ernest BLOCH Suite Baal Shem
(1880-1923) 1. Vidui (Contrition)
2. Nigun (Improvisation)
3. Simchat torah (Rejoicing)
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MAY CONCERTS
2nd CONCERT Saturday, 29th May 2010, at 7.30 p.m. sharp
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Sonata em Sol maior KV 373a (379)
(1756-1791) 1. Adagio - Allegro
2. Tema - Andantino Cantabile
3. Variations I
4. Variation II
5. Variation III
6. Variation IV
7. Variation V - Adagio
8. Tema - Allegretto
Sergej PROKOFIEV Sonata para dois violinos sem acompanhamento
(1891-1953) (com Victoria Sayles - violino)
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Piotr TSCHAIKOWSKY Variações para piano solo
(1840 - 1893)
Maurice RAVEL Sonata para violino e piano em Sol
(1875-1937) 1. Allegretto
2. Blues - Moderato
3. Perpetuum Mobile
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