Sunday 23 March 3.00 pm
The Chamber Music Collective
Markella Vandoros (violin)
Anna Blackmur (violin)
Yuri Zhislin (viola)
Alisa Liubarskaya (cello)
Rosie Richardson (piano)
Mozart: Duo for violin and viola in G K423 (15')
Allegro / Adagio / Rondo
Brahms: Piano quintet in F minor Op 34 (42')
Allegro / Andante / Scherzo / Finale
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Violinist Markella Vandoros is a highly versatile London-based artist who has performed as both soloist and chamber musician throughout the UK and Europe. As a founding member of the Mediterranea Trio but also as a recitalist alongside pianists Hara Kostogianni and Emma Abbate, Markella has appeared at numerous venues around the country, including St John's Smith Square, British Museum, St Martin-in-the-Fields, National Gallery, St James Piccadilly, V&A Museum, Chichester Cathedral, and Balliol College Oxford, among others. She has performed as soloist with orchestras such as the National Symphony Orchestra of Athens, the Orchestra of Patras and the Nonesuch Orchestra, conducted by Saulius Sondeckis, Errico Frezis, William Carslake and Tom Seligman.Markella studied with renowned violinist Boris Belkin at the Maastricht Conservatorium, where she was awarded the Huygens Grant, and with Yuri Zhislin at the Royal College of Music, supported by a full scholarship from the IKY Foundation, obtaining a Master of Music in Advanced Performance. Markella also holds a PhD in Music from King's College London, where she was supervised by Matthew Head and Roger Parker. Her thesis entitled Pierre Baillot: Institutions, Values and Identity explores chamber music aesthetics in Paris in the first half of the nineteenth century. Markella plays on a violin built by Roberto Regazzi and dedicated to Boris Belkin, and an Eugene Sartory bow (c.1895).
Anna Blackmur studied as a Royal College of Music scholar under Maciej Rakowski, completing her BMus with first class honours (2010) and her Masters in Performance with Distinction (2012). In 2015, Anna was appointed Section Principal Second Violin with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, having previously appeared as Assistant Concertmaster with the orchestra. She has also frequently appeared as principal with the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia and principal or co-principal with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields (with whom she has toured extensively, directed by Joshua Bell, Sir Neville Marriner and Murray Perahia). Anna is in constant demand as a recording artist, playing on multiple film and television sessions. She is also in high demand as a coach/mentor, and as a chamber musician, playing with, amongst others, the Covent Garden Soloists and Aronowitz Ensemble, and attending numerous international festivals such as the BBC Proms, and the Saronic and Aims Festivals as an artist in residence.
Yuri Zhislin enjoys an active and illustrious career as soloist and chamber musician. In 1991, Yuri entered the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied with his father and later Dr Andrievsky, winning the title of the BBC Radio 2 Young Musician of the Year in 1993. He made his recital debut at the New York Carnegie Weill Hall in 2014 and appeared at the major concert venues throughout Europe, the USA, South America, Australia and Japan. His discography includes a recital CD released in 2005 on the SOMM label, a violin/viola Duos CD for the Naxos label in 2009, and a string trio CD for the Nymbus Alliance label with Dmitry Sitkovetsky on violin and Luigi Piovano on cello. A keen chamber musician, Yuri has worked with such artists as Maria-Joao Pires, Maxim Vengerov, Barry Douglas and Natalie Clein among many others.. Yuri is a professor of violin and viola at the Royal College of Music in London and is in high demand as a visiting professor at the European Summer Academies.
Alisa Liubarskaya is a guest cellist at venues including the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Birmingham Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Orchestra of the Scottish Opera, Southbank Sinfonia, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera and the Belarus State Music College in Minsk. She started playing the cello at the age of seven and began giving public performances soon after. Among her early successes were prizes at the Heran, Beethoven and Chandos International Competitions as well as a solo Concerto performance with the Belarus State Chamber Orchestra and a place in the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Scheme. As well as multiple funding awards to support her Undergraduate and Masters degrees, Alisa has received first prizes at the Vivian Joseph Concerto Competition, Vera Kantrovic, Leonard Smith and Felicity Young Competitions. She also won the John Thompson, Cavatina Chamber Music Prizes and the Barbirolli Memorial Prize for Cellists. Since 2007 Alisa has been studying in London under Natalia Pavlutskaya and Hélène Dautry, generously supported by the Royal College of Music, Trinity Laban Conservatoire and the Albert Cooper Trust. During 2012 Alisa became a member of the Southbank Sinfonia and most recently has been invited as a Guest Section Principal with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera and a member of Covent Garden Soloists. Her most recent performances including solo concerto performances with the Southbank Sinfonia, Trinity Laban Sinfonia, Canterbury Symphony Orchestra as well as chamber music recitals at the Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, St. John's Smith Square, St. Martins in the Fields, Warwick and Leeds University Halls, Jacqueline du Pre Music Building in Oxford and Adrian Boult Hall in Birmingham. Alisa has taken part in masterclasses with Steven Isserlis, Torleif Thedeen, Karine Georgian, Bernard Greenhouse, Aleksander Ivashkin, Roel Dieltiens, Leonid Gorokhov and Patrick Demenga.
Since graduating with a Masters in Solo Performance from the class of Professor Joan Havill at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Rosie Richardson has become well known for her work as a collaborative pianist. In this capacity, Rosie has given recitals at Milton Court, the Wigmore Hall, the Purcell Room, Bridgewater Hall and the 1901 Arts Club in addition to music societies around the country. Overseas engagements have taken her across Europe and to the USA. Alongside this work, Rosie is ordained in the Church of England and is currently Associate Vicar at St. Paul's Knightsbridge, where she enjoys the variety of being a priest and pianist.
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