St Mary's Perivale Events details

Thursday 15 May 2.00 pm

Mee-Hyun Esther Park (violin)
Kumi Matsuo (piano)

Ravel: Sonate Posthume (14')

Britten: Suite for violin and piano (15')
Introduction / March /Moto perpetuo / Lullaby / Waltz

Ravel: Tzigane (10')

Debussy arr Heifetz: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (7')

Poulenc: 'C' from Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon (3')

Strauss: 'Morgen' from 4 Lieder Op 27 (3')

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South Korean violinist Mee-Hyun Esther Park performs extensively throughout the UK and abroad. Notable achievements include winning the Grand Prix of the 19-26 category of the International Artists Competition 2024, Joint 1st Prize of the North London Festival D'Addario String Competition 2024, 1st Prize of the Royal College of Music Violin Competition 2022, 2nd Prize of the RCM Concerto Competition 2022, performing with Maxim Vengerov and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall and performing Olivier Messiaen's Quatour pour la fin du temps at Wigmore Hall. She has given recitals at the Elgar Room in the Royal Albert Hall, the Bridgewater Hall, St James's Piccadilly London, Korean Cultural Centre London, and performed Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 with the RCM Symphony Orchestra for Maxim Vengerov, and has received guidance from internationally acclaimed artists such as Leonidas Kavakos, Shmuel Ashkenasi and Gyorgy Pauk. Esther studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School from the age of 10 with a full scholarship from the UK Government's Music and Dance Scheme, then joined the Royal College of Music where she received full scholarships for both Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies and graduated with First Class Honours. Her previous teachers include Simon Fischer, Boris Kucharsky and Itzhak Rashkovsky. Esther is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma degree at the Royal College of Music with Professor Radu Blidar as an Orpheus Scholar supported by the Knights of the Round Table Award, and is grateful for the support of the Help Musicians Postgraduate Award 2023 and 2024, the Wayne Sleep Foundation, Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust and Talented Unlimited.

Kumi Matsuo is a versatile solo pianist, chamber musician and accompanist. She has won numerous competitions including First Prize in the 6th Isidor Bajic Memorial Piano Competition in Serbia and First Prize in the 5th Louisiana International Piano Competition, USA. She is now on the staff at RCM, working as Duo Coach to the String Faculty, as well as accompanying other instruments.Kumi studied at the Toho Gakuen College of Music, Tokyo, and then at the Royal College of Music (RCM), London studying with John Blakely and Ashley Wass and completed her studies there with Artist Diploma and Master of Music in Performance with Distinction. She has also finished the Anthony Saltmarsh Junior Fellow in Accompaniment. Her study was generously supported by Charles Napper Award, the Russell Gander Award and the Rohm Music Foundation. During her study at RCM, Kumi won RCM concerto competition twice and performed Ravel's Piano Concerto for Left Hand in Cadogan Hall with RCM Sinfonietta conducted by Peter Stark and Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto with RCM Symphony Orchestra under Martin André in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, RCM. She also played Schnittke's Concerto Grosso No.1 with RCM Chamber Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. As soloist and chamber musician Kumi has played extensively in the UK, and in the USA, France, Italy, Holland, Poland, Romania, UAE, India, Korea and Japan. She made her New York debut at Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall and gave an extended concerto and recital tour in Louisiana.

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