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7.00 pm Viv McLean
Largo in E flat (2)
Nocturne in E minor Op 72 no 1 (5)
Mazurkas Op 7 nos 1-3 (8)
no 1 in B flat / 2 in A minor / 3 in F minor
Nocturne in F Op 15 no 1 (4)
Polonaise in A Op 40 no 1 (5)
Ballade no 3 in A flat Op 47 (7)
Scherzo no 3 in C sharp minor Op 39 (7)
Nocturne in C sharp minor Op Posth (4)
Described by Le Monde as "possessing the genius one finds in those that know how to forget themselves", since winning First Prize at the Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona, British pianist Viv McLean has performed in all the major venues in the UK, as well as throughout Europe, Japan, Australia and the USA. He has performed concertos with orchestras such as the RPO, Philharmonia Orchestra, LPO, English Chamber Orchestra, Halle, BBC Concert Orchestra & the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of such conductors as Daniel Harding, Wayne Marshall, Christopher Warren-Green, Owain Arwell Hughes, Carl Davis, Rebecca Miller and Marvin Hamlisch. Viv has collaborated with groups such as the Leopold String Trio, Ensemble 360, the Ysaye Quartet, the Sacconi String Quartet, members of the Elias, Allegri, Carducci and Tippett Quartets, and artists such as Natalie Clein, Daniel Hope, Lawrence Power, David Le Page, Adrian Brendel and Mary Bevan. Viv has appeared at many festivals including the International Beethoven Festival in Bonn, the Festival des Saintes in France, Vinterfestspill i Bergstaden in Norway and the Cheltenham International Festival in the UK. He has recorded for Sony, Naxos, Nimbus, Stone Records, RPO Records and ICSM Records. Viv has also recorded regularly for BBC Radio 3 as well as for radio in Germany, France, Australia, Norway and Poland. He lives in Harrow and has been a huge supporter of concerts at St Mary's Perivale in recent years.
7.55 pm Mengyang Pan
Grande Valse brillante in E flat Op 18 (5)
Waltz in E minor Op Posth (3)
Waltzes Op 69 nos 1&2 (7)
no 1 in A flat / no 2 in B minor
Variations on 'Là ci darem la mano' Op 2 (15)
Mengyang Pan was born in China and has been living in the UK since 2000. She began her piano study at the age of three before becoming a junior student at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. At the age of 14, she left China to study at the Purcell School in the UK with professor Tessa Nicholson. Upon graduating with high honours, she went on to complete her musical education at the Royal College of Music training under professor Gordon Fergus-Thompson and Professor Vanessa Latarche.The prize winner of many competitions including Rina Sala Gallo International Piano competition, Bromsgrove International Young Musician's Platform, Dudley International Piano Competition, Norah Sands Award, MBF Educational Award, Mengyang has performed in many prestigious venues such as the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Bridgewater Hall and Birmingham Symphony Hall amongst many others. As soloist, Mengyang has appeared with many orchestras and her collaboration with conductors such as Maestro Vladimir Ashkenazy, John Wilson and Mikk Murdvee has gained the highest acclaim. Mengyang also finds much joy in teaching. In 2019, Mengyang was appointed piano professor at the Royal College of Music in London, she also teaches at Imperial College.
8.25 pm interval
8.40 pm Michal Szymanowski
Mazurkas Op 6 (9)
no 1 in F sharp minor / 2 in C sharp minor / 3 in E / 4 in E flat minor
Nocturne in G minor Op 37 no 1 (6)
Impromptu no 3 in G flat Op 51 (5)
Nocturne in F minor Op 55 no 1 (6)
Waltz in A flat Op 42 (4)
A Polish pianist and conductor, Michal Szymanowski graduated with honours from the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz and studied further at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin. He now works as an assistant lecturer at his alma mater. He has won top awards in a number of national and international music competitions, including Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music in Rzeszow (2021), Darmstadt International Chopin Piano Competition (2017), MozARTe International Piano Competition Aachen (2016), and Asia-Pacific International Chopin Competition in Daegu (2015) etc. In 2015 he was the highest placed quarter-finalist in the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. Michal has performed in many concerts across Europe and throughout the world, including the Palace of Nations in Geneva, the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican (a concert for Pope Benedict XVI),as well as major festivals in Poland and abroad. He has released two solo albums for CD Accord (Naxos), featuring compositions by Fryderyk Chopin, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Karol Szymanowski and Józef Wieniawski. The recordings were critically acclaimed. One reviewer wrote: “this is heartfelt music-making of the type one associates with such luminaries as Uchida, Schiff and Brendel”. ??
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