Lunchtime Concert: Trinity Laban Pianists

THU 14 APR 13.05h

THANAWUT LEX-OUDAKRON:
Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35
I. Grave
II. Scherzo
III. Marche funèbre
IV. Finale: Presto

CHRISTINA KOTI:
Scriabin Piano Etudes, Op. 8
No. 2: A capriccio, con forza
No. 5: Brioso

Poulenc Les Soirées de Nazelles
I. Preamble
II. Variations:
i. Le comble de la distinction
ii. Le cœur sur la main
iii. La désinvolture et la discrétion
iv. Le charme enjôleur
v. Le contentement de soi
vii. Le goût du malheur
III. Cadence
IV. Final

Thanawut Lex-Oudakron was born in June 1999 in Buriram, Thailand. Although he didn’t come from a musical family, he loved listening to music as a child. At age 16, he moved to England to finish his GCSE’s and A levels at Alexander’s College, Suffolk. During one of the lessons, a classmate played Mozart through a speaker as a joke, disrupting the class. This accidental exposure to classical music made such an impression on him that he decided to have piano lessons. His progress was rapid, so that one year later he won 1st Prize at the Oswestry Youth Music Festival. At the age of 18 he enrolled at the Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts where he received his first proper musical training under Vivian Choi. He is now studying piano with Douglas Finch on the BMus Course at Trinity Laban.

Christina Maria Koti is a London-based Greek pianist currently pursuing an MMus in Piano Performance under Professor Deniz Gelenbe-Arman at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance with the Trinity College of Music scholarship. Christina Maria graduated from the University of Glasgow with a first class honours Bachelor of Music degree, and she has taken part in international music festivals and competitions such as the Gnessin Academy Summer Festival, the Concorso International Pianistico citta Villafranca di Verona, the Glasgow Music Festival, and the Dinu Lipatti International Piano Competition. She has appeared in collaborative piano recitals and concerts in the UK, France, Italy, Russia, and Greece. Christina Maria has participated in masterclasses with Pascal Rogé, Paul Roberts, Aaron Shorr, Natalia Mihailidou, Petras Geniusas, and Tatiana Svistunova. She is passionate about art song and is currently a SongEasel Young Artist with her duo partner, baritone Jared Andrew Michaud.

St Alfege Church
Admission free, no ticket required