St Mary's Perivale Events details

Tuesday 1 April 2.00 pm

Sonya Pigot (piano)

Haydn: Sonata in B minor no 47 Hob:XVI:32 (14')
Allegro / Minuet / Presto

Chopin: 3 Nocturnes
Nocturne Op 9 no 1 in B flat minor (5')
Nocturne Op 48 no 1 in C minor (6')
Nocturne Op 48 no 2 in F sharp minor (7')

Liszt: 'Lyon' from Album D'un Voyageur S 156/1 (7')

Weber: "Invitation to the Dance" Op 65 (8')

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no 17 in D minor (3')

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In January 2025 sonya was a semi-finalist in the Liszt Utrecht International piano competition at the TivoliVredenburg, Netherlands and her performing career has taken her world wide to prestigious venues such as Wigmore Hall, Steinway Hall, the Royal Albert hall and concert halls throughout Asia, Australia and Europe. While studying her Undergraduate, Masters and Artist Diploma Degrees at the Royal College of Music she has studied and worked with renowned professors that include; Norma Fisher, Sofya Gulyak, Ashley Wass, Dimitri Alexeev and Ian Jones. She is now on a scholarship studying a PhD that explores the relationship between personality and the interpretation of music at the RCM.

As well as having performed for members of the British Royal Family, Sonya has won and taken part in many international music competitions across Australia and Europe; most notably the Busoni International piano competition, semi-finalist in Liszt Utrecht International piano competition, First prize in the Grand Prize Virtuoso International music competition, Gold Medal in the Berliner International Music competition, First prize in the Hephzibah Menuhin Memorial Award piano competition and First prize in the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Rising Star competition. She is generously supported by the Talent Unlimited Charity and she is looking forward to performing at Steinway Hall, London as a "New Artist" for the Keyboard Charitable Trust.

Sonya has had concert engagements with orchestras since she was 15, most notably the Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Gill AO and the Perugia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marius Stravinsky in Tuscany. Sonya has performed for and been in masterclasses with many international artists, such as: Alfred Brendal, Boris Berman, John Perry, Ewa Pablocka and Pavel Gililov. Alongside her solo career she is looking forward to performing with the violinist David Nebel, Concertmaster of the Berlin Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in the upcoming 25/26 season.

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