YOAV OVED tenor
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Sunday 5 July 2026Doors: 6.30pm
Concert: 7.00pm (approx. 100 min, including interval) Tickets: Adults £15 Concessions (Under 18, full-time students) £10 |
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A recital of music by highly regarded and accomplished composer Julian Dawes, celebrating Ann Rau-Dawes' 80th birthday.
ProgrammeAll music by Julian Dawes. The programme will include:
Love Songs for voice and piano Songs from the Chinese for voice and guitar Five Preludes for piano INTERVAL Sh'ma for voice and cello Shir Hasherim Set 2 for mezzo soprano, tenor and cello Improvisation for electric guitar |
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Julian Dawes |
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Julian Dawes is an English composer born in 1942. He has written the music for numerous theatre productions and was for five years Musical Director of The Cherub Theatre Company London. His scores for Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle and Edward ll are both recognised scores for these plays held by the Brecht Estate in Berlin. His musical The Braddocks Time was a commission from the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, where it was followed by a tour of the north of England. The Sacrifice, a music drama based on a Japanese No play was initially premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, and in a revised version by The Acting Company at the New End Theatre. As Musical Director of The Cherub Theatre Company he composed scores for The Tempest at the European Festival Antwerp, The Merchant of Venice at The Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, Ten Days A-Maze at the Edinburgh Festival, Edward II at the Battersea Arts Centre, and Kafka’s The Trial at the Riverside Studios. He also composed a score for an adaptation of Twenty thousand leagues under the sea for the Watermill Theatre in Newbury.
In the concert hall he has written a concerto for Mandolin and String Orchestra, a large number of sonatas and suites for a variety of combinations of instruments, as well as fifteen song-cycles including ‘Songs of Ashes’ about the Holocaust which has been broadcast in Israel four times. His output also includes four oratorios, a wide range of other vocal, choral, chamber and piano music.
During the past 10 years he has written considerably more music on Jewish themes and setting Jewish texts.
In the concert hall he has written a concerto for Mandolin and String Orchestra, a large number of sonatas and suites for a variety of combinations of instruments, as well as fifteen song-cycles including ‘Songs of Ashes’ about the Holocaust which has been broadcast in Israel four times. His output also includes four oratorios, a wide range of other vocal, choral, chamber and piano music.
During the past 10 years he has written considerably more music on Jewish themes and setting Jewish texts.
Yoav Oved
Yoav Oved moved to England, from Israel, in 2012 to study music at Royal Holloway University. Currently, Yoav educates on Jewish and Israeli ethnic music, singing both Mizrakhi and Ashkenazi music. He works closely with the Jewish Music Institute to educate on ethnicity through performance and has built programmes to represent this.
Yoav currently sings as a Cantorial Singer at Westminster Synagogue and lead singer in a Mizrakhi band “EasternBeats”.
Notable performances include participating as a soloist with the LSO in a contemporary visual arts project, a lead role in "Letters from the Affair" talking about a different viewpoint in the Dreyfus affair, a lead role in the dramatic rendition of "Dina" by Diane Samuels and Maurice Chernik, and singing the "El Male Rachamim" prayer at the Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony at City Hall.
Yoav currently sings as a Cantorial Singer at Westminster Synagogue and lead singer in a Mizrakhi band “EasternBeats”.
Notable performances include participating as a soloist with the LSO in a contemporary visual arts project, a lead role in "Letters from the Affair" talking about a different viewpoint in the Dreyfus affair, a lead role in the dramatic rendition of "Dina" by Diane Samuels and Maurice Chernik, and singing the "El Male Rachamim" prayer at the Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony at City Hall.
Camille Maalawy
Camille has achieved notable acclaim for bridging both musical and cultural divides. Born to a Coptic Egyptian father and English mother, her repertoire is as extensive as it is diverse, specialising in singing new music and often working directly with composers to incorporate elements of Arabic music.
Camille made her debut at Glyndebourne playing Oma in Glass Human by Samantha Fernando. Recent highlights include ‘Weather Forecaster’ in The Water Diviner’s Tale for Opera North; presenting a group of newly written songs at Hull Jazz Festival as a Kickstart Commission Artist, and the premiere of Egyptian composer, Nahla Mattar’s Songs on Colloquial Arabic at the Royal Opera House Engender Festival. In addition, Camille completed a PRSF Resonance residency with Opera North, where she explored the diversity of her cultural heritage more deeply, co-creating a new song cycle, Mezzaterra (Meeting Point), which has been performed at Opera North and as part of the Tete-a-Tete festival.
Camille made her debut at Glyndebourne playing Oma in Glass Human by Samantha Fernando. Recent highlights include ‘Weather Forecaster’ in The Water Diviner’s Tale for Opera North; presenting a group of newly written songs at Hull Jazz Festival as a Kickstart Commission Artist, and the premiere of Egyptian composer, Nahla Mattar’s Songs on Colloquial Arabic at the Royal Opera House Engender Festival. In addition, Camille completed a PRSF Resonance residency with Opera North, where she explored the diversity of her cultural heritage more deeply, co-creating a new song cycle, Mezzaterra (Meeting Point), which has been performed at Opera North and as part of the Tete-a-Tete festival.
Mitra Alice Tham |
Mitra Alice Tham gave her first public performance at the age of three and made her international debut in Japan at just eight years old. Originally from Malaysia, she has garnered numerous awards including the Rosario-Marciano Preis for artistic excellence, the Russischer Musikpreis for her interpretation of Russian music, the Excellent Player Award at the Asia Oceania Festival in Thailand, and the title of Young Millennium Pianist of Singapore.
Mitra was fully supported by scholarships during her studies at the Purcell School and the Royal Academy of Music under Patsy Toh, before earning her Master’s degree in performance from the Mannes School of Music in New York, where she trained with the renowned Cuban-American pianist Jacob Lateiner.
She has performed extensively across Asia, Europe, the United States, and Great Britain, appearing as a soloist, chamber musician, and concerto performer.
She has played for distinguished figures, including the late President of Singapore at the Singapore President Charity Concert and HRH King Charles III at a Purcell School performance, which was later broadcast on national radio. King Charles praised her performance as "brilliant and excellent".
As a composer and arranger, Mitra has premiered her works for piano quintets, choirs, and various ensembles. Her London premiere of Leroy Anderson’s Piano Concerto earned critical acclaim, with The Classical Music applauding her "great bounce and gusto". She also performed the complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas in a three-concert series.
Mitra’s musical contributions extend to national celebrations and cultural events. She was specially invited by Malaysia’s Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Environment to give a masterclass, interview forum, and concert in East Malaysia. Mitra has been specially commissioned to compose an anthem for her second mega national project in Malaysia: Maharani Energy Gateway (MEG). MEG is one of Malaysia’s King’s most significant and visionary initiatives. She was invited to perform in Malaysia for the grand launch of the Maharani Energy Gateway (MEG) in November 2025.
Mitra was fully supported by scholarships during her studies at the Purcell School and the Royal Academy of Music under Patsy Toh, before earning her Master’s degree in performance from the Mannes School of Music in New York, where she trained with the renowned Cuban-American pianist Jacob Lateiner.
She has performed extensively across Asia, Europe, the United States, and Great Britain, appearing as a soloist, chamber musician, and concerto performer.
She has played for distinguished figures, including the late President of Singapore at the Singapore President Charity Concert and HRH King Charles III at a Purcell School performance, which was later broadcast on national radio. King Charles praised her performance as "brilliant and excellent".
As a composer and arranger, Mitra has premiered her works for piano quintets, choirs, and various ensembles. Her London premiere of Leroy Anderson’s Piano Concerto earned critical acclaim, with The Classical Music applauding her "great bounce and gusto". She also performed the complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas in a three-concert series.
Mitra’s musical contributions extend to national celebrations and cultural events. She was specially invited by Malaysia’s Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Environment to give a masterclass, interview forum, and concert in East Malaysia. Mitra has been specially commissioned to compose an anthem for her second mega national project in Malaysia: Maharani Energy Gateway (MEG). MEG is one of Malaysia’s King’s most significant and visionary initiatives. She was invited to perform in Malaysia for the grand launch of the Maharani Energy Gateway (MEG) in November 2025.