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Savitri Grier, born in 1992, is studying with David Takeno. She made her Royal Albert Hall debut in May 2012. She won the Oxford Philomusica Concerto Competition in February 2012 with a performance of the Tchaikovsky Concerto. In 2010, she won First Prize at the Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists Competition. Savitri has performed as concerto soloist across the UK, and as a recitalist and chamber musician in France, Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands. She graduated from Christ Church, Oxford with First-Class Honours in June 2014, and in September 2014 she began her postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where she holds the Ruth Wright Memorial Scholarship. She is grateful to the Harrison-Frank Foundation for the kind loan of a Busan violin.
Indira Grier, 19, studies with Troels Svane at the Musikhochschule, Luebeck. She was previously taught by Melissa Phelps. Indira has twice been awarded the Junior Guilhermina Suggia Gift, a prestigious national cello competition, winning both the 2010 and 2012 competitions. In April 2012 she won the Abingdon Concerto Competition, and performed the Dvorak Cello Concerto. In 2013/14 Indira has performed in Switzerland and Germany, and in July 2014 participated in the Schleswig-Holstein Masterclasses in the class of Frans Helmerson. In addition to her musical studies, Indira is reading English Literature at University College London
London-based Russian pianist Konstantin Lapshin is an accomplished musician with a unique artistic vision. He completed his Master of Music degree at the Royal College of Music in 2009 on a full scholarship. He then took the Artist Diploma, and was nominated as the Mills Williams Junior Fellow and receiving their gold medal. He won the Chappell Gold Medal and the college's highest prize for the most outstanding student, the Queen Elisabeth Rose bowl. Before moving to London, Konstantin completed his studies in the Moscow State Conservatoire. He has recently been invited to play Rachmaninov's Concerto no.3 with Odessa Philharmonic and Grammy award-winning conductor and pianist Mikhail Pletnev as part of the first-annual 'Black Sea Music Fest' in Odessa. Konstantin has been a major prize-winner in more than 15 International and national piano competitions. Most recently he won 2nd Prize in the Isidor Bajic International Piafno Competition (Serbia), 1St Prize in the Mendelssohn Cup Competition in Taurisano (It.), and 1st Prize at the Schumann Prize International Competition in Lamporrecchio (It). He has given recitals and concerto appearances at the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room at the Southbank Centre, Cadogan Hall, Steinway Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Fairfields Hall, the Salle Cortot in Paris. He has performed extensively all over Russia, including the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory. Konstantin is supported by the Worshipful Company of Musicians and is a Concordia and Kirckman Society artist. Konstantin teaches at the Royal College of Music and is also currently pursuing the doctoral degree at the Royal College with the support of the Musicians' Company Studentship and Mr Hugh Lloyd.
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