Lunchtime Concert: Lunchtime Concert: Irina Korolevskaia, cello & Chiara Naldi, piano
FRI 11 NOV 13.05
Take time out this lunchtime for a performance by Trinity Laban musicians, in the beautiful surroundings of the Old Royal Naval College Chapel.
IRINA KOROLEVSKAIA & CHIARA NALDI:
Chopin
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
I. Allegro moderato
II. Scherzo
III. Largo
IV. Finale. Allegro
Unfortunately, due to illness, Tania Notte & Isabella Gori will not be able to perform in today's concert.
LES APACHES DUO:
Tania Notte, mezzo-soprano
Isabella Gori, piano
R. Schumann
Liederkreis, Op.39
i. In der Fremde
ii. Intermezzo
iii. Waldesgespräch
iv. Die Stille
v. Mondnacht
vi. Schöne Fremde
vii. Auf einer Burg
viii. In der Fremde
ix. Wehmut
x. Zwielicht
xi. Im Walde
xii. Frühlingsnacht
Irina Korolevskaia started her Cello instruction at the age of seven. She subsequently entered the Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Arts in Siberia where she studied the Cello with Natalia Sideleva. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree. An active performer during her time at the Conservatoire, Irina appeared in Solo, Symphony and Chamber Music concerts, including performing music by the contemporary composer, Nikita Sapronov. In more recent times and since Irina has relocated to the UK she is currently studying for a Masters degree in Performance and Education at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, where she is studying the Cello with professor Derek Aviss OBE. Recent performances have included an opera project, “Dido and Aeneas” at the Queen’s House, the Festival, “Opera de Bauge” in France, Brahms’s sextet under Rivka Golani’s coaching, symphony orchestra projects and APO (Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra) professionals concerts.
Chiara Naldi is a classical pianist and piano teacher based in London. She first started learning the piano at the age of 6 and at 13 she was admitted to the “G. B. Martini” Conservatoire in Bologna to study under the guidance of Professor Mauro Landi.
Chiara holds a Master’s Degree with Honours in Piano Performance from the Bologna Conservatoire. She recently completed a Postgraduate Advanced Diploma at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance where she studied with Professor Sergio de Simone thanks to a Trinity College Scholarship and to the Henry Wood Trust.
She has been twice awarded the “Magone” prize for piano pupils of the Bologna Conservatoire. She has also attended classes with Professors Deniz Arman Gelenbe, Eileen Aviss, Eugene Asti, Martino Tirimo, Margaret Fingerhut, Peter Tuite, Pascal Rogé, Jonathan Plowright, Derek Aviss on interpretation and chamber music, Professor Douglas Finch for improvisation and Professors Carlo Mazzoli and Silvia Rambaldi for historically informed performance on fortepiano and harpsichord. She has performed in numerous concerts in Italy (Cappella Farnese, Accademia Filarmonica, Istituto Liszt, Oratorio di S. Cecilia and Circolo degli Ufficiali in Bologna, Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Sala Fellini in Faenza) and France (Salle Varèse, CNSMD in Lyon) and in London (The Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Peacock Room in Trinity Laban, Blackheath Halls, The Polish Hearth Club, York Hall at Spitalfield Music Festival). Her repertoire ranges from Baroque to Contemporary music and improvisation, she enjoys performing as a soloist as well as a chamber musician and in large ensembles and orchestras. www.chiaranaldi.com
Tania Notte is an Italian mezzo-soprano. She is currently based in London where she has completed her Master of Arts in vocal studies at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance under the guidance of Jennifer Hamilton and Jon Christos. She studied both piano at the Conservatorio G. Frescobaldi in Ferrara and Classics at Ferrara University. She began vocal studies in Viterbo, specializing on baroque and renaissance repertoire. Further studies with the Japanese countertenor Tadashi Miroku in Ferrara led her to Florence to focus on opera and to Parma where she studied with Lorna Windsor. She sang in Padova and Austria under the direction of Stefano Ragusini, with the Chamber Orchestra “Symphonĭam Pergolesiana”. She took part in the Musical Festival “Scherzi ingegnosi dell’arte”, where she sang the whole Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach by J. S. Bach with the harpsichordist Andreina di Girolamo. She won a scholarship in the International Competition of Sacred Music “Beata Paola Montaldi”, in Mantova organised by the soprano Fiorella Burato and she has been awarded with the first prize during the North London Music Festival. She has taken part in number of opera courses and workshops, studying Meg (Falstaff), Wellgunde (Das Rheingold), Zweite Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Maria Stuarda (Maria Stuarda), Angelina (Cenerentola). She played the role of Ariel in Purcell’s opera ‘’The Tempest’’ for the York Trust Summer Opera.
Isabella Gori, born in Pietrasanta (Italy), 1994. She started to play the piano at the age of eight with David Bacci. She began studying at Conservatorio L. Boccherini of Lucca with Riccardo Peruzzi, graduating in 2016. In 2015, she attended the Erasmus programme in Katowice, Poland, where she studied with Joanna Domanska at Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music. During her undergraduate studies she attended masterclasses with renowned pianists among which are Benedetto Lupo, Aquiles Delle Vigne, Vincenzo Balzani and Anna Gorecka. She also took part in collaborative projects between the Conservatoire and Teatro del Giglio of Lucca, working as an accompanist for the productions of Puccini’s opera “La Rondine”. She also enjoyed playing piano duo in the production of Benjamin Britten’s opera “The Little Sweep”. She studied with Margaret Fingerhut, Douglas Finch and Martino Tirimo during her masters at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, from which she graduated in 2019. During her masters she was commended at the John Halford Competition and playing in duo with the singer Bethan Terry at the Elisabeth Schumann Lieder Competition. She has been selected as a Trinity Laban Scholar for the academic year 2018/19. Isabella is currently teaching piano and accompanying ballet classes, as well as performing as a soloist and in collaboration with singers in London and Italy.
Old Royal Naval College Chapel
Admission free, no ticket required
