Chetham's School of Music

The finals of the Chetham’s Concerto Competition will feature our shortlisted young musicians performing in front of a panel of expert judges across the day.

PROGRAMME

11am
Avner DORMAN Frozen in Time

Eric Zhang – percussion
Simon Passmore – piano

11.35am
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor

Una Pavlovic-Alldridge – violin
Elena Nalimova – piano

12.15pm
DONIZETTI “Chacun le sait” from La Fille du Regiment

Elizabeth Tan – soprano
Gemma Webster – piano

12.20pm
GOUNOD “Ah! Je veux vivre” from Romeo et Juliette

Veronika Barylo – soprano
Elena Nalimova – piano

12.30pm
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A minor

Lewis – cello
Nick Oliver – piano

12.55pm
Break

1.45pm
KHACHATURIAN Piano Concerto in Db

Marc Kawwas – piano
Gemma Webster – piano

2.25pm
COPLAND Concerto for Clarinet

Effie Stewart – clarinet
Martyn Parkes – piano

2.45pm
STRAUSS Horn Concerto No.1 in Eb

Claire Marsden – french horn
Gemma Webster – piano

3.05pm
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor

Thomas – piano
Nick Oliver – piano

3.45pm
Break

4.05pm
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No.1 in Eb

Michael Francis – cello
Martyn Parkes – piano

4.40pm
Paule MAURICE – Tableaux de Provence

Oliver Martynsson-Parkes – saxophone
Gemma Webster – piano

4.55pm
BEETHOVEN “Ah! Perfido”

Scarlett Banks – soprano
Nick Oliver – piano

5.10pm
ARNOLD Clarinet Concerto No.2

Shia – clarinet
Nick Oliver – piano

5.35pm
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.1 in F# minor

Yurij Szyrokyj – piano
Murray McLachlan – piano

6pm 
Break

6.30pm
Results announcement

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The judging panel includes:

Helena Mackie, the principal oboe of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Growing up in a musical family, she became a chorister at Salisbury Cathedral aged 8 and took up the oboe during this time. As a teenager, she was principal oboe of the National Youth Orchestra, and went on to study Music at Clare College, Cambridge. After Cambridge, she took up a place at the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Chris Cowie, Ian Hardwick and Patrick Flanaghan, and was offered the position in Liverpool on her last day at the Academy.

Peter Dixon studied at the Royal Academy of music and after completing his studies joined the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO). After six years with the RPO he was appointed as principal cello of the BBC Philharmonic, a position he has enjoyed for the last 34 years. He has worked with some of the world’s greatest conductors including Claudio Abbado, Sir Georg Solti, Kiril Kondrashin, Andrė Previn, Yuri Temirkanov, Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Andrew Davis and most latterly with the BBC Philharmonic’s newly appointed Chief Conductor John Störgards with whom he has performed Messiaen’s “Quartet for the end of time” at the Bridgewater Hall. Peter has appeared many times as soloist with the orchestra both on CD recordings and in the concert hall. He also gave the world premiere of Yoshimatsu’s cello concerto in Japan (which was written for him)and subsequently recorded the piece with the BBC Philharmonic.