Lunchtime Concert: Carolina Cury, piano

WED 11 JAN 13.10


PROGRAMME:

J S Bach Toccata in E minor, BWV 914

Ligeti Musica Ricercata
I. Sostenuto, Misurato, Prestissimo
II. Mesto, rigido e ceremoniale
III. Allegro con spirito
IV. Tempo di valse (poco vivace “à l’orgue de Barbarie”)
V. Rubato. Lamentoso
VI. Allegro molto capriccioso
VII. Cantabile, molto legato
VIII. Vivace. Energico
IX. (Béla Bartók in memoriam) Adagio, Mesto, Allegro maestoso
X. Vivace. Capriccioso
XI. (Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi) Andante misurato e tranquillo

Scarlatti Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K386

Sofia Gubaidulina Chaconne


Carolina Cury is a classical-contemporary pianist, singer, songwriter and improviser from Venice, Italy. She has completed her Masters’ degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in 2020 and is continuing her studies on the Artist Diploma programme under the guidance of Deniz Gelenbe. In 2021, she won the Trinity Laban’s Gold Medal award, the most prestigious in the conservatoire, and in 2022, she won the first prize at the John Halford Competition both for the performance of contemporary piano works and for a new work for piano, voice and electronics, in collaboration with composer Jan Stevuliak.
Carolina has performed in international music halls, such as the Teatro La Fenice (Sale Apollinee) in Venice, Carnegie Hall (Weill Hall) in New York, Megaron Theatre (Mitropoulos Hall) in Athens, and at Southwark Cathedral in London.


St James's Piccadilly
Admission free, no ticket required