St Barnabas Summer Proms 2009 (1)

Monday July 20th 7.30 pm

Natalia Lomeiko (violin)
Yuri Zhislin (viola)
Kristina Blaumane (cello)
Hugh Mather (piano)

Bach : Goldberg Variations
(arr for string trio)
Mozart : Piano Quartet in G minor

Admission £10. No tickets needed beforehand.

Natalia Lomeiko (violin) was born in Novosibirsk , Russia in 1979, and made her debut with the Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra when aged 7. She later at studied at the Menuhin School with Lord Menuhin, and at the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy . In recent years she has won many international prizes such as the Gold Medal and 1st prize in the Premio Paganini International Violin Competition in Italy and the 1st prize in the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand . Natalia has performed as a soloist with many orchestras, such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Lord Menuhin, and the Philharmonia, and performed extensively in most of the prestigious London venues. In the past 2 years she has given solo performances in Australia , New Zealand , Japan , Italy , Spain , Armenia , Russia and the UK . She is married to Yuri Zhislin.

Yuri Zhislin (viola) was born in 1974 and studied in Moscow and later at the Royal College of Music with his father, Grigori Zhislin and Dr Felix Andrievsky. He won the Dvarionas International Competition in Lithuania in 1989, and was BBC Radio Two Young Musician of the Year in 1993. He has won major prizes in several international violin competitions, and has appeared in major concert halls throughout the UK , Russia , Europe, USA , Australia and New Zealand . He has made a number of recordings and appeared in live broadcasts on the BBC and elsewhere. As a violist, he regularly appears in a String Trio with Dmitry Sitkovetsky and Alexander Chaushian. He is Artistic Director of the Russian Virtuosi of Europe - an ensemble of Russian musicians based in Western Europe . He is a professor of violin at the Royal College of Music in London .

Kristina Blaumane (cello) was born in Latvia into a family of musicians, and moved to England in 1996. She has won many prestigious competitions and awards including the Latvian Philharmonic Young Musician of the Year, the Carmel International Competition and the Lord Mayor's Prize. She has given recitals and performed with many distinguished orchestras throughout Europe, and at major international festivals such as the Gstaad, Salzburg and Verbier festivals. She has performed chamber music with artists such as Isaac Stern, Gidon Kremer, Yo Yo Ma, Yuri Bashmet and Nikolaj Znaider. In 2005, Kristina became a laureate of the Great Music Award, the highest prize given by the Latvian State for music.

Hugh Mather (piano) studied the piano and organ from an early age, and continued his piano studies with James Gibb. He pursued a medical career and was a Consultant Physician at Ealing Hospital from 1982 to 2006. He has now retired to concentrate on his musical activities. He has given many concerts in West London and elsewhere as concerto soloist, recitalist, accompanist and chamber musician. He is Chairman of the Friends of St Mary's Perivale and organises over 100 concerts at St Mary's Perivale and St Barnabas..