St Barnabas Summer Proms (7)
Friday 1.00 pm
Tim Lowe (cello)
Rosie Richardson (piano)
Boccherini : Cello sonata in A major
Brahms : Cello sonata in F major Op 99
Schumann : Adagio and Allegro Op 70
Free with retiring collection
All proceeds will go towards the St Barnabas Organ Fund.
Tim Lowe (cello) was born in 1986 and began playing the cello at the age of 5. He was a music scholar at Eton College and now studies with Louise Hopkins at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has won many awards and prizes including those from the Musicians Benevolent Fund, the Craxton Memorial Trust, Philharmonia Orchestra/Martin Musical Scholarship Fund, Countess of Munster Trust, ECO Duchess of Cornwall Award, Jacqueline du Pre scholarship supported by the Leverhulme Trust and many more. He was also a recommended artist for the ‘Making Music' Phillip and Dorothy Green award in 2009 and has recently won the Maisie Lewis award from the Worshipful Company of Musicians. As a chamber musician Tim has performed in many major venues including the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and St John's Smith Square. His 2010/11 season includes performances of the Dvorak and Schumann concertos and a very full recital schedule with some of the concerts supported by the Countess of Munster recital scheme which will take him right around the country and includes solo Wigmore Hall appearances. He is also the holder of the prestigious Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians.
Rosie Richardson (piano) grew up in Ealing, West London . She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Senior Professor Joan Havill and graduated in 2005 with a Masters Degree in solo performance. During this time, she won the school's Romantic Piano Prize and performed in master classes with Claude Frank, Noriko Ogawa and Bryce Morrison. In 2006 she completed a Post-graduate Diploma in Professional Accompaniment. As a soloist, Rosie was made a Philip and Dorothy Green recommended artist for the Making Music Award in 2006 which led to recitals at music societies around the UK as well as Schumann concerto with Hounslow Symphony Orchestra and Grieg concerto with Lichfield Sinfonia. Alongside her solo work, Rosie is currently working with students of Professor Louise Hopkins at the Guildhall, and has performed extensively with several distinguished young cellists.
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