Music at  ST MARY'S   Perivale


Wednesday November 25th 7.30 pm

Yoanna Prodanova (cello)
Yundu Wang (piano)

Janácek: Pohádka
Beethoven : Cello sonata in C Op 102 no 1
Schumann : Fantasy pieces Op 73

The Gelachter Wind Trio

Mozart: Divertimento no 1 for wind K349a
Mozart: Variations on ‘Twinkle, twinkle, little star'
Beethoven: Piano and wind quintet Op 16

Admission free with retiring collection. No tickets issued beforehand 

Yoanna Prodanova (cello) was born in Bulgaria in 1992, and studied at the Montreal Conservatory. Passionate about chamber music, she regularly performs in various ensembles. She also enjoys collaborating with modern composers. Her performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and CBC Radio 1 Montreal. She is currently studying in the class of Louise at the Guildhall School. Yoanna has participated in several renowned festivals such as the Music Academy of the West in California, the Banff Centre in Canada and the Kronberg Festival in Germany. She has worked closely with cellist Raphael Wallfisch on several occasions and has played in masterclass for Janost Starker, Jean-Guihen Queyras and Lawrence Lesser among many others. Yoanna's studies are generously being supported by the Guildhall Trust.

Yundu Wang is a Chinese-American pianist from Boston, Massachusetts She has won prizes in many solo piano competitions, including the Honors Competition at New England Conservatory (2011, 2009) and the Seiler International Piano Competition in Germany (2006) . She has a strong passion for both solo and chamber music and has performed around the U.S. as well as in Germany, Spain, Russia, and the Netherlands. In 2011, her piano trio won the Honors Chamber Music Competition at New England Conservatory, leading to a full concert debut in Boston's Jordan Hall. Yundu has worked with and performed alongside esteemed musicians such as Itzhak Perlman, Paul Katz, Roger Tapping, Peter Frankl, and the Weilerstein Trio. She is currently studying at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London with Martin Roscoe, Ronan O'Hora, and Charles Owen.

Founded by friends at the Royal College of Music in 2009, the Gelachter Trio is establishing itself as a dynamic and versatile ensemble based in London. At RCM they received coaching from former-LSO bassoonist Martin Gatt, who describes the group as “having lively and enthusiastic musical personalities and combine to make enormously satisfying and enjoyable interpretations”. In 2010, they reached the semi-finals of the Royal Overseas League Competition and were awarded the June Emerson Launchpad Prize. They were finalists in the 2011 Tunnell Trust Award Scheme and the 2012 Tillet Trust Young Artists' Platform. In 2014 the trio made their debut at St-Martin-in-the-Fields. Passionate about education work the Gelachter Trio has given workshops at Roedean School in Brighton and works for London based ‘Classical Babies' providing interactive recitals for mums and tots. In October 2014 they were invited to lead workshops at Leeds College of Music and gave the world premiere of ‘Dovetail' by Timothy Salter.

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