Upcoming Concerts 2024

 

10 Jan 2024  6pm:  Evening Recital at Auriens, Chelsea

Beethoven Sonata in G major Op.14 No.2

Amy Beach "A Hermit Thrush at Eve"

Chopin Nocturne in B flat minor Op.9 No. 1

Christopher Norton Jazz Piano Sonata

Schubert Impromptu in G flat major Op.90 No.3

 

17 Jan 2024  12:30pm: Recital at St Botolphs-without-Aldgate, EC3N 1AB

Beethoven Sonata in E major Op.14 No.1

Amy Beach A Hermit Thrush at Eve Op.92 No.1

Amy Beach Tyrolean Valse-Fantasie Op.116

21 Jan 2024  2pm: Recital at Holy Trinity Church, South Woodford E18

Beethoven Sonata in E major Op.14 No.1

Beethoven Sonata in G major Op.14 No.2

Amy Beach "A Hermit Thrush at Eve" Op.92 No.1

Amy Beach Tyrolean Valse-Fantasie Op.116

Christopher Norton Jazz Piano Sonata

 

26 Jan 2024  6pm: Evening Recital for the "Strand International Piano Series" ​

Beethoven Sonata in E major Op.14 No.1

Beethoven Sonata in G major Op.14 No.2

Amy Beach "A Hermit Thrush at Eve" Op.92 No.1

Amy Beach Tyrolean Valse-Fantasie Op.116

Christopher Norton Jazz Piano Sonata


1 March 2024: Filming at Steinway Hall

3 March 2024  2pm: Recital at Holy Trinity Church, South Woodford E18

Beethoven Sonata in C minor Op.13 "Pathetique"

Chopin Nocturnes Op.9 No.1 and No.2

Koichi Kishi Moderato & Andante

Amy Beach "A Hermit Thrush at Eve" Op.92 No.1

Amy Beach Tyrolean Valse-Fantasie Op.116

Christopher Norton Jazz Piano Sonata

16 March 2024  2pm: Recital in Shiodome Hall, Tokyo- Sold Out

Beethoven Sonata in c minor Op.13 "Pathetique"

Chopin Nocturnes Op.9 No.1 and No.2

Koichi Kishi Moderato & Andante

Amy Beach "A Hermit Thrush at Eve" Op.92 No.1 

Amy Beach Tyrolean Valse-Fantasie Op.116 

Christopher Norton Jazz Piano Sonata

16 April 2024: Recital for the Redbridge Music Society 

3 May 2024: New album "Preludes" release

17-19 May 2024: Absolute Classics Young Artists Weekend, Dabton House, Scotland 

20 June 8pm: "Classical Meets Jazz" Recital at St Mary-le-Strand 

14-21 July 2024: Faculty at Artepiano International Festival and Masterclasses, Italy

26 Sept 2024  3pm: Recital at St Mary's Perivale with Yukiko Ishibashi, violin

27 Sept 2024  7:30pm: Recital for the Waltham Forest Music Society with Yukiko Ishibashi, violin

1 Nov 2024: City Livery Club Installation Dinner Event at Apothecaries' Hall, London 

15-17 Nov 2024: Absolute Classics Tour with Elly Suh, violin


Past Concerts 2023


27&28 Jan: Recitals in Scotland for Absolute Classics with Elly Suh, violin 

Lalo Symphonie Espagnole
Waxman Carmen Fantasy

16 Feb  1pm: Lunchtime Recital at St Olave's, Hart Street
Bach 2 Preludes and Fugues from Book 1 (A flat major and B major)
Arensky 12 Preludes Op.63
Rachmaninoff 10 Preludes Op.23

16 Feb  6pm: Students' Concert at Bluthner Piano Centre

22 Feb  12:30pm: Performance at St Botolph-without-Aldgate, EC3N 1AB

Selections from Bach and Rachmaninoff Preludes Op.23

1 Mar  6pm: Savoir Beds Event Launch with Elly Suh, violin
Selections from Bach and Rachmaninoff Preludes Op.23
Waxman Carmen Fantasy

2 Mar  3pm: Recital at St Mary's Perivale with Elly Suh, violin
Lalo Symphonie Espagnole
Waxman Carmen Fantasy

4 Mar: Short Performance with Elly Suh, violin and Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

5 Mar  11:45am: Lunchtime Recital at St Mary's Woodford
Bach 2 Preludes and Fugues from Book 1 (A flat major and B major)
Arensky 12 Preludes Op.63
Rachmaninoff 10 Preludes Op.23

8 Mar  11:30am:  Lunchtime Recital at St Mary's Woodford
Bach 2 Preludes and Fugues from Book 1 (A flat major and B major)
Arensky 12 Preludes Op.63
Rachmaninoff 10 Preludes Op.23

10 Mar  6pm: Evening Recital for the "Strand International Piano Series" at St Mary-le-Strand, London

Bach 2 Preludes and Fugues from Book 1 (A flat major and B major)
Arensky 12 Preludes Op.63
Rachmaninoff 10 Preludes Op.23

*This concert was performed by pianist and Artistic Director Warren Mailley-Smith, due to illness on my part.

1 April  7:30pm: Rachmaninoff 150th Two Pianos Birthday Concert with Simon Callaghan, piano
The Parish Church of SS Peter and Paul, The Green, Chingford Green, E4 7EN

Rachmaninoff Suite No.2 Op.17
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Op.45

17 May  7pm: Evening Concert at Glamis Castle, Scotland with Elly Suh, violin

Lalo Symphonie Espagnole

Waxman Carmen Fantasy 

1 & 2 June: Solo Recording for Quartz Music Ltd.

30 June  1:10pm: Lunchtime Recital for the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe at St James's Piccadilly

Beethoven Bagatelles Op.126
Melanie Spanswick "Enigma"
Robert Mitchell  "Our Hearts Dance the Infinite (as the Giant Puya Blooms)"
Kapustin Piano Sonata No.1 Op.39 "Sonata-Fantasia"​

6 July  12:30pm: Lunchtime Recital at St John's, Harrow
Mozart Sonata in C major K.545
Debussy Two Arabesques
Rachmaninoff Preludes Op.23 Nos.4 &5
Beethoven Bagatelles Op.126
Gershwin Three Preludes

17-23 July: Artepiano International Piano Festival, Castelnuovo di Farfa, Italy

17 July  7:30pm: Opening Concert with Niel du Preez, Mark Nixon, Roberto Russo, Pavle Krstic and Liezl-Maret Jacobs, pianists

Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals (12 hands)
Grieg Peer Gynt Suite (8 hands)
Piazzolla Libertango with Pavle Krstic, piano

21 July  7pm: Performance with Roberto Russo, piano
Bartolucci/Russo Prelude and Fugue

Aug-Sept: Jury member for the London Youth Piano Competition International Venue

15 Sept  6:30pm: Recital for Absolute Classics at Netherby Hall, Scotland
Mozart Sonata in C major K.545
Chopin Nocturne in E flat major Op.9 No.2
Schubert Impromptu in E flat major Op.90 No.2
Debussy Two Arabesques
Rachmaninoff Preludes Op.23 Nos.4 & 5
Marianna von Martinez Allegro in E major
T. Matsushima Moshiogusa
K. Koyama Kagome Variations
Beethoven "Moonlight" Sonata Op.27-2

Gershwin Three Preludes

16 Sept  7:30pm: Recital for Abolute Classics at Cochran Hall, Kirkcudbright, Scotland

Programme as above

17 Sept  2:30pm: Recital for Absolute Classics at Easterbrook Hall, Scotland

Programme as above 

24 Sept 5pm: Recital at St Mary's Walpole with Elly Suh, violin
Britten Violin Concerto Op.15
Waxman Carmen Fantasy 

27 Sept 6pm: Recital at Auriens Chelsea
Mozart Sonata in C major K.545
Schubert Impromptu in E flat major Op.90 No.2
Chopin Nocturne in E flat major Op.9 No.2
Debussy Two Arabesques
Rachmaninoff Preludes Op.23 Nos.4 & 5

Gershwin Three Preludes

20 Oct 12:30pm: Recital for the Japanese Women's Society of Great Britain at the Lansdowne Club
Marianna von Martinez Allegro in E major
Chopin Nocturne in E flat major Op.9 No.2
T. Matsushima Moshiogusa
K. Koyama Kagome Variations
Schubert Impromptu in E flat major Op.90 No.2
M. Spanswick Enigma (2019)
Debussy Two Arabesques
Rachmaninoff Preludes Op.23 Nos.4 & 5

Gershwin Three Preludes

27 Oct  10:30am: "Bach to Baby" in Clapham with Yukiko Shinohara, piano

Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals

27 Oct  8pm:  Evening Recital for City Music Promotions at St Mary-le-Strand
Beethoven "Moonlight" Sonata Op.27-2
Schubert Impromptu in E flat major Op.90 No.2
Chopin Nocturne in E flat major Op.9 No.2
Debussy Two Arabesques
Rachmaninoff Preludes Op.23 Nos.4 & 5
Gershwin Three Preludes

28 Oct  11am: "Bach to Baby" in Regents Park with Yukiko Shinohara, piano

Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals

1 Nov  3pm:  Concert with the Orchestra of the Swan at the Courtyard, Hereford

Conductor: Andrew Griffiths
Narrator: Toyah Wilcox

Paul Patterson Little Red Riding Hood
Paul Patterson Three Little Pigs

2 Nov  6pm: City Livery Club Installation Dinner Event at Cutlers' Hall

6 Nov  10:30am: "Bach to Baby" in Notting Hill with Yukiko Shinohara, piano 

Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals

12 Dec  12:30pm: City Livery Club Christmas Lunch Event at Brewer's Hall

 

PAST CONCERTS 2022


2 Jan: Jury for the International Competition of Music and Art "Christmas in London"

5 March: Students' Concert 14:30 @St Mary's Woodford, 207 High Road

7 April: Recital at St Mary's Perivale with Elly Suh, violin

Works by Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin/Ysaye

14 April 7pm local time (2:30pm UK time)- Lecture for the Furtados School of Music in Mumbai, India-"Female Composers"

17-27 April: Jury for the Indonesia International Youth Music Olympics

6 May: 'Enigma" CD Worldwide Release 

25 May: Concert with the London Mozart Players, Brighton

Works by Martin Butler, Paul Patterson

19 June: Masterclass at King's College School, Wimbledon

7 July: Lunchtime Recital at St. John's Harrow 12:30

Works by Marianna von Martinez, Debussy, Scriabin, Bortkiewicz, Chopin and Kapustin

16-23 July: Faculty for the Artepiano Masterclassesin Italy 

16 July: Opening Concert with pianists Niel du Preez, Mark Nixon and Roberto Russo

Works by Saint-Saens, Piazzolla, Milhaud, Bortkiewicz, Rachmaninoff, Lavignac

19 July: Debussy Preludes Concert with Art Installation

15 Aug: Concert in Sils, Switzerland with violinist Yukiko Ishibashi

Works by Chopin, Bortkiewicz, Debussy (piano solo) & Schnittke, Koichi Kishi, Kreisler 

20 Aug: Latimer Music Festival- Gershwin "Rhapsody in Blue" Chamber Music Version with violinists Martyn Jackson. Jenny Sacha,

violist Sara Sheppard, cellist Sarah McMahon, bassist Gareth Sheppard and clarinettist Shelley Levy

Also Burgmuller Duo for Clarinet and Piano Op.15

21 Aug: Latimer Music Festival- Concert for 6 Hands with Mark Nixon and Niel du Preez 

Bach, Chopin (solo), Grainger, Gershwin/Grainger, Ganz

12-16 Sept: Jury for the London Youth Piano Competition International Venue

28-31 Oct: Concerts and Masterclasses in Dhaka, Bangladesh for Dhaka Classics

29 Oct 6:30pm: Evening Concert at the Japanese Ambassador's Residence, Dhaka

31 Oct 9:30am: Concert and Q&A at the Japanese School, Dhaka

31 Oct 6:30pm: Evening Concert in Dhaka

2 Nov: City Livery Club Installation Dinner Event at Saddlers' Hall, City of London

11 Nov 7:30pm: Recital for the Waltham Forest Music Society

Works by Spanswick, Martinez, Debussy, Chopin, Scriabin, Gershwin, Bortkiewicz  and Kapustin

25 Nov 6pm & 8pm: Recitals at St Mary-le-Strand promoted by City Music Promotions

Beethoven Pathetique, Chopin 3 pieces, Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, Debussy Clair de Lune

25-28 Nov: Jury for the International JSFest Instrumental Music Competition Online

9 Dec: Performance with Elly Suh and Iskander Widjaja, violins at Florian Leonhard Fine Violins

14 Dec:  City Livery Club Christmas Event at Ironmongers' Hall, City of London

15 Dec 7pm: Performance with Elly Suh, violin at Florian Leonhard Fine Violins

 

PAST CONCERTS 2021


7 Jan: Absolute Classics Online Recital 1

Beethoven Sonata in C sharp minor Op.27 No.2 “Moonlight”

Debussy Images Book I

23 Jan: CityMusic Live Online Recital 4- “Hammerklavier”

Beethoven Bagatelles Op.126 Nos. 5&6

Beethoven Sonata in B flat major Op.106 “Hammerklavier”

31 Jan: Artepiano E-Competition Live Results https://arte-piano.com/e-competition/

7 Feb: Absolute Classics presents “An Evening with Yuki Negishi”

24 Feb: Jury for the International Competition for Music and Arts “Tokyo Stars”

28 Feb: CityMusic Live Online Recital 5- “Anniversary Composers”

Bartok (1881-1945) Suite Op.14

Kapustin Etude Op.40 No.6

Piazzolla (1921-1992) Oblivion & Libertango

R.Mitchell “Our Hearts Dance the Infinite (As the Giant Puya Blooms)”

Saint-Saens (1835-1921) Carnival of the Animals (for solo piano)

Gershwin/Earl Wild “Embraceable You”

18 Mar: Absolute Classics Online Recital 2

Beethoven Sonata in c minor Op.13 “Pathetique”

Amy Beach “Dreaming”

Margaret Bonds “Troubled Water”

26 Mar: CityMusic Live Online Recital 6- “Solo Performances by the Aletheus Trio”

Riccardo Pes, cello (https://www.riccardopes.com/)Pradal Moods (2020)Sollima Terra Aria (2001, cello and electronics)Pes Groovy (2020)Pes Shooting Star (2020) Elly Suh, violin (https://www.ellysuh.com/)Paganini Two CapricesBach Largo and Allegro assai Yuki Negishi, pianoChopin Nocturne in C minor Op.48 No.1Chopin Waltz in A flat major Op.42Chopin Polonaise in A flat major Op.53 “Heroique” 

1 April: Jury for the 2nd International Competition of Instrumental Art “Empire of Music” 

8 April: Jury for the International Competition of Musical Art

“London in Spring” 

29 April: Absolute Classics Online Recital 3Chopin Berceuse Op.57Franck Prelude, Chorale et FugueBill Evans Peace Piece
29 May: Jury for the Music & Stars Awards
https://musicandstarsawards.com/
10 June: Absolute Classics Online Recital 4
Amy Beach "A Hermit Thrush at Eve"
Beethoven "Appassionata" 1st mov.
Chopin Nocturne in c# minor Op.posth
Chopin Ballade No.3 Op.47
13 June: Recording at St Paul's Boys' Wathen Hall
27 June:
24-hours' notice for the London Mozart Players' Afternoon Concerts
https://www.londonmozartplayers.com/whatson-event/dirty-beasts-three-pigs/
Martin Butler Dirty Beasts
Paul Patterson Little Red Ridinghood

28 June: Jury for the International Competition for Music and Arts "London Bridges"
30 June: Jury for the London Youth Piano Competition
https://lypco.co.uk/
30 & 31 Aug: Recording at Swiss Broadcasting Radio Studio
with Yukiko Ishibashi, violin Works for violin and piano by Koichi Kishi
4 Sept: Performances at Tonhalle, Zurich 16:30 & 19:30
with violinists Yukiko Ishibashi and Elizaveta Shnayder-Taub
Bach Menuets for Two Violins
Debussy Clair de Lune
Bloch Nigun 
Shostakovich 5 Pieces for Two Violins and Piano
12 Sept: Recital at St Mary's Perivale- The Aletheus Trio
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio Op.50

Piazzolla Fuga y Misterio (arr. Elly Suh)
25 Sept: Blanc European Festival, Italy
with Riccardo Pes, cello and Jehane Markham, poet
Prokofiev Cello Sonata
Stravinsky Suite Italienne (excerpt)
Battista Pradal Nuances d'eau- world premiere (dedicated to Yuki Negishi)
18 Oct: Lunch Concert at Blackheath Halls with Riccardo Pes, cello
Prokofiev Cello Sonata 
Stravinsky Suite Italienne
Poulenc Cello Sonata
28 Oct: Online Talk for the Furtados School of Music, Mumbai, India​
"My Journey through Music"​
3 Nov: Dinner Event at Haberdashers' Hall
Aletheus Trio
12 Nov: Recital at 22 Mansfield St
with Riccardo Pes, cello
Prokofiev Cello Sonata
Stravinsky Suite Italienne (excerpts)
Poulenc Cello Sonata

19-21 Nov: Recitals for Absolute Classics- The Aletheus Trio
19 Nov 6:30pm Netherby Hall
20 Nov 7:30pm Cochran Hall
21 Nov 2:30pm Easterbrook Hall
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio Op.50
John Ireland Phantasie for Piano Trio
Piazzolla Fuga y Misterio (arr. Elly Suh)
Rachmaninoff Trio Elegiaque No.1
2 Dec: City Livery Club Lunch Event- Fishmongers' Hall