26 May, 2010 at 7.30 pm
KATYA APEKISHEVA – piano
JACK LIEBECK – violino
for reservations please call 289 395 475
Programme to include works by Bach, Brahms, Grieg and Bloch
29 May, 2010 at 7.30 pm
KATYA APEKISHEVA – piano
JACK LIEBECK – violino
for reservations please call 289 395 475
Programme to include works by Mozart, Prokofiev, Tchaikowsky and Ravel
Born in 1980 in London Jack Liebeck attended, from 1989 until 1999, the Purcell School of Music and then the Royal Academy of Music where he studied with Professor Mateja Marinkovic, graduating in 2003. Performing in concertos and recitals since the age of eleven, Jack”s appearances have taken him to Singapore, Taiwan and Malaysia, the USA, Holland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Turkey and Yugoslavia. In the UK Jack has appeared in many major venues including the
Royal Festival Hall, Barbican Centre, Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room. Since the age of fourteen Jack has made concerto debuts with many acclaimed orchestras including the Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam, the Halle, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the English Chamber, the Bournemouth Symphony, the Lausanne Chamber, mexico viagra no prescription and the Royal Scottish National Orchestras. He has toured in the UK and abroad with renowned orchestras under the baton of conductors like, among others, Sir Neville Marriner and Alexander Lazarev. Jack”s live performances have been broadcast on various radio and television channels throughout Europe. Committed Chamber musician he has also appeared in major music festivals in Australia, Japan and Europe. His debut disc in 2004 has received enormous critical acclaim. This season includes
concertos with the City of London Symphonia, Indianapolis Symphony and Orquestra Sinfonica de Navarra and recitals in various Festivals (like Bath, Brisbane, Zaragossa). He is the artistic director of the new festival Oxford May Music. Jack plays the “Ex-Wilhelmj” Guadagnini dated 1785.
Born in Moscow into a family of musicians, Katya started to play the piano at the age of five. After studying in Moscow she continued with Irina Berkovich in Jerusalem where she won important prizes and awards. In 1994 she moved to London to study at the Royal College of Music with Irina Zaritskaya and the following year won the President”s Rose Bowl for the most outstanding pianist of the year. In 1996 she was nominated London Philharmonic/Pioneer Young Soloist of the Year which led to performances with the same orchestra. In following years, she won the Terence Judd Award for the Most Outstanding Pianist of the Year, second prize at the Scottish International piano competition and Schubert prize at the AXA Dublin Piano Competition. Katya is a frequent guest at festivals in the USA, the UK, France and Russia.
She has performed throughout Russia, Italy, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, France, Israel, Turkey, the USA, South Korea and Philippines, with major orchestras under conductors like Alexander Lazarev, David Shallon, Alexander Rudin and Sir Simon Rattle. As a chamber musician Katya collaborates regularly with English
and Russian ensembles and soloists like Janine Jansen and Jack Liebeck. She has made several recordings for BBC Radio 3 and released several CDs. Future plans include recitals with Natalie Clein, Jack Liebeck, recordings for BBC Radio 3, CD release of works by Brahms, Hummel Piano Concerto at “Music in country churches” festival with English Chamber Orchestra and a solo CD release with Grieg”s piano music.