An evocative journey through the French repertoire for cello and piano, spanning the playful energy of Debussy’s Nocturne et Scherzo and the bright charm of Olivier Greif’s Pièce. The programme traverses the lyrical warmth of Fauré’s Romance and the sweeping drama of his Sonata No.1, set against the profound stillness of Messiaen’s Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus.
The rare brilliance of sisters Nadia and Lili Boulanger provides a poignant contrast to the fiery virtuosity and structural grandeur of Saint-Saëns’ Sonata No.1, an odyssey of colour, light, and shadow.
The rare brilliance of sisters Nadia and Lili Boulanger provides a poignant contrast to the fiery virtuosity and structural grandeur of Saint-Saëns’ Sonata No.1, an odyssey of colour, light, and shadow.
Programme
Claude Debussy
Nocturne et Scherzo
Gabriel Fauré
Romance in A major, Op.69
Olivier Greif
Deux pièces de concours pour violoncelle et piano, Op.173 No.1 Scherzando
Olivier Messiaen
Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus
(from Quartet for the End of Time)
Gabriel Fauré
Sonata No.1 in D minor, Op.109
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Nadia Boulanger
Trois Pièces
Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Camille Saint-Saëns
Sonata No.1 in C minor, Op.32
Nocturne et Scherzo
Gabriel Fauré
Romance in A major, Op.69
Olivier Greif
Deux pièces de concours pour violoncelle et piano, Op.173 No.1 Scherzando
Olivier Messiaen
Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus
(from Quartet for the End of Time)
Gabriel Fauré
Sonata No.1 in D minor, Op.109
~ interval ~
Nadia Boulanger
Trois Pièces
Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Camille Saint-Saëns
Sonata No.1 in C minor, Op.32
Liubov Ulybysheva |
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Liubov Ulybysheva is a Russian-born British cellist who enjoys a versatile career as a soloist and chamber musician alongside teaching and coaching.
She completed her studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Oleg Kogan and at the Royal Academy of Music with Felix Schmidt, winning the Mir Carnegie Prize for Cello upon graduating. She is a recipient of many awards and competitions prizes, such as the First Prize at the Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artist Competition, the MBF Music Education Award, the Muriel Taylor Young Gifted Cellist Award, the Hattori Foundation, the Jellinek and the Kenneth Loveland awards. Liubov was also a recipient of the Meyer Foundation Award and the English Speaking Union Scholarship. Liubov later became a member of the Razumovsky Academy and made her solo debut at the Wigmore Hall as part of the Razumovsky Young Artist Recital Series in 2008. The same year she started teaching at the Razumovsky Academy herself, first as a teaching assistant to Oleg Kogan and now as a teacher in her own right. Alongside teaching at the Razumovsky Academy, Liubov has given master-classes, cello classes at the Royal Academy of Music, cello and solo, chamber music and orchestra coaching with various youth orchestras including Southbank Sinfonia. As a soloist and chamber musician Liubov has performed across the UK and abroad. She is very grateful to have been able to perform at some incredible venues such as the Wigmore Hall, St.Martin-in-the-Fields, Kings Place, Barbican Hall, LSO St Luke’s, Fairfield Hall, Oxford’ Holywell Music Room, Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, etc. She has played with, amongst others, Dora Schwarzberg, Natalie Clein, Jack Liebeck, Philip Dukes, Katya Apekisheva and the Razumovsky Ensemble. She has performed live on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio Ulster and Classic FM. In 2018 Liubov joined the Royal Opera House orchestra and in the same year she released her debut recording, From the Shadow of the Great War, featuring the works for cello and piano by English composers. In 2019, Liubov became an artistic manager of the Brundibar Arts Festival which aims to bring little-known music written during the Holocaust to the general public. She was very honoured to be awarded the Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2020 |
Maiko Mori |
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Since winning first prize at the Birmingham International Piano Competition, Maiko Mori has built an international career as a distinguished soloist and chamber musician. She studied at the Royal College of Music under Andrew Ball and Dmitri Alexeev. She has appeared at prestigious venues such as the Purcell Room in London, West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge, Kolarac in Belgrade, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Her performances have been broadcast on Radio France and BBC Radio 3, and she has been invited to major festivals including the Cheltenham Festival (UK), the International Spring Orchestra Festival (Malta), and the Lidköping Music Festival (Sweden).
Maiko made her UK concerto debut with the RCM Symphony Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko and has since performed with orchestras internationally. Recent highlights include Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.3 at Kyoto Concert Hall under Tetsuro Ban, and Brahms’ Piano Concerto No.2 at St Cyprian’s in London with Levon Parikian. A versatile musician known for her diverse repertoire and particular affinity for 20th-century music and jazz/classical fusion, Maiko has earned critical acclaim for her "rock-solid technique and generous phrasing". Her new album, Chasm, released by Orchid Classics, features modern piano études by Kapustin, Spanswick, Tanaka, and Hamauzu. Pianist magazine praised her performances as “bracing” and “thrilling”, highlighting her ability to bring both percussive drive and lyrical nuance to a diverse, genre-crossing programme. Alongside performing, she teaches at the University of Chichester, has served as a jury member of the Montecatini International Piano Competition, and is an Artist for the Tokyo International Piano Association (TIPA). |
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