30th June 2016, 7pm Edoardo ZosiOn the occasion of the referendum upon the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union:European Union in Music 

Dvorak: "Cavatina" (Check Republic) [3’00]Mozart: Sonata no.21 in E minor, K304 (Austria) [12’25]- Allegro- Tempo di menuetto

Faurè: ”Apres un reve" Op.7 no.1 (France) [3]Elgar: "Salut d'amour" Op.12 (England) [3]Beethoven: Sonata no.5 in F Major, Op.24 “Spring” (Germany) [24’33]- Allegro- Adagio molto espressivo- Scherzo: Allegro molto- Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

Paganini: "Mosé" Fantasy (Italy) [5]Sarasate: "Zigeunerweisen" Op.20 (Spain) [8]

violin: Edoardo Zosipiano: Richard Black

Edoardo Zosi:Edoardo made this American debut this season at the Carnegie Hall. In May 2013 he made his debut in Dublin with RTE National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Buribayev in Bruch Violin Concerto no.1, and was invited to perform at Accademia of Santa Cecilia Orchestra in Rome Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in 2014. He has played as soloist with the Deutsche Kammerorchester, la Camerata de Lausanne, Berliner Symphoniker, Orchestra Haydn, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, I Solisti Veneti, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Romanian State Orchestra, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, China Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, Wuerttembergische Philharmonic, NWD Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Montpellier, Prague Chamber Orchestra. He has collaborated with a number of great artists, including Salvatore Accardo, Pierre Amoyal, Sergey Krylov, Anatol Ugorsky, Dimitri Sitkovesky, Enricque Diemecque, Alan Buribayev, Alexander Vedernikov, Bruno Canino, Rocco Filippini and Fazil Say.

He recorded a CD with pianist Bruno Canino for the label Amadeus, dedicated to Strauss Sonata op 18 and Brahms Sonata op 108. A new CD has been released in February 2012: Bruch Violin Concerto no.1 with Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino, live recording. From 2011 until 2014 he was the Violin Professor at Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome.Born in Milan in 1988 to a family of musicians, Edoardo graduated with honours at Milano Conservatoire of Music and from 2005 to 2007 was tutored by Pierre Amoyal in Lausanne. He continued his studies with Italian violinist Salvatore Accardo at the Stauffer Academy in Cremona and Accademia Chigiana in Siena. Edoardo made his debut as a soloist in the Verdi Hall of the Milan Conservatoire in 1995, after which he performed in many other important Italian venues.Edoardo Zosi has been awarded first prize in numerous competitions, such as the International Violin Competition “Viotti Valsesia” in 2003, where he was also the youngest competitor. Edoardo has played in China, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland, Romania, Ukraine, and Austria. He made his German debut in 2004 with the Berlin Philharmonic playing the Tchaikowsky Violin Concerto. In France he performed at the Festival de Montpellier and Radio France. The concert was broadcast on Radio France and the press called Edoardo the “real surprise of the 2004 Festival”.Salvatore Accardo said about him: “….Without any doubt, Edoardo is one of the greatest talents I’ve ever known: most of all, he has a maturity of sound and phrasing absolutely rare for such a young musician. His technique is remarkable and his musicality is serious and deep…”

Richard Black:Richard Black is a highly versatile pianist whose work takes in opera, the symphony orchestra, chamber music and song recitals. He has worked for opera companies great and small in the UK, on operas ranging from half-forgotten gems of the late baroque (Opera Italiana) to the largest works of Wagner (Scottish Opera, Longborough Festival Opera) to new pieces composed in the 21st century (Royal Opera House, Tête à Tête Opera). His ability to play almost anything at sight and his wide knowledge of the opera repertoire have made him a familiar face at opera auditions, and he employs similar talents in accompanying students of every voice and instrument at Goldsmiths College. As a recital accompanist, Richard has played for singers at Wigmore Hall and St John’s Smith Square, as well as in New York, Paris and Luxembourg. He has accompanied a wide range of instrumental works and played in a variety of chamber ensembles: he recently gave what was almost certainly the first UK performance in some decades of the piano trio by Pizzetti. He has for over 20 years had a strong interest in music by the Scottish composer and pianist Ronald Stevenson, and has performed and recorded many songs by Stevenson as well as playing several of his chamber and solo piano works, including the large-scale Passacaglia on DSCH. Other recordings include songs by Alan Bush and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and he has broadcast several times on BBC Radio 3.Apart from playing the piano, Richard is an experienced recording engineer, producer and editor and a consultant on audio technology.