Wigmore Hall - Tákacs Masterclass
The Barbican String Quartet plays in a masterclass for the renowned Tákacs Quartet, live streamed by Medici.tv. Watch here while still publicly available!
The Barbican String Quartet plays in a masterclass for the renowned Tákacs Quartet, live streamed by Medici.tv. Watch here while still publicly available!
Part two of our Musique à Marsac festival chamber tour!
Helena Winkelman, Alasdair Beatson, Chiara Enderle and Jānis Tretjuks.
Our rehearsal space for the week turned concert venue - before we departed for the tour around Scotland and London.
Chiara Enderle and Alasdair Beatson
Alexi Kenney, Myself, Mishka Momen, Clare Finnimore and Steven Isserlis performing Bloch Piano Quintet No.1
Had such fun working with these brilliant musicians at an all Mozart festival back in May. Here's a snapshot of some of the unbelievable music we had the pleasure of playing.
Simon Callaghan (piano) Tim Crawford and Bogdan Bozovic (violins) Rosalind Ventris (viola) Nathaniel Boyd (cello) recorded live during the Whittington International Chamber Music Festival (Shropshire UK) May 2016.
Very much looking forward to the two tours to come in October and November!
Wonderful photos taken by Hein van den Heuvel
Another surreal year up in the mountains of Switzerland at Musikdorf Ernen for two weeks of chamber concerts.
The stunning church in Ernen
Concert in the castle of Brig
Violinist Bogdan Bozovic
Enescu Octet, again! Daniel Bard, Bogdan Bozovic, Mathilde Milwidskey, myself, Wener Dickel, Sally Beamish, Vashti Hunter, Mladen Miloradovic. I had 50 bars rest.
Violinist Jonian-Ilias Kadesha
Sound Engineer: Samuel Dalferth
Samuel Dalferth, brilliant audio engineer.
Nathaniel Boyd and I, tackling Mozart's last quartet K.590.
Rehearsal of Mozart's horn quintet. Katy Woolley (hrn), Bogdan Božović (vln), Rosalind Ventris (via), Mark Holloway (via), James Barralet (cello).
A few clips of me playing and talking!
Session with András Keller and pianist Emese Mali.
Performing Beethoven 8th Sonata with pianist Emese Mali
Tackling Mozart's mammoth six-movement string trio, k.563. Looking forward to returning in May for a full ten days.
Rosalind Ventris (vla) and James Barralet (vcl)
Performing Schubert's Trout Quintet with Lauma Skride (pno), Ting-ru Lai (vla), Jane Fenton (vcl) and Matthew Coman (db)
Lunch break with fellow British violinist Venetia Jollands
Looking up from the thin alleys of Cádiz
Performing in the semi finals with pianist Sarah Watkins
A few videos from a Swiss festival I have had the joy of playing at for the past two years.
Enescu Octet, we had a lot of fun.
Philippe Graffin, Miriam Helms Ålien, Tai Murray, Myself, Lilli Maijala, Rosalind Ventris, Torun Sæter Stavseng and David Waterman.
We took a cable car up the mountain at 5am to watch the sunrise.
Largest Alpine Glacier, one cable car from Ernen
Helena Winkelman, Myself, Ylvali Zilliacus, Claudius Hermann, Arnulf Ballhorn, Bart Schneemann. Performing premier of Helena Winkelman's "Keeping Watch".
Some of us musicians
Mathilde Milwidsky, Mark Holloway and myself performing Frank Bridge's Rhapsody Trio in Brigg.
Timothy Ridout, violist
Our arrival was news, apparently
Rehearsing Schubert String Trio D.581
Tim Posner, cellist
All Photos taken by photographer and film maker Anna Patarakina.
Beethoven Storm Quintet. Catherine Manson, Myself, Timothy Ridout, Thomas Hankey and Hannah Sloane.
And relax..
Beatrice Philips, Bengt Forsberg, Myself, James Boyd and Catherine Manson