This performance forms part of the Hattori Foundation early evening concert series. This is a very friendly series, in true Salon-style, where guests are invited to enjoy a pre-concert drink included in the ticket price, a one-hour performance (without interval) and then meet the performers and Trustees in the Club's bar after each recital for complimentary refreshments.
Programme (60 minutes, no interval)
Ferruccio Busoni
Violin Sonata in E minor, No.2, Op.36a Ottorino Respighi Violin Sonata in B minor |
The Hattori Foundation was established as an Educational Trust by the Hattori Family and granted charity status in 1992.
The aim of the Foundation in the field of music is to encourage and assist exceptionally talented young instrumental soloists or chamber ensembles who are British Nationals or resident in the UK and whose talent and achievements give promise of an international career. |
In the 2025–2026 season, violinist Basil Alter enjoys a busy schedule between the US and Europe. Based in the UK, he is an artist for the Tillett Trust in 2026, the City Music Foundation, and the Hattori Foundation. Solo appearances of the season include the concertos of Bruch, Korngold, and Tchaikovsky and numerous recital appearances. In the US, upcoming performances include appearances in New York City at the Frick Collection and on the Memphis Chamber Music Society with pianist Evan Solomon. He is a prizewinner at several international competitions, including most recently 2nd prize at the Julio Cardona competition in Portugal.
He is a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he enjoyed working alongside figureheads of the UK music scene including Tasmin Little, as well as pursuing a highly-commended academic project related to the violin works of Stravinsky. He was selected for numerous public engagements and led the Academy orchestra in their appearance at the Aldeburgh Festival, as well as working on a project involving Ravel’s Duo and long-distance performance. Before living in London, he studied in New York at Manhattan School of Music, where he led the orchestra on several occasions and won the school’s chamber music prize.
A US native, he comes from a musical family in Tennessee. Outside of music, he enjoys crossword puzzles and walks through Regent’s Park. He is supported in part by the Craxton Trust.
He is a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he enjoyed working alongside figureheads of the UK music scene including Tasmin Little, as well as pursuing a highly-commended academic project related to the violin works of Stravinsky. He was selected for numerous public engagements and led the Academy orchestra in their appearance at the Aldeburgh Festival, as well as working on a project involving Ravel’s Duo and long-distance performance. Before living in London, he studied in New York at Manhattan School of Music, where he led the orchestra on several occasions and won the school’s chamber music prize.
A US native, he comes from a musical family in Tennessee. Outside of music, he enjoys crossword puzzles and walks through Regent’s Park. He is supported in part by the Craxton Trust.
Dafydd Chapman
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Dafydd is in his first year of masters at the Royal Academy of Music studying Ensemble Piano under Mei-Ting Sun and James Baillieu.
Originally from Cardiff, he spent most of his childhood studying at the Junior Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where he studied with Nicola Meecham for 9 years. During his time there, he became the first recipient of the Junior Conservatoire ABRSM Scholarship, won several prizes such as the Junior Conservatoire Prize for Solo Piano and won the Junior Conservatoire Chamber Prize. Most notably at his time there, he won the 2015 Junior Conservatoire Concerto Competition, in which he was given the opportunity to perform Chopin's Concerto No.1 with an orchestra at the conservatoire. Dafydd has also competed in several competitions including becoming a semifinalist at the Gregynog Young Musician Competition and winning the national Urdd Eisteddfod 3 times. In 2012 and 2017, he also won the Piano Solo and the Repertoire classes at the Mid-Somerset Competitive Festival and also went on to win the Piano Concerto competition there in 2019. During his time at the Royal Academy of Music, Dafydd has gone on to perform a wide range of chamber and ensemble repertoire and internal competitions, notably, the Harold Craxton prize and performing with Trio Arisonto. In future he hopes to continue to build a successful career as a chamber musician, accompanist, and musical director. |