Classical concert and social at St John's Smith Square Concert Hall, Westminster

18.30 - 19.30 Lets meet for social drinks and chat before the concert
Tina will give everyone their ticket

19.30 Concert begins

Ludwig van Beethoven : Sonata No. 2 in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 5, No. 2
Robert Schumann : Fantasiestücke for Piano and Cello, Op. 73
Robert Schumann : Adagio and Allegro for Piano and Cello in A-flat major, Op. 70
Johannes Brahms : Sonata No. 2 in F major for Piano and Cello, Op. 99

Born in 1992, the cellist Zoltán Despond studied with Pierre-Bernard Sudan in Fribourg, Marc Jaermann in Lausanne, and Thomas Grossenbacher at the Zurich University of the Arts, where he graduated with a master’s in solo performance in 2018. From Enrico Dindo at the Pavia Cello Academy he received valuable advice, and he also attended master class- es with such teachers as Antonio Meneses, Christophe Coin, and Giovanni Sollima. He concertizes across Europe and enjoys working with such musicians as Ilya Gringolts, Silvia Simionescu, Marko Milenkovic ́, and Anahit Kurtikyan as well as collaborating with Vesselin Stanev, Anna Bertogna, and Richard Octaviano Kogima at the keyboard. He also performs regularly as an adjunct with the Lucerne Sym- phony Orchestra. Zoltán Despond has received the Zubaloff Prize and is a laureate of the Pierre et Renée Glasson Fund and the Friedl Wald Foundation.

Vesselin Stanev was born in Varna (Bulgaria). His teacher was Dmitri Bashkirov at the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, Alexis Weissenberg at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Paris. Vesselin Stanev rapidly made a name for himself as a musician of outstanding talent, and awards at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition and at the Concours Marguerite Long - Jacques Thibaud bear witness to this. Vesselin Stanev’s career has taken him to leading European concert halls as well as to Scandinavia, Russia, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and Japan.

We have reserved a section of the crypt cafe in St Johns Square for our group so look out for the posters and where to join us.
There are hot drinks, wine and snacks on offer

Tina will be the leader and hostess

£7.50 for the evening including free tickets - We will take this opportunity to give proceeds to 2 charities Age UK and Songhaven