Lunchtime Concert: Piano Ensembles

TUE 16 MAY 13.05

A shared performance of piano ensemble repertoire with Darja Scukina, Chung-Kwan Salome Siu and Yuri Inoshita, voices and piano & Jiyun Zhang and Yixuan Tian, violin and piano, in the beautiful surroundings of the Old Royal Naval College Chapel.

JIYUN ZHANG VIOLIN
YIXUAN TIAN PIANO

Brahms
Sonata for Piano and Violin No.2 Op.100

DARJA SCUKINA SOPRANO
CHUNG-KWAN SALOME SIU MEZZO-SOPRANO
YURI INOSHITA PIANO
Handel
No, no, ch'io non apprezzo
From Agrippina, HWV6, Act III

Rossini
La Pesca

Bellini
Vieni, ah! Vieni, e in me riposa
From I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Act I

Rachmaninov
Moments Musicaux No.3 and 4, Op.16

Bellini
Mira, o Norma
Norma, Act II

Jiyun Zhang is a passionate violinist who is currently studying with Pieter Schoeman (Leader of London Philharmonic Orchestra) at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance since September 2020. Highlights of the last few years include, winning the second prize of violin competition in Guangdong Province in 2019; forming first local “Music College students’ orchestra” and successfully made our debut playing Vivaldi Four Seasons in 2020; playing Mendelssohn Piano Trio No.1 at Wigmore Hall in May 2022; co-leading Orion Orchestra two concerts in August 2022; playing the first violin part of Dvorak Piano Quintet with Irina Lyakhovskaya, Professional accompanist at Trinity Laban in October 2022. Jiyun was selected from hundreds of applicants to play with Asian Youth Orchestra on a tour from Italy, Germany to Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan in this summer. "Jiyun is a very passionate musician with fine musical taste. He is also a delightful person with impeccable social skills and a wonderful sense of humor." - Pieter Schoeman.

Darja Scukina is a Latvian-born soprano and actress. Since the age of eight, she has performed regularly at the local Russian Drama theatre in Latvia. In 2011 Darja completed a Drama degree at the University of Huddersfield and in 2014 sang the role of Amor in Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice for Time Zone Theatre. Recent performances include The Gondoliers, The Yeomen of the Guard and The Pirates of Penzance with Forbear! Theatre at the International Gilbert and Sullivan festival. Darja is completing a Master of Music degree at The Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

Chung-Kwan Salome Siu is a Hong Kong mezzo-soprano based in London. She is studying a Master of Music in Performance under the guidance of Linda Hirst, Mary Wiegold and Andrew-Matthew Owen with support of Eva Malpass scholarship. At age 16, she won first prize at Hong Kong School Music Festival (Foreign Language, female voice). This year, she reaches the finalist of Soloists’ competition. Her recent operatic credits include Carmela (Strozzi!), Annios (La Clemenza di Tito) and Charlotte (Werther). Future operatic roles include Lucretia (The Rape of Lucretia) and Beatrice (Le Donne Curiose). Salome was also trained as choral conductor and pianist before starting her studies as opera singer and completed her Master of Art in Music at Hong Kong Baptist University with Distinction.

Yuri Inoshita is a pianist based in London, who was born in Barcelona and raised in Paris and Tokyo. She started her piano lessons and musical training at the age of five. From the age of seven, she studied piano, solfege, and choir in the Conservatoire de Saint-Germain en Laye. After she moved to Japan at the age of 10, she started her training on dictation, harmony, sight reading and chamber music besides the piano lessons in Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 2017, she graduated from Toho Gakuen High School of Music, majoring in piano performance under the tuition of Mikako Abe. Besides her musical training in Toho Gakuen, she graduated from Hosei University, majoring in Intercultural Communication. Since the very young age, she has participated in several masterclasses taken by international pianists such as Jérôme Granjon, Pablo Galdo, Dmitri Alexeev, Pascal Rogé, etc. Yuri is currently on her postgraduate studies at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, majoring in piano performance under the tuition of Martino Tirimo.

Old Royal Naval College Chapel
Admission free, no ticket required