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It has now been three years since PIANO WEEK established Moreton Hall School as its main UK residency. The growing popularity of the festival in Shropshire inspired us to introduce two new spring and autumn editions in 2018, which are a true testament to the unique atmosphere of creativity and passion for music shared amongst our international faculty, world-renowned guest artists, participants and audiences alike.

Our series of daily evening recitals are given by an acclaimed faculty of concert pianists who hail from all over the world. All artists performing throughout the week are highly experienced as pianists and pedagogues and they have all been giving master classes and lessons to our participants during the festival. We are delighted that the Steinway concert grand piano, supplied and maintained by Steinway & Sons in London, marks the beginning of our collaboration with Steinway & Sons in the UK.

We hope that you enjoy the performances in the Musgrave Theatre and that we will be able to welcome you back every time PIANO WEEK visits Moreton Hall. Perhaps we might even see some of our audience members apply next time as participants!

Welcome

Samantha Ward Artistic Director & Founder

Maciej RaginiaCreative Director

Mark Nixon in Recital

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Sonata No. 12 in F Major KV 332Allegro AdagioAllegro assai

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

6 Klavierstücke Op. 118Intermezzo in A minor Intermezzo in A MajorBallade in G minorIntermezzo in F minorRomanze in F MajorIntermezzo in E flat minor

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Nocturne in D flat Major Op. 27 No. 2Ballade No. 3 in A flat Major Op. 47

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Duration This concert will last approximately 60 minutes, with no interval.

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Mark Nixon

South African pianist Mark Nixon presents much loved works by Mozart, Brahms and Chopin. Beginning with Sonata KV 332, a work of striking cantabile, vivid musical contrasts and lavish embellishments unusually written out by Mozart in the central Adagio, Mark puts Brahms’ Sechs Klavierstücke at the heart of his performance. Comprising four Intermezzi, a Ballade and a Romanze, all contrasting in mood, the six pieces are surreptitiously linked by a three-note motif, cleverly transformed so that each one stands as an individualised jewel. This is followed by Chopin’s D-flat Major Nocturne with an elegant ornamentation of its highly vocalised melody and Ballade No 3 in A flat Major inspired by Adam Mickiewicz’s poem Świtezianka. Whilst the composer has heavily redefined Nocturnes as a musical form departing from the simplicity of earlier compositions by John Field, he is often considered as a pioneer of the Ballade as an abstract musical form. The third Ballade by Chopin is a popular, impassioned piece which ends in the triumphant key of A flat Major after a superbly conceived coda.

Mark Nixon is a graduate of the Amsterdam Conservatory, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, the University of Cape Town and the University of South Africa (UNISA). His teachers have included Laura Searle, Lamar Crowson, Håkon Austbø and Graham Johnson. He lives in London and is Head of Keyboard at King’s College School, Wimbledon. Mark has received many prestigious awards, including first prizes in the Adolph Hallis Piano Competition in 1994 and the Nederburg-UNISA National Piano Competition in 1998. In 2000 he was selected as a Young Concert Artist of the National Federation of Music Societies in the United Kingdom (now known as Making Music) and in 2008 he was again selected, this time as a duo with the soprano Erica Eloff. He has performed as concerto soloist with all the South African orchestras, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and with several orchestras in England. As solo recitalist and pianist-accompanist he has appeared extensively in South Africa as well as at the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and Linbury Theatre Covent Garden in London as well as at numerous music societies across the UK. In 1999 he won the Guildhall School’s Schubert and Ireland Prizes and the accompanist’s prize in the English Singers and Speakers Union Song Competition in London. In 2006 he won the accompanist’s prize at the Great Elm Vocal Awards held at the Wigmore Hall, London. Engagements have included concerts in Holland, France, Britain and recital tours of South Africa with various singers and instrumentalists in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2012. In 2010 he released a CD of songs by Grieg, Wolf, Rachmaninov, Wilding and de Villiers in collaboration with the soprano Erica Eloff. In 2012 he launched a CD of works for solo piano by Liszt, Brahms and Debussy on Stringwise Records.

Grace Yeo in Recital Frank Bridge (1879-1941)

A Fairy Tale H. 128 1. The Princess: Allegretto con moto 2. The Ogre: Allegro deciso3. The Spell: Adagio e sostenuto4. The Prince: Allegro giocoso

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Sonata No. 7 in D Major Op. 10 No. 3Presto Largo e mestoMenuetto: AllegroRondo: Allegro

York Bowen (1884 – 1961)

Berceuse in D major Op. 83

Suite for Piano No.4 Op.39 “Suite Mignonne”Moto Perpetuo

Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)

Piano Sonata No.2 in g minor Op. 22So rasch wie möglich Andantino. GetragenScherzo. Sehr rasch und markiertRondo. Presto

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Grace Yeo

Korean pianist Grace Yeo presents a diverse programme, which introduces some of the beautiful and inspiring piano music written by the early 20th century English composers Frank Bridge and York Bowen. Rarely performed after the composer’s death, many of Bridge’s major compositions began to achieve a wider critical acclaim in the early 1970s thanks to Benjamin Britten’s continuous efforts to popularise the music. Opening her programme with Bridge’s A Fairy Tale, masterfully crafted and full of haunting harmonies, Grace moves onto one of Beethoven’s remarkable early piano works, Sonata in D Major Op. 10 No.3, where the composer explores the full range of the keyboard in four contrasting movements. Following Bowen’s dreamy Berceuse and fiery Moto Perpetuo, Grace draws the audience into a stormy Sonata in g minor by Schumann, a work of great passion and typically combining dramatic urgency with moments of rapt tenderness.

Since winning first prize at the Beethoven Society of Europe’s Piano Competition in 2009, Grace Yeo has continued to build an international career as one of the outstanding pianists of her generation who has attracted much critical acclaim for her sensitive musicianship and astonishing technical command. Grace Yeo was born in Seoul, Korea and commenced her piano studies at the age of four. She then went on to the Yewon School and Seoul High School of Arts whilst appearing frequently as a soloist in Korea. In 2008, she completed her undergraduate studies at the Seoul National University and then was awarded the Barbara Stringer Scholarship for postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she entered the class of Ronan O’Hora and Joan Havill. Grace has performed both recitals and concerto performances throughout the UK as well as in France, Italy, Germany, Finland and South Korea and has been awarded first and other major prizes in the C. Bechstein-Samick Piano Competition, the Beethoven Society of Europe’s Piano Competition, the Norah Sande Award Competition, the Arcangelo Speranza Competition, the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition and the Brant International Piano Competition. Solo performance highlights have included recitals at the Wigmore Hall, the Royal Festival Hall, the Purcell Room, Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, Birmingham Town Hall, and London’s Kings Place, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St. James’s Piccadilly, Drapers’ Hall and Salters’ Hall. Other performance highlights include piano concertos at the Royal Albert Hall, at Birmingham Symphony Hall and at the Yamaha Concert Hall in Vienna. As a chamber musician, Grace has appeared with OPUS Ensemble touring Finland, Germany and Italy and was invited to perform at The Seoul International Music Festival and Le Moulin des Arts Festival in France. Alongside her performing career she teaches at King’s College London and has just joined the Seoul National University teaching faculty.

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Samantha Ward & Maciej Raginia: Two Pianos & Four Hands


Sonata in D Major for Two Pianos KV448Allegro con spirito AndanteMolto Allegro

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Ma mère l’OyePavane de la Belle au bois dormant Petit PoucetLaideronnette, impératrice des pagodes Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête Le jardin féerique

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

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The festival directors Samantha Ward and Maciej Raginia open the concert with Mozart’s popular Sonata KV 448, one of only a few works which he wrote for two pianos. Composed in 1781, it follows a strict sonata form in the first movement with a lyrical aria in the middle and a joyful rondo as the final movement. The galant style permeates the piece with interlocking melodies and simultaneous cadences. This is followed by Ravel’s Ma mère l’Oye in its original piano duet version, bringing the oriental harmonies and its searching element to the fore. Inspired by the fairy tales of French authors Perrault, d’Aulnoy and de Beaumont, Ravel creates a lavish sound world with the minimum of means. The concert comes to a close with Debussy’s Petite Suite, yet another piano duet where the orchestration was latterly a great success. A clear departure from his modernist compositions at the time, the suite captivates the audience with its simplicity, wealth of imagination and colour.

Samantha WardArtistic Director & Founder

One of the leading British pianists of her generation, Samantha Ward has performed extensively around the UK, Asia and Europe, appearing on television and radio numerous times. She made her London debut at the Wigmore Hall in 2007 and has performed in major venues around the UK and abroad. She has won first prize in a number of competitions such as the Making Music Philip and Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists, the Beethoven Society of Europe’s Intercollegiate Piano Competition, The Hastings International Concerto Competition and the Worshipful Company of Musicians’ Maisie Lewis Young Concert Artists Award. In August 2013 Samantha founded PIANO WEEK, her international festival and summer school. At PIANO WEEK 2015, 2016 and 2017, Samantha joined forces to close the festival with one of the most distinguished pianists in the world, Stephen Kovacevich, performing works for two pianos. Stephen will return to the festival this year, marking the fourth consecutive year of their collaboration. In 2018 PIANO WEEK continues to tour internationally, having been invited to China, Thailand, Italy, Germany and Japan, whilst extending to three residencies at Moreton Hall School, PIANO WEEK’s UK base. Aside from her performing career, Samantha is also a recording artist for Schott Music publishers as well as a published author. Her ‘Relax with...’ anthologies for piano were released by Schott in the Spring of 2016. Samantha was also shortlisted for a ‘Woman of the Future’ Award in Arts and Culture in association with Shell and as a result, she was invited to give an interview for Stylist Magazine in 2011. Samantha was awarded a fellowship from the Guildhall School of Music for the year 2007/8, where she studied under Joan Havill. She previously studied with Leslie Riskowitz and at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester with Alicja Fiderkiewicz.

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Samantha Ward & Maciej Raginia: Two Pianos & Four Hands


Sonata in D Major for Two Pianos KV448Allegro con spirito AndanteMolto Allegro

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Ma mère l’OyePavane de la Belle au bois dormant Petit PoucetLaideronnette, impératrice des pagodes Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête Le jardin féerique

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Petite Suite L 65En bateau: Andantino Cortège: ModeratoMenuet: ModeratoBallet: Allegro giusto

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Maciej RaginiaCreative Director

Polish pianist Maciej Raginia is in demand as a soloist around the UK and abroad and his performing career has taken him to many countries in Europe and Asia. He has appeared on Polish television (TVP 1, TVP 2 & TV Polonia) and has won prizes in international piano competitions. Praised for his “strong artistic personality” (Tydzien Polski), “mastery of the piano” (Markische Allgemaine) and “subtle tonal colours” (Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten) over the last decade, Maciej has toured worldwide giving concerts in the Gewandhaus, Mendelssohn-Saal and the Mendelssohn-Haus (Leipzig), the Hochschule für Music und Theather and the Niedersächsischer Landtag (Hannover), the Schloss Glienicke (Potsdam), King’s College (Cambridge), St. John’s Smith Square, St Martin-in-the-Fields (London), the Auditorio (Zaragoza), the Nuevo Casino Principal (Pamplona) and the Toppan Hall (Tokyo) amongst many others. In 2016 Maciej joined PIANO WEEK as the creative director, following in the footsteps of his pianist wife Samantha Ward, its founder & artistic director. Throughout 2018 he will be touring with the festival to all of its residencies in the UK, Germany, Italy, Thailand and China. He is also a recording artist for Schott Music publishers. Maciej received his first piano lessons from Aleksandra Walczak and Krystyna Filipowska in Poland, before he went on to continue his studies with the celebrated American pianist Kevin Kenner at the Royal College of Music in London. In 2008, supported by a City of London Corporation Scholarship Award, he gained a Masters Degree in Music Performance from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under the tutelage of the Senior Professor Joan Havill. He has also trained in masterclasses with some of the world’s legendary pianists such as Robert Levin, the late Halina Czerny-Stefanska and Elisabeth Leonskaja; a relationship which has continued to the present day.31

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Sonata No. 11 in B flat Major Op. 22 Allegro con brio Adagio con molto espressioneMenuettoRondo. Allegretto

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Nocturne in D flat Major Op. 27 No. 2

Waltz in A flat Major Op. 42

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Romance in D flat Major Op. 24 No. 9

Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)

Sonatine in f sharp minor M. 40Modéré Mouvement de menuetAnimé

Earl Wild (1915-2010)/George Gershwin (1898-1937)

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Warren Mailley-Smith

British concert pianist Warren Mailley-Smith presents a varied programme that begins with the B flat Major Sonata; a work considered to be the crowning achievement of Beethoven’s early period, shimmering with bravura whilst pushing the boundaries of existing sonata form. This is followed by Chopin’s exquisite Nocturne in D flat which epitomises his bel canto style of piano writing and seductive use of harmony alongside the Waltz in A flat, a display of brilliant pianistic virtuosity. Ravel’s colourful Sonatine follows, looking back to the 19th century virtuoso school of Liszt and French impressionism, whilst also looking ahead to inflections of jazz-inspired harmony. Written in 1903, Sibelius’s Romance still has its heart firmly set in 19th century romanticism, with a rolling right hand chordal accompaniment over a cello-like expressivo melody. This evening’s recital concludes with a highly jazz-infused virtuoso arrangement of Gershwin’s popular song, Embraceable You, by the great American pianist Earl Wild.

In 2016 Warren Mailley-Smith became the first British pianist to perform Chopin’s complete works for solo piano from memory in a series of 11 recitals at St John’s Smith Square. He has given acclaimed solo recitals at the Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall and has performed for the British Royal Family on numerous occasions. His career has taken him all over the world, with solo performances in Australia, Europe and most recently solo tours in China and the USA. He is a regular soloist on the London concert scene and performs regularly in music societies, festivals, schools and concert halls throughout the UK and abroad and as guest artist on several of the world’s most famous cruise liners. He has nearly 30 piano concertos in his repertoire, having made his concerto debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. His recordings have been featured by Classic FM as CD of the Week and his recordings are featured regularly on Classic FM and the BBC. He is currently recording the complete works of Chopin over a 3-year period for a 15-disc set on his own label. He is also an active chamber musician and is founder of the Piccadilly Chamber Music Series. Warren studied with some of the world’s leading pedagogues, including Peter Feuchtwanger, Ronald Smith and John Barstow at the Royal College Of Music. He teaches at the Royal College of Music and Trinity Junior Departments and tutors on a number of residential courses, including Pro Corda, Piano Week and Pianissimi, in addition to giving masterclasses and adjudications throughout the UK and further afield. He is also Head of Keyboard at Worth School. Warren has a keen interest in outreach work, collaborating with Live Music Now, Lost Chord and Music Hubs around the UK.

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Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Sonata in B flat Major D960 Molto moderato Andante sostenuto Scherzo. Allegro vivace con delicatezza - Trio Allegro ma non troppo - Presto

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) and Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)

Six PréludesOp. 11 No. 1 – Vivace La serenade interrompue Op. 11 No. 10 – Andante Ce qu’a vu le vent d’OuestOp. 11 No. 6 – Allegro La cathedral engloutie

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)/Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

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Niel du Preez

Niel du Preez opens his recital with Schubert’s gigantic final Sonata in B flat Major D960, which shares a common dramatic arc with the first and the second of his last three piano sonatas. In all of these, Schubert makes a considerable or sometimes identical use of cyclic motifs and tonal relationships to weave musical narratives throughout the works. Scriabin’s 24 Préludes represent impressions of the various places at which the composer performed whilst on his frequent concert tours. Three of his Préludes are grouped with three Debussy’s Préludes with the first demonstrating Spanish influences, the second one of Debussy’s most virtuosic Préludes and the third filled with colour. Liszt’s transcription of the a minor Organ Prelude and Fugue of Bach is rhapsodic in nature and is played freely and with a variety of tempi. The Toccata-like prelude bears the marks of Bach’s early, north German-influenced style, while the fugue could be considered a later product of Bach’s maturity.

Niel du Preez has inspired live and radio audiences in the UK, continental Europe and his native South Africa with his expressive and poetic solo playing, in performances with leading orchestras and collaborations with chamber musicians. His most recent collaboration comes in the form of a duo with Paris-based clarinetist Myriam Carrier. Upcoming performances and master classes are scheduled for Beijing, China and in Perth, Australia. This follows recent recitals in Sonntags am Rhein and Frankfurt, Germany, master classes for the annual Piano Week Summer Festival at Bangor University in Wales, performances at Morton Hall, Shropshire, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St. John’s Smith Square, and The Forge, London. Niel also gave a recital for the Blüthner Piano Concert Series and performed Schostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in central London. Niel was awarded DAAD & SAMRO scholarships for overseas studies, and has won prizes at various national and international competitions, including the Oude Meester and FORTE music competitions in South Africa and the International Silvio Bengali Piano Competition in Italy. He trained at the Stellenbosch Conservatoire of Music, the Hochschule für Musik und Theaterin Hannover and the Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe. Former teachers include Christopher Oakden, Peter Nelson, Kaya Han and Simone Kirsch, and over time he’s engaged with various acclaimed pianists and teachers such as Ari Vardi, Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, Peter Feuchtwanger, Andrzej Jasinski, Peter Eicher, Martino Tirimo, Nelly-Ben Or, Melvyn Tan and Graham Fitch. Today Niel is a member of faculty at the St. Paul’s Cathedral School in London where he teaches piano.

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Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)

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Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)/Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Prelude and Fugue for Organ in a minor BWV 543

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

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Aisa Ijiri

Japanese pianist Aisa Ijiri begins her programme with a movement from Swedish composer Wilhelm Stenhammar’s Nights of Late Summer, considered to be both an homage to his native Swedish landscape and a metaphor to the late summer of life. This is followed by one of Carl Nielsen’s most well-known compositions, Chaconne Op. 32, an emulation of Bach’s famous work for solo violin. Franz Liszt was also inspired by Bach’s incredible body of work, and in this transcription of his Prelude and Fugue for Organ, the virtuoso pianist and composer stays true to Bach, with the German style and various tempi. Two of Liszt’s masterpieces follow in the second part of the concert. Firstly, Les Cloches de Genève, a movement from the first suite of Années de Pèlerinage, written between 1848-1854 and considered one of his most important works from his Weimar Years, culminating with the epic Ballade No. 2.

After her sensational debut at the Tokyo Opera City in 2010 to Carnegie Hall, New York in 2017, Aisa Ijiri has established herself as an award-winning pianist. Born in Japan, Aisa made her European debut at the age of 15 as a concerto soloist at the Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw and as a recitalist at the Konserthuset, Stockholm. Since then, she has given regular piano recitals at many prestigious venues and international festivals including the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, St. John’s Smith Square, Fairfield Halls, Kioi Hall, Wimbledon International Music Festival, Three Choirs Festival and Lichfield Festival. Her concerts have been broadcast on Classic FM, BBC Television, BBC Radio 3, Radio Television of Serbia, Radio Beograd 2 and CNN Worldwide. Aisa has collaborated with many internationally revered conductors such as Kentaro Kawase, Ken Hsieh, Yasuo Shinozaki, Toby Purser and George Vass. In 2018 she performed Mozart’s Concerto K.271 with the Salon Orchestra Alt-Wien under the concert master Udo Zwölfer. Aisa released her debut CD ‘Pilgrimage’ (2011) and ‘Ailes d’amour’ (2016) on N.A.T Records, which was awarded the highest recommendation by CD Journal. Her recordings of ‘Sakura’ (2014) and ‘Preludes’ (2015) by Llywelyn ap Myrddin were released on WW Records. In 2016 Aisa was contracted as a recording artist for ‘SPIRIO’ by Steinway & Sons and was given a ‘Prestigious Culture Award’ by the mayor of Shiga, Japan as the youngest award winner ever. Aisa is an official Steinway Artist and the Artistic Director of the Tokyo International Piano Association. In 2018 she was appointed the Japanese Honorary Representative by the Royal College of Music in London.

Maiko Mori in Recital

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

Sonata in b minor Kk.27

Sonata in G Major Kk.201

Sonata in E Major Kk.206

Sonata in A Major Kk.212


Sonata No. 23 in f minor Op. 57 “Appassionata”Allegro assai Andante con motoAllegro ma non troppo - Presto

Nikolai Kapustin (1937-)

Variations Op. 41

George Gershwin (1898-1937)

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Maiko Mori

Maiko Mori begins her recital with the inventive imagination and character of four of Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonatas. These are followed by one of Beethoven’s greatest and most technically challenging piano sonatas, the Appassionata, which is certainly his most impassioned work and his most violent musical utterance. Kapustin’s Variations Op.41 follow next, combining elements of jazz style with classical form. Kapustin regards himself as a composer rather than a jazz musician, implying that all his improvisation is written out and not free jazz. The musical journey closes with another jazz-classical hybrid work, Gershwin’s Three Preludes. Each prelude is a well-known example of early 20th century American classical music, influenced by jazz, full of colour, with rugged rhythms and exciting syncopations.

Maiko Mori came to prominence after winning first prize at the 23rd Robert William and Florence Amy Brant International Piano Competition in 2002. Maiko has been described as “clearly an exceptional artist, proving herself to be both a thrilling virtuoso and a fine poet of the keyboard…” (Musical Opinion). She was awarded a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music, where she obtained her Bachelor and Master of Music both with distinction. There, she also received various awards and scholarships such as the Gen Foundation Award (2000), the Ian Fleming Charitable Trust Music Education Award (2004), the Myra Hess Award (2005), the Carnwath Scholarship (2005) and the Hopkinson Gold Medal (2006). Maiko made her concerto debut in the UK with the Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vasily Petrenko and went on to debut internationally with the Bombay Chamber Orchestra in Mumbai, India. Recently she has enjoyed acclaim at prestigious venues such as the Purcell Room, the Bridgewater Hall, Steinway Hall, West Road Hall, Kings Place, St James’s Piccadilly and St Martin-in-the-Fields. Her teachers have included Dmitri Alexeev, Andrew Ball, Andrzej Esterhazy and Benjamin Kaplan. Maiko has also pursued an interest in chamber music as a core member of the Aquilon ensemble and more recently, in a partnership with violinist Eulalie Charland. This latter partnership has resulted in broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and Radio France. Maiko Mori is currently piano professor at the University of Chichester. She is also an official accompanist at Goldsmiths, University of London.

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Leichte Sonate C-Dur

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(1756 – 1791)

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(1756–1791)

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