Lunchtime Concert: Trinity Laban Chamber Musicians

WED 27 SEP 13.00


SOFIA BAGULHO VOICE
LUCIA FOTI HARP

Luiz de Freitas Branco Loureiro, verde loureiro
Eurico Carrapatoso Ó meu bem
Vianna da Motta Amores, amores
Francisco de Lacerda 'Tenho tantas saudades
Antonio Fragoso Chanson d'Automne
Gabriel Fauré Le secret
Vincenzo Bellini Ah, non credea mirarti from La Sonnambula
Giacomo Puccini O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi


NAZCA DUO
LUCIA FOTI HARP
STEFANO FIACCO GUITAR

Érik Marchelie, Suite Logique:
I. Prélude
II. Interlude
III. Postlude

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Andantino , from Fantasia

Érik Marchelie La font dels ocells

Máximo Diego Pujol Suite Mágica:
I. Preludio
II. Vals
IV. Candombe


BIOGRAPHIES:
Lisbon-native soprano Sofia Bagulho began her musical studies at the Conservatório de Música D. Dinis and at the Lisbon Conservatory, where she studied flute with Ricardo Alves and voice with Ângela Silva. Sofia is a master’s student at the Royal College of Music in London, studying voice with Amanda Roocroft and Sebastian Wybrew. She is a RCM Scholar.
In 2019, she was admitted to the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, in London, where she completed a Bachelor's degree in Voice Performance under the guidance of Joan Rodgers, Jon Christos, and Robert Bottriell graduating with First Honours. In recent years, she has participated in several masterclasses with Elisabete Matos, Ana Paula Russo, Aylish Tynan, Susan Bullock, and Fiona Kimm, among others.
Sofia has been distinguished with several renowned prizes and awards. She was the first-prize winner of the Bendada Music Festival Concerto Competition and the Terras de Santiago International Music Competition. She has also been a prize winner at the Medici Music Competition,
the Birmingham International Music Competition, Euterpe Music Awards and was a finalist at the English Song Competition of the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. She was also selected to perform at the BBC PROMS 2022 with the BBC Symphony Chorus.

Nazca Duo is a unique chamber ensemble formed by Lucia Foti (harp) and Stefano Fiacco (guitar). Originally from Italy, in 2022, they both graduated with Distinction from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, which they have represented in several occasions as highlights of the plucked strings department. Nazca Duo performed in a number of famous venues across London (including Wigmore Hall and the Queen’s House) and Northern Italy. In recognition of their outstanding chamber music achievements, they have been awarded the 2022 Colin Blythe Fund. Lucia and Stefano are seeking to discover new works and are committed to make the harp and guitar duo a popular chamber ensemble. Therefore, they are closely working with composers to expand the repertoire for this unconventional instrumental combination. Lucia (1998) is an award-winning harpist, with experience as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player. She is a reserve of the Young Musicians’ Symphony Orchestra and collaborated with Welsh National Opera in 2022. In 2015, she won a first prize scholarship in the prestigious Soroptimist Italia Competition for Young Talents. Stefano (1997) performed with different orchestras as a soloist and was awarded several prizes in national and international competitions. He also played as a lutenist and cellist in different baroque ensembles. He revised the new editions of Leo Brouwer’s transcription of 12 sonatas by Scarlatti and El Decamerón Negro published by Ediciones Espiral Eterna. The name of the ensemble comes from Nazca, a piece by French composer Erik Marchelie. This title refers to the Nazca Lines, located in the Nazca Desert, Peru, a place characterised by a group of mysterious, inexplicable shapes and figures on the soil, which can only be seen from the sky. This image well represents the enigmatic yet distinctive character of Nazca Duo.

Queen's House
Admission free, no ticket required