EDWARD WARNER (age 20)
Piano
Liszt: Ballade no.2 in B minor
Edward is a pianist from Bromley. He currently studies at the Royal College of Music.
His other musical interests include chamber music, where he is an active member of two piano trios, and composition.
HAILEY WONG (age 19)
Cello (Accompanist Yiyao Li)
Schumann: Fünf Stücke im Volkston I. Mit Humor & II. Langsam
Paganini: Variations on one string on a theme by Rossini
Hailey is a ‘cellist from Sydney Australia, now living near Maidstone in Kent. She currently studies at the Royal College of Music, playing an 18th century Thomas Kennedy cello loaned from Benslow Music Trust. She is also a collaborative pianist.
JOSHUA MILTON (age 20)
Piano
Scriabin: Five Preludes op.16
Chopin: Nocturne op.62 no.2 in E Major
Joshua is a Bengali-English pianist, living in London. He is currently studies at the Royal College of Music. He has given solo and chamber recitals, including performing Chopin's 1st Ballade in the presence of Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.
LEONARDO LAWRY (age 13)
Violin (Accompanist Chris Cox)
Bach: Sarabande from Violin Partita no.1 in B Minor, BWV 1002
Wieniawski: Violin Concerto no.2, 1st mvt
Leonardo is a violinist from London. He currently studies at Junior Royal College of Music, with piano as a second study. He is also a treble singer in the renowned London Oratory Schola choir, which performs regularly at the Royal Opera.
YAZDI MADON (age 19)
Piano
Beethoven: Sonata in D op.10 no.3, 1st mvt
Scriabin: Mazurka op.25 no.3
Prokofiev: Sonata in D minor op.14, 1st mvt
Yazdi is a pianist from Buckinghamshire, the youngest of three musical siblings. He currently studies at the Royal College of Music. He is a passionate chamber musician and has performed as accompanist at the Wigmore Hall.
GIOVANNI VIOLA (age 14)
Violin (Accompanist Miho Sanou)
Bach: Fugue from Violin Sonata no.1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso op.28
Paganini: Caprice no.1 for Violin Solo
Giovanni is a violinist from Italy. He currently studies at the Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey. He has performed as a soloist in concerts at La Scala in Milan and the Menuhin Hall in London. He plays violins by Santino Lavazza and Gaspar Borchardt.
ALEX SCOTT (age 17)
Clarinet (Accompanist Chris Cox)
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in F minor op.120 no.1, 1st mvt
Arnold: Clarinet Sonata op.29, 1st mvt
Alex is a clarinettist and saxophonist from Kent, living near Sevenoaks and going to school in Rochester, where he takes lessons in piano, voice and organ. He also attends Trinity Laban Junior Conservatoire. He has a keen interest in theatre productions, most recently performing in a lead role in ‘Les Misérables’.
KIKI SKINNER (age 16)
Cello (Accompanist Sanae Nakajima)
Prokofiev: Waltz from 'The Stone Flower'
Nadia Boulanger: Three Pieces for 'Cello and Piano
Cassádo: Dance of the Green Devils
Kiki is a 'cellist from Cambridge. She currently studies at The Yehudi Menuhin School. Last year, as winner of the Windsor & Maidenhead Symphony Orchestra Young Musician Concerto Competition, Kiki performed the Elgar Cello Concerto with the orchestra.
ALMA DEBRETZENI (age 16)
Recorder
Jacob van Eyck: Fantasia & Echo
G. Telemann: Fantasia no.7 in F major, TWV 40:8
Fumiharu Yoshimine: Mudai
Alma is a recorderist from St Albans in Hertfordshire. She currently studies at the
Junior Royal Academy of Music. Recently she joined with two other Academy recorderists to form the group Trio Pictor, with whom she has performed at various music festivals.
SAPPHIRE NG (age 13)
Piano (Accompanist Stephanie Kong)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no.2, 1st mvt
Arthur Rice: ‘Liberty’
Sapphire is a pianist and violinist, originally from Hong Kong, now living in Epsom in Surrey. She currently studies at the Junior Royal College of Music. She enjoys singing, improvisation and composition, and spends much of her time exploring classical and pop styles.
MARINA SHEVLIN (age 17)
Clarinet (Accompanist Micah Rose-Trespeuch)
Gaubert: Fantasie for Clarinet and Piano
Malcolm Arnold: Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano, 3rd mvt Rabaud: Solo de Concours
Marina is a clarinettist from South London. She currently studies at the Junior Royal Academy of Music. Having played in several youth orchestras, she now has a summer residency with the National Youth Orchestra and will be playing at the Proms this summer.
BIBI REDFORD (age 19)
Piano
Debussy: Etude No. 11 'Pour les arpèges composés'
Scriabin: Etude op.8 no.2
Debussy: L'isle Joyeuse
Bibi is a pianist from Devon, whose mother is a professional pianist. Having attended Wells Cathedral School and the Yehudi Menuhin School, she currently studies at the Royal College of Music. She enjoys all genres of music but particularly works by Debussy and Ravel.
CLARA ZERPA-FALCON (age 16)
Flute (Accompanist Jong-Gyung Park)
Bach: Flute Sonata in E major BWV 1035, 3rd and 4th mvts
Jacques Ibert: 'Jeux' Sonatine
Debussy: Syrinx
Clara is a flautist from Kent, where she attends school in Tunbridge Wells. She has participated in a number of local music festivals and enjoys playing her flute with local choirs and as a soloist in concerts for care homes.
VLADA MITRIUC (age 20)
Piano
Bach: Prelude and Fugue no.18 in G# minor (Book 2)
Beethoven: Sonata in F op.10 no.2, mvts 2 & 3
Vlada is a pianist from the Republic of Moldova. She currently studies at the Royal College of Music. She has won a number of national and international competitions in Eastern Europe, and enjoys playing chamber music.
INÉS MARO BABAKHANIAN (age 16)
Violin (Accompanist Oisin Pu)
Bach: Adagio from Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Inés Maro is a violinist from Spain. She currently studies at the Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey. She has performed across Europe and Central Asia, recently playing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the National Orchestra of Uzbekistan and the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra.
RINCHEN POSEL (age 16)
Piano
Shchedrin: Basso Ostinato
Rachmaninoff: Lilacs op.21 no.5
Debussy: L'isle Joyeuse
Rinchen is a pianist from the USA. She currently studies at the Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey. She has had success in music competitions in both Europe and America. She also enjoys playing the violin, composing and singing, and is a passionate chamber musician.