03/07/08
PRESS RELEASE
DORIC STRING QUARTET WINS SECOND PRIZE AT THE BORCIANI COMPETITION.
On Friday 28 June 2008 the Doric String Quartet won 2nd Prize and 13,800 euros in the 8th Premio Paolo Borciani Competition held in the Sala Grande, Teatro Municipale Valli in Reggio Emilia in Italy. The Quartet also received a Special Mention for their performance of Haydn’s String Quartet in G, Op.76 No.1. Widely acknowledged to be one of the most prestigious quartet competitions in the world, the Doric’s are the first British Quartet to have received a prize in the history of the Premio Borciani.
The jury was chaired by Phillip Gossett (Musicologist – USA) and featured Andras Keller (Violin – Hungary), Oliver Wille (Violin – Germany), Volker Jacobsen (Viola – Germany), Sadao Harada (Cello – Japan/USA), Andrea Lucchesini (Piano – Italy), Misha Donat (Producer – UK) and Carla Moreni (Music Critic – Italy). The Bennewitz String Quartet from the Czech Republic won 1st Prize and the Ardeo String Quartet from France and Signum String Quartet from Germany shared joint 3rd Prize.
In May 2008 the Doric String Quartet won 1st Prize at the Osaka Competition in Japan. This month they appear at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany and give the closing concert of the 2007/08 season at Wigmore Hall on Saturday 26 July. During the 2008/09 season they appear three times at Wigmore Hall, including a recital in the hall’s Haydn series. Future plans include their Paris debut at the Auditorium du Louvre, a tour of Japan and return visits to Germany, Indonesia and Israel. In 2006 the Doric Quartet was selected for representation by Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT).
Formed in 1998 at Pro Corda, The National School for Young Chamber Music Players, in Suffolk, the Doric String Quartet is currently studying with Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet) and Walter Levin (LaSalle Quartet) at the Music Academy in Basel.
03/07/2008
Contact: Sue Hudson (020 7379 8477)
01/07/08
Click here to read a review of the YCAT/Landor Records piano festival which took place at the beginning of June.
20/06/08
Current YCAT artists O DUO at Harmonic a new classical club in London.
Click the link below to find out more
YCAT PRESENTATION CONCERT
PURCELL ROOM - SOUTHBANK CENTRE
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 29TH 2008 at 7.45 pm
For students book with Hannah in the YCAT office before the date and get a free ticket.
23 Garrick Street
London
WC2E 9BN
Telephone: 020 7379 8477
Facsimile: 020 7379 8467
Pei-Jee Ng (cello)
Benjamin Frith (piano)
Brahms Sonata for cello and piano in F minor Op.99
Alexandra Dariescu (piano)
Jean Pierre Duport Mozart Variations on a Minuet in Dmajor KV573
Chopin Sonata no.3 in B minor Op.58
INTERVAL
Heath Quartet Beethoven Quartet in A minor Op.132
27/5/08
Doric String Quartet win the 6th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition.
PRESS RELEASE
On Monday 26 May 2008 the Doric String Quartet won 1st Prize and 3,000,000 Yen in the 6th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition held in Izumi Hall. The jury was chaired by Ryutaro Iwabuchi and included Zakhar Bron (Germany/violin), Hamao Fujiwara (Japan/violin), Oleh Krysa (USA/violin), Alain Meunier (France/cello), Eszter Perenyi (Hungary/violin), Pascal Roge(Switzerland/piano), Milan Skampa (Czech/viola), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (Japan/cello) and Toshikazu Umemoto (Japan/piano). The Quartet will return to Japan to undertake a concert tour in autumn 2008. The Cecilia Quartet from Canada won 2nd Prize and the Galatea Quartet from Switzerland and Novus Quartet from South Korea shared 3rd Prize.
The Doric String Quartet is fast emerging as one of the outstanding quartets of their generation. On returning from Japan they give concerts at the Devizes, Petworth, Beaminster, Ryedale and Gower Festivals, tour the Channel Islands, appear at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany and return to Wigmore Hall (26 July) to give the closing concert of the 2007/08 season. During the 2008/09 season they appear three times at Wigmore Hall, including a recital in the hall’s Haydn series.
Future plans include their Paris debut at the Auditorium du Louvre, and return visits to Germany, Indonesia and Israel. In 2006 the Doric Quartet was selected for representation by Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT).
Formed in 1998 at Pro Corda, The National School for Young Chamber Music Players, in Suffolk, the Doric String Quartet is currently studying with Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet) and Walter Levin (LaSalle Quartet) at the Music Academy in Basel.
27/05/2008
Contact: Sue Hudson (020 7379 8477)
DORIC STRING QUARTET
Alex Redington violin
Jonathan Stone violin
Simon Tandree viola
John Myerscough cello
First prize-winners of the 2008 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan, the Doric String Quartet is fast emerging as one of the outstanding quartets of their generation. Now in its 10th season the Quartet regularly performs at most of the UK’s leading chamber music venues as well as abroad in Europe and Asia. Recent performances include their debut at the Edinburgh International Festival (broadcast on BBC Radio 3), two concerts at Wigmore Hall including the world premiere of a work by Gordon Kerry for quartet and voice with Catherine Wyn-Rogers, and a tour of Indonesia. They will return to Wigmore Hall to give the closing concert of the 2007/8 season and will appear three times in the 2008/9 season including an evening recital in
the hall’s Haydn celebrations alongside such groups as the Arcanto, Hagen and Mosaiques Quartets. Future plans also include their Paris debut at the Auditorium du Louvre, a concert tour of Japan, recitals in Germany,Indonesia, Israel and Switzerland, and a performance of the Elgar Piano Quintet with Piers Lane. In 2006 the Doric Quartet was selected for representation by Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT).
Formed in 1998 at Pro Corda, The National School for Young Chamber Music Players, in Suffolk, since 2002 the Doric String Quartet have been studying on the Paris-based ProQuartet Professional Training Program, where they have worked with members of the Alban Berg, Artemis, Hagen and LaSalle Quartets. They are currently studying with Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet) and Walter Levin (LaSalle Quaurtet) at the Music Academy in Basel.
In 2000 the Doric String Quartet won the inaugural Bristol Millennium Chamber Music Competition. They were subsequently made “Artists in Residence” at the Wiltshire Music Centre in Bradford-on-Avon where they combine a concert series with education work involving local primary schools. In 2001 they made their Purcell Room debut in a Park Lane Group concert and have since gone on to give several concerts under the auspices of the PLG, including three performances of Haydn’s Seven Last Words at the Purcell Room and four evening recitals at Wigmore Hall. In 2004 they were invited to perform Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet with Michael Collins at Wigmore Hall’s Christmas Concert. Abroad the Quartet have given recitals in Austria, France, Indonesia, Italy and Germany, appearing at Chateau de Fontainebleau near Paris, the Associazione Alessandro Scarlatti series in Naples, and at the ORF (Austrian Radio) Funkhaus in Vienna.
Alex Redington and Jonathan Stone completed their postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music in 2005 where they studied with Howard Davis. Simon Tandree studied in Saarbrücken and Detmold with Dietmut Poppen. John Myerscough graduated from Selwyn College, Cambridge in 2003 and is now a Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he studies with Louise Hopkins.
The Doric String Quartet acknowledges the generous support of an Anonymous Foundation.
For more information please visit http://www.doricstringquartet.com
MAY 2008
PRESS RELEASE
On Friday 16 May 2008 three artists were selected for representation by YCAT at the Public Final Auditions held at Wigmore Hall: the Heath String Quartet, Alexandra Dariescu (piano) and Pei-Jee Ng (cello)
A total of eight finalists were heard, chosen from over 100 applicants in the preliminary rounds. The jury was chaired by Sir Brian McMaster (Formerly Director Edinburgh Festival and Chairman YCAT), and included Edward Blakeman (Editor BBC Radio 3), Hilary Finch (The Times), John Gilhooly (Director, Wigmore Hall) and György Pauk (violin).
The Heath Quartet was formed in 2002 at the Royal Northern College of Music, under the guidance of Dr. Christopher Rowland. Over the last year they have studied with Alasdair Tait at the Reina Sofia in Madrid and in September take up their appointment as Junior Fellows at the RNCM. Born in Romania in 1985, in 2004 Alexandra Dariescu won a full scholarship to the Royal Northern College of Music where she studied with Nelson Goerner and Dina Parakhina. She recently won the Gold Medal (2007) and Peter Donohoe Prize and in autumn 2008 takes up a place at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Cellist Pei-Jee Ng was born in Adelaide Australia in 1984. In 2001 he was Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year and in 2003 he entered the Royal Northern College of Music where he currently studies with Ralph Kirshbaum on a full scholarship.
The newly selected artists can be heard in a YCAT Presentation Concert on Monday 29 September 2008 at 7.45 pm at the Purcell Room, supported by the Musicians Benevolent Fund, and at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester in 2009 supported by The Manchester Mid-Day Concerts Society. Full details will be announced shortly.
19/05/2008
Contact: Rosemary Pickering (020 7379 8477)
ALEXANDRA DARIESCU (piano) YCAT ARTIST 2008
Born in Romania in 1985, Alexandra Dariescu studied at the Octav Bancila Special Music School in Jassy, Romania for 12 years. In 2002 she won a scholarship to Pocklington School in York where she studied with Faye Mercer and in 2004 entered the Royal Northern College of Music with a full scholarship from the Associated Board of Music where she studied with Mark Ray and Alexander Melnikov and Nelson Goerner and Dina Parakhina. While at the RNCM Alexandra won numerous prizes and awards, most recently the 2007 Gold Medal and Peter Donohoe Prize. Her competition successes include winning the Eastbourne Young Soloist of the Year in 2005 and 2nd Prize in the Adila Alieva Competition in Gaillard France in 2006. In autumn 2008 she takes up a place at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
Alexandra made her UK debut in the Bridgewater Hall performing under André de Ridder with the RNCM Chamber Orchestra in the 2006 Piano Festival, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. She has appeared regularly with the State Philharmonic in Romania, Kisinev Philharmonic, Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra, RNCM Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, Crosby Symphony Orchestra and Liverpool Mozart Orchestra, Blackburn and Sheffield Symphony Orchestras. Her recital work has included concerts at Bridgewater Hall, the Jacqueline du Pré Hall in Oxford, the RNCM Messiaen Festival and with violinist Alina Ibragimova in London.
HEATH QUARTET YCAT ARTIST 2008
Oliver Heath and Rebecca Eves violins
Gary Pomeroy viola and Christopher Murray cello
The Heath Quartet was formed in 2002 at the Royal Northern College of Music, under the guidance of Dr. Christopher Rowland. Over the last year they have studied with Alasdair Tait at the Reina Sofia in Madrid and in September take up their appointment as Junior Fellows at the RNCM. Other tutors have included Gabor Takacs-Nagy at the International Musicians Seminar, Prussia Cove, and members of the Alban Berg, Smetana, Endellion, Lindsay and La Salle Quartets.
During their studies at the RNCM the Quartet won all the major ensemble prizes including The Nossek and Terence Weil Memorial Competitions and on graduating in 2005 received the prestigious Sir John Barbirolli Memorial Prize. In 2005 they won the Philharmonia Orchestra/Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Ensemble Award which led to their Purcell Room debut and in 2006 were made a laureate of the Geneva International String Quartet Competition.
Over the last year the Quartet has given recitals throughout the UK, under the auspices of the Countess of Munster Recital Scheme, the Making Music Concert Promoters Society and the Tunnell Trust. They continue to perform for The Park Lane Group Young Artist Series and are currently MBF Young Artists in Residence at the Lake District Summer Music Festival. They also enjoy a close relationship with the Britten-Pears School having twice attended the International String Quartet Academy, and this year taking part in the artist-in-residence programme.
PEI-JEE NG cello YCAT ARTIST 2008
Born in Adelaide, Australia in 1984, Pei-Jee Ng studied at the Queensland Conservatorium and Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide. In 2001 he was Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year and in 2003 entered the Royal Northern College of Music on a full scholarship studying with Hannah Roberts, Li-Wei and currently Ralph Kirshbaum.
Recent engagements include performances of Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Kalevi Aho Double Cello Concerto with the Oulu Symphony, Adelaide Symphony and The Queensland Orchestra and an appearance in the opening recital of the 2007 Manchester International Cello Festival. Future plans include the release of his debut CD with Melba Recordings in Australia, featuring works by Chopin and Kats-Chernin; a performance at Lincoln Centre, New York and an appearance at the 2008 Adelaide International Cello Festival with the Adelaide Symphony of a newly commissioned work ‘Helios, Helios’ for 2 cellos and orchestra by Estonian composer Tornu Korvits.
16/5/08
The finalists chosen for representation by YCAT are :
Alexandra Dariescu piano
Heath Quartet
Pei-Jee Ng cello
15/5/08
PROGRAMME RUNNING ORDER
Dimitri Torchinsky violin
Pei-Jee Ng cello
SHORT INTERVAL
Paula Sides soprano
Vlad Maistorovici violin
LONG INTERVAL 5.45 – 7.00
Heath Quartet
Sasha Grynyuk piano
SHORT INTERVAL
Haik Kazazyian violin
Alexandra Dariescu piano
ANNOUNCEMENTS at 10.00pm.
RECEPTION in BECHSTEIN ROOM
13/05/08
YCAT Video on YouTube
A short film made by Sussie Ahlburg can now be found on YouTube. The film was shot at our recent YCAT Wigmore Hall Chamber Festival. Click the link below to have a look.
07/05/08
Listen to a BBC Documentary and find out about YCAT's involvement with the BBC YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR COMPETITION and a short interview between Rosemary Pickering ( Chief Executive) and Mark Simpson.
Young Musicians Grown Old
Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Thursday 1 May, 11.30am
01/05/08
EXCITING JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AT TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC.
Three exciting Junior Fellowship opportunities are currently available at Trinity College of Music for the academic year 08-09. Applications are invited for the following programmes commencing in September 2008:
The Bulldog Junior Fellowship for String Quartet
The Richard Carne Junior Fellowship for Instrumental Chamber Ensemble
The Golubovich Junior Fellowship for Russian Chamber Music
Junior Fellowships are designed to offer outstanding ensembles the opportunity to bridge the gap between full-time conservatoire-based study and the music profession. During an intensive year-long period, Junior Fellows will have the means and time to enhance their professional skills and contacts whilst continuing their own development with the support of a Trinity College of Music mentor. As the needs of individual ensembles differ, the final programme will be decided through consultation with the relevant mentor, Head of Faculty and Head of Postgraduate Programmes.
Further details of the three fellowships, along with conditions of application, can be found on the TCM website at http://www.tcm.ac.uk/professionaldevelopment. The deadline for applications is Friday 16th May.
29/04/08
Rosemary Pickering receives the IAMA 2008 award 19 April, 2008
 Rosemary Pickering © Sussie Ahlburg
On the final night of the Association's 18th International Conference, the IAMA 2008 award went to Rosemary Pickering, Chief Executive of Young Concert Artists' Trust (YCAT). The award was handed over at the gala dinner held in the Museum of Communication, Berlin on 19th April by the Artistic Director of the Wigmore Hall, John Gilhooly. David Sigall, IAMA Board member and Director of Ingpen & Williams, in his speech to introduce the award, noted that it was due to Rosemary's dedication over the last 15 years that YCAT has continued to flourish and prepare so many world-class artists for the transition from amateur to profession status. Tribute was paid to the role non-profit managements fulfil in providing artists time to explore repertoire, gain performing experience and get ready for the pressures of professional life.
21/04/08
Landor Records latest news. Click the link below to find out more.
http://www.landorrecords.co.uk/news.php?nid=10&head=YCAT%20and%20Landor%20Records%20Join%20Forces%20On%20Piano%20Showcase%20at%20Wigmore%20Hall
17/04/08
YCAT PUBLIC FINAL AUDITIONS
FRIDAY, MAY 16th 2008 at 3.00pm and 7.00pm.
This year’s YCAT finalists are:
Alexandra Dariescu piano
Sasha Grynyuk piano
Heath Quartet
Haik Kazazyan violin
Vlad Maistorovici violin
Pei-Jee Ng cello
Paula Sides soprano
Dimitri Torchinsky violin
Complimentary tickets are available for YCAT Friends, Sponsors, Promoters and students.
Don’t forget to reserve your tickets now and if you want to join other YCAT Friends at the buffet supper between sessions,
please call the YCAT office now!
14/04/08
Media release
YCAT APPOINTS CHIEF EXECUTIVE
The Trustees of YCAT (Young Concert Artists Trust) are pleased to announce the appointment of the Scottish cellist Alasdair Tait as Chief Executive from July 2008.
Commenting on his new role, Alasdair said, “I am honoured to take on the leadership of YCAT, an organisation that has meant so much to me as a musician and, more recently as a teacher.”
Alasdair’s appointment will be part time and he will combine it with his current part-time position as Director of Chamber Music at the RNCM in Manchester and will be assisted at YCAT by a full-time administrator. He is also a regular professor on the Britten-Pears International Quartet Academy and until recently was Professor of Chamber Music at the International Chamber Music Institute of the Reina Sofia Conservatoire in Madrid
He has given masterclasses around the world, as far afield as Sydney and Tokyo.
He was the cellist with the Belcea Quartet from 1998 to 2006 touring the world, playing at all the major Festivals and recording for EMI.
Alasdair studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester under Emma Ferrand and Ralph Kirshbaum and at the Musik Akademie in Basel, Switzerland, with Thomas Demenga and remains an active chamber musician.
Alasdair Tait succeeds Rosemary Pickering who will leave at the end of July 2008 to pursue a free-lance career after 16 years of extraordinary service.
Outstanding young soloists and chamber musicians measure their performance against a standard of excellence set by the eminent YCAT panel.
YCAT Final Auditions I
Friday 16 May 2008 - 3:00 PM
YCAT Final Auditions II
Friday 16 May 2008 - 7:00 PM
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YCAT and Landor Records Join Forces On Piano Showcase at Wigmore Hall
25/02/08
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YCAT Chamber Festival at Wigmore Hall
Don't miss the wonderful clutch of concerts celebrating the combined talents of those currently represented.
Monday 3rd March 7.30pm
Sally Pryce Ensemble harp, flute, clarinet, strings
Tuesday 4th March 1.00 pm
Thomas Gould violin John Reid piano
Thursday 6th March 7.30 pm
Navarra & Sacconi Quartets
Sunday 9th March 11.30 am
Emperor Piano Trio
Monday 10th March 7.30 pm
O Duo & Morgan Szymanski percussion and guitar
Navarra Quartet
The Navarra Quartet
THE MIDEM CLASSICAL AWARDS WINNERS 2008
Cannes, 31 January 2008
On 30 January 2008 the Navarra Quartet received the ‘Outstanding Young Artist Award’ at the MIDEM Classique Awards in Cannes, in partnership with the International Artist Managers’ Association.
Not to be missed in 2008!!
A very Special Date for your diary !!!
MOZART BIRTHDAY CONCERT
CADOGAN HALL
Sunday 27th January 2008 at 3.15 pm
Please book tickets by ringing the Cadogan Hall on 020 7730 4500
Fundraising concert in aid of YCAT and Macmillan Cancer Support.
6/12/07
13/11/07
A video by Sussie Ahlburg of a selection of current artists can now be found on the VIDEO page of the website.Click here to have a look.
5/10/07
Audition Forms for 2008 can now be found on the AUDITIONS page of the website.
27/09/07
NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED!
Further changes and updates will be made in the following weeks.
Thank you
YCAT
21/05/07
The newly selected YCAT artists are:
Bartholomew LaFollette - cello
Adam Walker - flute
Adrian Ward - tenor
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