Part of the Hattori Foundation early evening concert series
Maxim Calver cello
(Current Hattori Foundation senior award winner)
Kumi Matsuo piano
Maxim Calver cello
(Current Hattori Foundation senior award winner)
Kumi Matsuo piano
Programme (60 minutes, no interval)L. v. Beethoven
Sonata No.1 in F major for piano and cello, Op.5 No.1 R. Schumann Fantasiestücke, Op.73 S. Prokofiev Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op.119 |
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. |
Maxim Calver |
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British cellist Maxim Calver made his concerto debut in Symphony Hall, Birmingham as part of the Grand Final of BBC Young Musician 2018. His performance of Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, was praised for its ‘natural ease’ and ‘emotional lyricism’. Earlier in the competition he won the Strings Category, performing works by Lutoslawski, Brahms and Stravinsky.
In October 2021, Maxim made his European concerto debut in the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, where he performed Schumann’s Cello Concerto. In high demand across the UK, he has appeared as concerto soloist with orchestras including the Bath, Stockport, Maidstone and Young Musician Symphony Orchestras, the Orpheus Sinfonia and Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra amongst others. In March 2022 he gave multiple performances of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in B minor at venues including the Apex, Bury St. Edmunds and a return to Cadogan Hall, London. His recital performances include appearances at the Menuhin Hall, St. James’s Church, Piccadilly, Norwich Chapel Concert Series and St. James’ Guernsey and many others. In February 2020 he was a finalist in the Strings Category of the Royal Overseas League Competition, where his performance was singled out for the “elegance of his technique, overall sound and natural poeticism” (Strad Magazine, 2020). His upcoming highlights include performances of Dvorak’s cello concerto in Norwich, performances in Tokyo and Zurich as well as return to the Klosters Winter Music Festival. Originally from Gorleston-on-Sea in Norfolk, Maxim started the cello at the age of 4 with Maja Passchier before moving to the Yehudi Menuhin School to study with Thomas Carroll aged just 8 years old. He currently studies at the Royal College of Music with Professor Melissa Phelps, where he is proud to be an ABRSM Scholar for his postgraduate studies. He was previously the Herbert Howells & Thomas Fielden Scholar for the four years of his undergraduate studies. Maxim has also participated in master-classes with leading cellists including Steven Isserlis, Heinrich Schiff, Julian Lloyd Webber, Paul Katz, Guy Johnston and most recently with Steven Doane as part of the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, Cornwall. A passionate chamber musician, Maxim has performed in many of the leading venues across the UK and Europe including St. John's Smith Square, Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) and Berlin Konzerthaus. He has also appeared at festivals all across Europe including the International Pau Casals Festival, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Klosters Music Festival and the Lewes Chamber Music Festival. Maxim is extremely grateful to have received support from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, Drake Calleja Trust, and Hattori Foundation, and the Young Classical Artists Trust for their generous support in their aftercare scheme for BBC Young Musician finalists. Maxim plays an Alberto Aloyisius Blanchi cello, dated 1906. |
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Kumi MatsuoKumi Matsuo was born in Tokyo, Japan. Winner of the 5th Louisiana International Piano Competition in 2013, she has also won Second Prize at the 75th Music Competition of Japan in 2006, Third Prize at the 22nd Ferrol International Piano Competition in 2008 and First Prize at the 6th Isidor Bajic International Piano Competition in 2012.
Kumi graduated from the Toho Gakuen High School of Music and the Toho Gakuen University of Music in Tokyo. In 2007 she moved to London for her further study at the Royal College of Music where she gained an Artist Diploma and a Master of Music in Performance. Kumi studied piano with Jyoko Gondo, Mikhail Voskresensky, John Blakely and Ashley Wass and chamber music with Jan Repko. In 2008 Kumi won the RCM concerto competition and gave her London debut playing Ravel's Piano Concerto for Left Hand in Cadogan Hall with RCM Sinfonietta conducted by Peter Stark. In 2009 she played Schnittke's Concerto Grosso No.1 with RCM Chamber Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski the Queen Elisabeth Hall and in 2012 she also performed Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto with RCM Symphony Orchestra under Martin André at the Royal College of Music. |