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Wednesday 24th February 2010 at 7.30 pm

Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano)

Beethoven : Sonata in C major Op 53 'Waldstein'
Chopin : Ballade no 2 in F major

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The Gagliano piano trio

Jiafeng Chen (violin)
Anna Melita Beryl (cello)
Alexis White (piano)

Schubert : Piano Trio in B flat

 

Admision free with retiring collection. No tickets issued beforehand

Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano) was born in London in 1992. She began to learn to play the piano at the age of five, was accepted by the Purcell School when aged 6, and gave her debut recital when aged 10. She has won various awards, including first prize in the Leschetizky Association's Gifted Young Pianists Concerto Competition held in New York . She has participated in many masterclasses and given recitals at most of the prestigious London venues. She now studies with Imogen Cooper at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and has a growing reputation as an exceptionally talented young pianist.

Jiafeng Chen (violin) was born in Shanghai in 1987, and studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, winning numerous scholarships. In 2004 he moved to England , studying at Chetham's School of Music , Manchester . In 2005, aged 18, Jiafeng Chen won 2nd Prize in the prestigious Sibelius Violin Competition, Helsinki , and later gained 1st Prize at the 9th Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Poland . He made his Wigmore Hall debut in 2005 and has played in numerous festivals, including the BBC Proms in 2006 and the Verbier festival. He is currently continuing his studies at the Royal College of Music in London .

Anna Melita Beryl (cello) studied at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating with first class honours, and at the Eastman School of Music, New York, where she won the Cello Concerto Competition. She has won various other prestigious awards and is a recipient of the Sir John Barbirolli Memorial Award. She has wide experience in both chamber and orchestral playing, and was principal cello in the Britten-Pears Young Artists Orchestra last year.

Alexis White (piano) studied at the Menuhin School , the Royal Northern College of Music and the Eastman School of Music in USA , where she graduated in 2003. She won many prestigious prizes and scholarships, most notably First Prize in the 7th Noyers International Piano Competition in France , and has given recitals and concerto performances in prestigious venues throughout the UK and abroad. In 2004 she reached the finals of YCAT held at the Wigmore Hall and featured for several years as a Countess of Munster Artist. She now lives in Ealing.

 

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