Chetham’s International Summer School and Festival for Pianists international piano series 17 - 28 AUGUST BOOK NOW 2018 stollerhall.com

Ronald Brautigam Bobby Chen Douglas Finch Philip Fowke Peter Frankl Carlo Grante Thomas Hecht Leslie Howard Eugen Indjic Robyn Koh Piers Lane BingBing Li Leon McCawley Murray McLachlan Dina Parakhina Artur Pizarro Martin Roscoe Sandro Russo Einar Steen-Nøkleberg Claudius Tanski Seta Tanyel Lulu Yang Young Artists Gala Recitals

Leon McCawley, Sat 18 Aug Piano Evening Rachmaninov- Paganini & Grieg Sun 19 Aug, 8.30pm

Romantic warhorses performed by Dina Parakhina & Philip Fowke with Stockport Symphony & Stephen Threlfall.

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Young Artist Recital Eylam Keshet What’s On What’s Mon 20 Aug, 7pm

The vibrant Israeli pianist Einar Steen- Leon McCawley performs Haydn, CPE Nøkleberg Sat 18 Aug, 8.30pm Bach & R Schumann’s Fri 17 Aug, 7.15pm Humoreske. Leon performs music by The doyen of Norwegian Mozart, and Schubert’s £10 (£8) international pianists expansive Sonata in G major D894. performs JS Bach’s Claudius Tanski Goldberg Variations. £15 (£12) Mon 20 Aug, 8.30pm £15 (£12) Composer in Residence Professor at University Emma-Ruth Mozarteum Salzburg, Bobby Chen & Richards Tanski performs Liszt’s Douglas Finch Sonata in B minor and Sat 18 Aug, 10pm Beethoven’s final Piano Fri 17 Aug, 9.15pm Sonata in C minor, Op. 111. Featuring vividly dynamic Music for two pianos repertoire performed by £15 (£12) featuring Rachmaninov’s the Zelkova quartet and Fantaisie Tableaux Suite Henry Cash, piano. Composer in Residence No. 1. £10 (£8) Emma-Ruth £15 (£12) Richards Piano Concerto Evening Mon 20 Aug, 10pm Ronald Stevenson & Tchaikovsky II A musical feast of vocal Memorial Recital and instrumental music, Sat 18 Aug, 7pm Sun 19 Aug, 7pm including the world première of Perpetual Legendary pianists Seta Chetham’s pianists play Becomings, After Gormley. music by the outstanding Tanyel & Leslie Howard composer-pianist who with Stockport Symphony £10 (£8) died in 2015. under Stephen Threlfall.

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Booking fees of up to £2 per ticket apply to all purchases made online or by telephone Peter Frankl, Murray Gala Faculty Recital Eugen Indjic McLachlan & Lulu Wed 22 Aug, 8.30pm Fri 24 Aug, 8.30pm Yang With performances by ’s Tue 21 Aug, 7pm Gemma Beeson, Leslie Kreisleriana & Chopin Howard, Callum & Murray performed by one of the Living legend Peter Frankl McLachlan, Seta Tanyel world’s leading exponents returns to The Stoller Hall and William Westney. of the Romantic litrature. in a varied programme for piano duets. £15 (£12) £15 (£12) £15 (£12) Murray McLachlan Composer in Residence Mark Tanner Thu 23 Aug, 7.30pm Gala Faculty Recital Fri 24 Aug, 10pm Tue 21 Aug, 8.30pm A rare opportunity to hear Ronald Stevenson’s Hear a spectrum of With performances by colourful and witty Passacaglia on DSCH – Graham Caskie, Nikita creations including Pieces described as ‘one of the Fitenko, Philip Fowke, and of Eight, a work for eight great works of all time’. Katerina Zaitseva. hands at one piano. (Prof. Wilfrid Mellers) £15 (£12) £10 (£8) £15 (£12) Robyn Koh: Piano Concerto Evening Sandro Russo harpsichord & Fri 24 Aug, 7pm Robert Schumann Wed 22 Aug, 7pm Sat 25 Aug, 7pm The mercurial Italian The Stoller Hall’s first ever virtuoso showcases his solo harpsichord recital Two of the most popular expressive art in music by performed featuring Chetham’s Chopin, Debussy, Scriabin alumna Robyn Koh. by Murray McLachlan & and Ravel. Eugen Indjic, with Chester Philharmonic & £15 (£12) £15 (£12) Stephen Threlfall.

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Piano Concerto Evening Litolff Scherzo & Tchaikovsky I Sat 25 Aug, 8.30pm

Effervescence & brilliance aplenty from BingBing Li and Artur Pizarro, with Chester Philharmonic Orchestra under Stephen Threlfall.

£15 (£12) Artur Pizzaro, Sat 25 Aug Composer in Residence Young Artist Recital Mark Tanner Alim Beisembayev Sun 26 Aug, 10pm Tue 28 Aug, 7pm

Showcasing Mark’s music Peforming Beethoven’s for cello, flute and piano D Major Sonata, Op. 10 plus the première of a No. 3, selections from dazzling new work. Ravel’s Miroirs and Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by £10 (£8) Paganini. Ronald Brautigam, Sun 26 Aug Thomas Hecht £10 (£8) Carlo Grante Mon 27 Aug, 5pm Sat 25 Aug, 10pm Gala Faculty Recital The renowned American Tue 28 Aug, 8.30pm Italian virtuoso and pianist is Head of Piano polymath Carlo Grante has at YST Conservatory in A terrific mixed an encyclopedic repertoire Singapore. Featuring programme to close the and makes a welcome works by Brahms & Barber. series with James Brawn, return to the Festival. Marie-Louise Taylor, £15 (£12) Vladimir Tropp, Philip £15 (£12) Martin and Les Chisnall. Martin Roscoe Ronald Brautigam: £15 (£12) Mon 27 Aug, 7pm Beethoven’s Last Three Sonatas The much-loved British More music for less pianist performs Sun 26 Aug, 7pm Get a 20% discount when Schubert’s final sonata & you book four or more ‘Brautigam’s Beethoven works by Dohnányi. in the Series. cycle offers stunning performances that are £15 (£12) technically breathtaking, stylistically astute, Gala Faculty Recital Les Chisnall, Tue 28 Aug emotionally intense & musically alive in every Mon 27 Aug, 8.30pm moment.’ Gramophone With performances by £15 (£12) Marcella Crudeli, Alicja Fiderkiewicz, Benjamin Frith and Peter Lawson. Piers Lane Sun 26 Aug, 8.30pm £15 (£12) The internationally celebrated pianist makes his solo recital debut at The Stoller Hall with a varied programme stretching from Scarlatti to Rachmaninov.

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Booking fees of up to £2 per ticket apply to all purchases made online or by telephone Chetham’s International Summer School and Festival for Pianists international piano series

We are thrilled to present 29 incredible concerts over 12 days at The Stoller Hall as part of the 18th Chetham’s Piano Summer School. In addition to performances by internationally celebrated soloists, we warmly welcome Concerto Evenings from the North-West of On Sun 19 and Sat 25 August, Stephen England under the baton of Stephen Threlfall directs Stockport Symphony Threlfall. Orchestra and Chester Philharmonic Orchestra alongside superb soloists in Murray McLachlan eight piano concertos performed over Summer School & Festival Director four concerts. www.pianosummerschool.com Young Artists Eylam Keshet and Alim Beisembayev (winner of the 2017 Manchester Concerto Competition) give recitals as young artists in the 2018 Series. Gala Faculty Recitals New for 2018: Four stunning gala recitals from members of the outstanding international faculty. Composers in Residence Exciting, dynamic, innovative & accessible music from Emma-Ruth Richards & Mark Tanner. Also coming soon

Classical Voice Training Scoring Fear: An Evening Wednesday 1 – Tuesday 7 August of and Gothic Horror Film Scores Singing and Teaching Singing: A Holistic Course in Classical Voice Wednesday 1 August, 7.30pm Professor Janice Chaplin directs a multidisciplinary course for singers BBC Philharmonic and singing teachers. With 30 years Dr Matt Foley presenter of experience in the industry, Janice has sung professionally with all of the Settle in and hold on tight as major opera companies and is joined we explore music that makes us by a spectacular roster of specialist scared. Scoring Fear marks the first teachers for this tailored course. collaboration between the Manchester Each day will involve warm ups, Centre for Gothic Studies and the BBC presentations, demonstrations, small- Philharmonic. The will feature group workshops and masterclasses, music by an eclectic mix of composers and there will be opportunities to whose work invokes suspense, schedule one-to-one sessions with awe, terror, and even horror with members of the team. music by Bernard Herrmann, and Béla Bartók. A short-course, residential and non- residential options are available. 7.30pm Complimentary canapés and refreshments www.classicalvoicetraining.com 8pm Performance

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