A Night of Ravel

PERFORMERS:
Jean Samuel Bez, violin
Gina Kruger, piano

PROGRAMME:
We are delighted to welcome acclaimed international violinist Jean Samuel Bez back to our house concert series. Jean Samuel and Gina have performed five wonderful concerts for us in the past. They will be re-uniting this June to perform Ravel's violin sonatas. Their busy schedules mean that they are available for one mid-week evening only. We are delighted to offer this opportunity to our members to hear their programme in the intimate surroundings of our house concert.
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Drinks and food will be served.
Seats are £20 per person. Please pay cash at the door.

BIOGRAPHIES
Jean Samuel Bez - Violin,
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Gina Kruger - Piano
Gina holds degrees in piano from the United States and a post-graduate diploma from the Royal College of Music, London. During her studies at the Royal College of Music, she won the Fossat Award for Chamber Music which resulted in performances for the Queen of Denmark and a residency in France. She continues to appear as a recitalist locally and internationally. Her performance in the National Concert Hall, Dublin, featuring Spanish repertoire was deemed a ‘finely turned performance’ by the Irish Times in 2010. Other international venues have included solo performances in Altdorf Switzerland and in the Vienna Conservatory. She has performed extensively in Croatia, as a soloist, and with guitarist Igor Paro.
Performance engagements in the United States have included two broadcasts of solo piano works (Messiaen, Beethoven, and Schumann) on Nebraska Public Radio, and appearances at such prestigious venues as Merkin Concert Hall and The Juilliard School.
After completing studies in musicology, the result of which was a National Endowment for the Humanties grant (through Columbia University, NY) Gina has continued to develop her interest in church music as an organist, choral director, and soprano (singing regularly with choirs for Evensong and as a soloist in church settings). Having held posts in several boarding schools, chapels, and churches in London and further afield, she is Director of Music at organist a St John the Divine Church, Richmond performing as occasional organist, soprano and cantor at a number of other London churches.

How to Find Us:
Concerts are at 51 Langham Road, London, N15 3LR. We are an easy 5 minute walk from TurnpIke Lane tube / bus station (Piccadilly Line) and bus routes along West Green Road. NB: There is no free parking before 6.30. Due to road restrictions car access is from West Green road via Stanmore Road ONLY.