St Barnabas Summer Proms (10)
Wednesday August 4th 7.30 pm
The Ibuki Piano Trio
Beethoven : Piano trio in E flat Op 1 no 1
interval
Tchaikowsky : Piano trio in A minor
Admission £10 (Students and young people £5)
No tickets issued beforehand - just turn up !
All proceeds will go towards the St Barnabas Organ Fund.
The young and dynamic Ibuki Trio was founded by pianist Kan Tomita, violinist Ben Wragg and cellist Laura Anstee who initially met as former class mates at the famous Purcell School of Music. In 2007 they reunited to form the trio and have since enjoyed a hugely successful debut concert at the LSO St Luke's in the following year amongst other well received concerts around the UK . The ensemble name Ibuki is a Japanese word meaning breath, life and vitality. The trio has already been attracting enthusiastic followers and keen interest from record companies, agents and music critics alike. Their dedication to performance and thoughtful programming has earned them a recording project with Claudio Record Label. Their debut album with works by Ravel and Shostakovich will be released in winter 2010 . Last season, Ibuki made it's debut appearances at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester , Chelsea Schubert Festival as well as on BBC Radio 3 - In Tune. Future engagements include their third appearances at the Conway Hall and series of debut album launch concerts in UK and Japan earlier next year.
Ben Wragg (violin) studied at the Royal Academy of Music and at the Mozarteum, Salzburg with Ruggiero Ricci. He has established himself as one of the UK 's most promising young violinists, and has performed throughout Europe and Asia . He won the Making Music Young Concert Artist Award, and the Concordia Foundation Award, amongst many others. He has recently recorded Ravel and Shostakovich with the Ibuki trio and Elgar with the Kinesis Ensemble. He is also building a reputation as a fine teacher at the Junior Department at the Royal Academy of Music.
Laura Anstee (cello) studied at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating in 2002 with first class honours. She has since been performing as a freelance musician with various ensembles such as the Goldberg, Kokoro and Belmont Ensembles as well as the New London Soloists and Opera Group, as well as being a member of the Lerato String quartet. She is also active in London 's burgeoning World music scene, participating in groups playing music from Eastern Europe , Peru , India and elsewhere.
Kan Tomita (piano) is from Japan , and made his concerto debut at the Royal Festival Hall at the age of 15. He became the first Japanese musician to be awarded the Parnell Pianist in Association Junior Fellowship at the Royal College of Music. He has been active as both soloist and chamber musician performing in the UK , Europe and Japan , and future engagements include a tour of Japan later this year, as well as performances with his wife as the Tomita Piano Duo, and as the pianist of the Ibuki trio and Kinesis ensemble.
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