OFER FALK violin
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Thursday 18 May 2023Doors: 6.30pm
Concert: 7.30pm Tickets: £25 per concert Multi-concert discounts: £20 per concert, if a ticket purchased for 2 or 3 concerts in the series £15 per concert, if a ticket purchased for all 4 concerts in the series (multi-concert discounts apply when purchased in one transaction. Discount applied automatically at checkout) |
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The sun, the moon, the wind, rain and earth: the elemental forces of nature surround us. We can’t live without nature, but being so close to it, we forget its constant presence, and fail to respect it. Now, we are more than ever aware of our impact on our climate and the world’s precious resources. In this series of concerts, Reiko Fujisawa and friends will perform repertoire that focuses on both tangible and spiritual aspects of nature.
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Robert Schumann
Adagio and Allegro in A flat major Op.70 for horn and piano Clara Schumann Romance for piano Op.21 No.3 Brahms Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, Op.78 (“Regensonate”) Interval Brahms Trio in E flat major Op.40 for horn, violin and piano |
Mainland Music FoundationThe charitable objects of the Foundation are ‘the advancement of the art of music for the benefit of the public through the provision of concerts, festivals, recitals and performances’.
The trustees plan to fulfil those objectives by arranging concerts at venues in London and further afield, given by professional musicians who have an established national or international reputation. Trustees: David Hirschman (Chair), Noriko Hart, Peter Hart, Susan Worsey, Stephen Barr. Charity number 1195924. www.mainlandmusicfoundation.com |
Concerts in the series:
30 June 2022 Nature & Music: Forests and Flowers 6 October 2022 Nature & Music: Shepherdesses and Folk Dances 9 March 2023 Nature & Music: Spirits on Land and Water 18 May 2023 Nature & Music: Rain and Romance Complete Nature & Music series website
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Ofer FalkBorn in Israel in 1967, Ofer studied with the legendary pedagogue Ilona Feher in Tel Aviv and later with Professor Dora Schwarzberg in Vienna. Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, Josef Gingold, Menahem Pressler and members of the Guarneri and the Borodin Quartet have also coached him. Ofer is now an associate professor of violin at Trinity Laban.
Much of his work has been as a chamber musician; first as leader and founder member of the Schidlof Quartet (1994-2001), and now as leader of the Falk Quartet (2001), performing with such artists as Murray Perahia and Jack Brymer. Ofer has performed as a soloist with most of the major Israeli Orchestras in the UK at the Barbican, Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Purcell Room. In Russia, Ofer has performed as a soloist and recitalist in most of the main venues, including the Bolshoi and Mali Saal in Moscow. Orchestral experience includes two years as leader of the London Soloists Chamber Orchestra (1996-1998), guest leading with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra as well as frequently guest leading the English Chamber Orchestra. In February 2003, Ofer made his debut performance as soloist with the English Chamber Orchestra and was immediately re-invited for subsequent performances. |
“Falk’s touch is as soft as silk. Few Quartets have such a sensitive and lyrical top line.” |
Ben Goldscheider
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Nominated by the Barbican as an ECHO Rising Star for the 2021/22 season, Ben Goldscheider has given recitals at major concert halls across Europe including at the Concertgebouw, Musikverein, Pierre Boulez Saal, Elbphilharmonie, Koln Philharmonie and Wigmore Hall amongst others.
Ben has performed with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo and made his BBC Proms concerto debut in 2022 performing the Ethel Smyth Concerto for Horn and Violin with Elena Urioste and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazuki Yamada. Ben has also appeared as soloist with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Aurora Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, English Chamber, Royal Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, Lucerne Symphony, Manchester Camerata, Prague Philharmonia and Sinfonie Orchester Berlin. Ben is a member of the Pierre Boulez Ensemble and principal horn of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. He was a prize-winner at the 2019 YCAT International Auditions and a BBC Young Musician Concerto Finalist in 2016. Born in London, in 2020 Ben completed his studies with honours at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin with Radek Baborák. |
Reiko FujisawaReiko Fujisawa fuses the sensibilities of a musician raised in the Far East who trained in the West. Following study at the Musashino University of Music in Tokyo and in San Francisco, she moved to the UK where she trained at Trinity College and with Martino Tirimo, Benjamin Kaplan and Yonty Solomon. She has been in London ever since.
Reiko’s recordings include an acclaimed CD of music by Bach, Beethoven and Schubert, released on the Quartz Music label in 2012 and described by The Arts Desk as "irresistible". Her latest recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations received a glowing review from The Record Geijutsu, Japan’s equivalent to The Gramophone, describing it as an "unpretentious, clean and refreshing performance with a refined dignity".
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(photo: Lucinda Douglas Menzies)
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Thursday
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Doors: 6.30pm
Concert: 7.30pm Tickets: £25 per concert Multi-concert discounts: £20 per concert, if a ticket purchased for 2 or 3 concerts in the series £15 per concert, if a ticket purchased for all 4 concerts in the series (multi-concert discounts apply when purchased in one transaction. Discount applied automatically at checkout) |