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Colin Stone (piano) first came to prominence when he won the Royal Over-Seas League Piano Competition in 1986, following which he made his Wigmore Hall debut. He has performed widely both in the UK and abroad, and broadcast regularly on Radio 3. He has recorded several highly regarded CDs, including much of Shostakovich's piano music. Last year he performed the complete Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues in the Cadogan Hall, introduced by Vladimir Ashkenazy. He is also a member of the London Mozart Trio, which has a high reputation and has made several important CDs, including a version of the Schubert B flat Trio which was the overall first choice in the BBC Radio 3's ‘Building a library' programme. Colin is also a professor at the Royal Academy of Music.
Mayumi Iida (piano) was born in Japan and studied in Tokyo , where she was awarded first place in her graduation recital. She subsequently completed her postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music. She won many prizes in competitions in Japan , and has participated with success in various international competitions, including the Schubert competition in Germany in 2002. She has given many concerts in the UK and in Japan .
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