VIV McLEAN piano
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Thursday 23 April 2026Doors: 6.30pm
Concert: 7.30pm Duration: 90 min plus interval Tickets: £30 |
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7 Star Arts proudly presents a celebration of Shakespeare's genius in music and words - a multi-genre production featuring International concert pianist Viv McLean and Tyler Hay.
ProgrammeProgramme to include Medtner, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky plus readings from Shakespeare.
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Proudly presented by 7 Star Arts supporting ENO Benevolent Fund
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7 Star Arts presents a diverse range of unique and original productions from the intimate life stories of the great composers to dazzling cutting edge musicians of the younger generation.
7 Star Arts’ popular mixed-genre concerts combine music, words and art to create intriguing and engaging aural and visual experiences. |
"When I was diagnosed with leukaemia life suddenly became fragile and scary, not just for me but for my family. When we needed it most the ENO Benevolent Fund stepped in, giving us help and support so I could concentrate on recovery. I'm now back at work and I've just celebrated 25 years at ENO. Thank you." |
When the music stops...Everyone who attends English National Opera (ENO) will experience the thrill of being transported by a live performance that lingers long in the memory. At ENO a hugely gifted ensemble on stage, in the pit and behind the scenes, contributes a wide range of skills to the audience's total enjoyment. But what happens when life suddenly changes through illness or accident and a performer or technician loses the ability to earn a living? At a stroke this person faces an uncomfortable reminder of how precarious a profession opera can be.
This is where the ENO Benevolent Fund, a registered charity first established almost 60 years ago, can make a significant difference. The Fund aims to alleviate hardship wherever it can in the form of a grant or loan. This may involve tiding a person (and sometimes his or her dependants) over a difficult patch, or providing longer-term support. Beneficiaries may include singers with throat and chest problems, musicians afflicted by loss of sight or hearing, wig and wardrobe technicians whose eyes or fingers are no longer up to the job, or any of the dedicated team which unites to make the Company what it is. Sometimes a one-off grant is given for a piece of equipment to help overcome a disability, or a loan to secure immediate medical advice or treatment. The Trustees who administer the Fund consider each case with great care. |
Viv McLean |
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Described by Le Monde as “possessing the genius one finds in those who know how to forget themselves”, since winning First Prize at the Maria Canals Piano Competition in Barcelona, Viv McLean has performed in all the major UK venues as well as throughout Europe, Japan, Australia and the USA. His concerto work includes appearances with the RPO, Philharmonia, LPO, Hallé, English Chamber Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Sinfonia Viva, Orchestra of the Swan, Orchestra of St John’s, Northern Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Concert Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra under such conductors as Daniel Harding, John Wilson, Wayne Marshall, John Lubbock, Philip Hesketh, Christopher Warren-Green, Owain Arwel Hughes, Carl Davis, Rebecca Miller, Chloé van Soeterstède and Marvin Hamlisch.
Viv frequently plays with leading chamber groups such as the Ysaÿe String Quartet, Sacconi String Quartet, members of the Elias, Allegri, Carducci and Tippett String Quartets, Leonore Piano Trio, Ensemble 360 and the Leopold String Trio. He has collaborated with soloists including Natalie Clein, Alice Neary, Marianne Thorsen, Daniel Hope, Adrian Brendel, Lawrence Power, Mary Bevan, David Le Page and Guy Johnston. He has performed at numerous UK festivals including Cheltenham International, Buxton, Music in the Round, Glossop and Harrogate International. Abroad, he has performed at the International Beethoven Festival, Mecklenburg Festival and Kultur Kreis Festival in Germany, the Festival International de Musique Classique d’Aigues-Mortes, Melle Festival and Festival de Saintes in France, the Vinterfestspill i Bergstaden in Norway, and the Musik vid Kattegatt Festival in Sweden. Viv studied with Ruth Nye and, after attending Chetham’s School of Music, went on to study at Royal Academy of Music with Hamish Milne. Whilst at the Academy, he won the piano prize at the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition, was selected as one of the winners of the National Federation of Music Societies Young Artists Competition, and made his Wigmore Hall debut through winning the Royal Academy of Music Wigmore Award. Viv made his BBC Radio 3 recital debut through the BBC Radio 3 Young Artists Forum scheme and has also recorded for Classic FM, WDR Radio in Germany, Radio France, ABC Radio in Australia, NRK Radio in Norway, and for Sky Arts television channel. His commercial releases include recordings for Sony, Signum Classics, Naxos, Nimbus, Lyrita, RPO Records, ICSM Records, and his most recent albums are a Chopin recital and a selection of live recordings for Stone Records. |
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Tyler Hay |
Tyler Hay was born in 1994 and first showed a prodigious talent for the piano when he won the Dennis Loveland award in Kent for his performance of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No.1 at the age of 11. He gained a place to study at the Purcell School in 2007 where he studied under Tessa Nicholson. He continued his studies with Graham Scott and Frank Wibaut at the Royal Northern College of Music and with Niel Immelman and Gordon Fergus-Thompson for a Masters degree at the Royal College of Music.
Tyler has performed programmes at Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall and the Purcell Room and has played Ravel's Concerto for Left Hand Alone at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No.2 at Symphony Hall with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
In 2016, Tyler won first prize in the keyboard section of the Royal Overseas League Competition and as well as winning the RNCM’s Gold medal competition, also won first prize in the Liszt Society International Competition. Tyler won 1st prize in the Dudley International Piano Competition in November, 2022. CDs of Liszt, John Ogdon, Kalkbrenner and Field are available on Brilliant Classics and an album of virtuoso piano music by contemporary British composer Simon Proctor is also available on Navona Records.
Tyler has performed programmes at Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall and the Purcell Room and has played Ravel's Concerto for Left Hand Alone at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No.2 at Symphony Hall with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
In 2016, Tyler won first prize in the keyboard section of the Royal Overseas League Competition and as well as winning the RNCM’s Gold medal competition, also won first prize in the Liszt Society International Competition. Tyler won 1st prize in the Dudley International Piano Competition in November, 2022. CDs of Liszt, John Ogdon, Kalkbrenner and Field are available on Brilliant Classics and an album of virtuoso piano music by contemporary British composer Simon Proctor is also available on Navona Records.