It was an incredible concert with the OAE lead by Marin Alsop yesterday at the Royal Albert Hall… What a way to celebrate my one year anniversary in London! Here we are at the dress rehearsal:

 

 

My year at the Royal Academy of Music has come to an end… On 3rd of July I received my Master of Arts in Baroque Cello with Distinction.

I’m very happy and sad at the same time, looking back on a very intense year filled with many challenges that proved to be just what I needed.
I’m very excited for the things that are to come on the baroque as well as the modern cello following my studies while also continuing to work with Jonathan Manson on the viola da gamba.

Thank you to everyone I met in London, you made this year absolutely fabulous and I can’t wait for what’s next to come in this amazing city!

After only six months of learning I will have my first public appearance as a viol player in the Kohn Foundation Bach Cantata series on Sunday. I’m excited and terrified in equal measure.

April 19, 2015 – 12:00
Venue: Duke’s Hall

BWV 204 “Ich bin mir vergnügt”
BWV 76 “Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes”

Leader: Rachel Podger
Director: Iain Ledingham

Very exciting news!!!
I have recently bid on a cello in an auction at Sotheby’s and got it!!!

So please meet my gorgeous new cello by John Betts (around 1800).

At the moment it’s in modern setup, but I will soon return it to it’s former state as a classical cello with a removable endpin, wooden tailpiece and of course gut strings. Can’t wait!!

Tomorrow is a very exciting day, I will play the continuo cello in the St John Passion by Bach in the magnificent Chichester Cathedral!

April 3, 2015 – 19:30
at Chichester Cathedral
with my colleagues from the Royal Academy of Music

I’m absolutely thrilled to be joining the OAE in their concert with conductor Vladimir Jurowski!
We will play exciting music by Modest Mussorgski and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky in the Royal Festival Hall in London and the Palace of Arts in Budapest.

January 15, 2015 – 19:00: Royal Festival Hall, London
January 16, 2015 – 19:30: Palace of Arts, Budapest

For more information go to http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/oae-flying-the-flag-russia-81416

 

I’m very happy to announce the first concert of the newly founded baroque ensemble La Petite Sixte.
Come and listen to some beautiful chamber music pieces by Telemann, Vivaldi and CPE Bach specially arranged for our unique variety of instruments!

Lunchtime Concert

December 12, 2014 – 13:00
Venue: St. Edmund the King and Martyr Church, London
with La Petite Sixte
FREE ENTRY!

For more information go to http://www.lapetitesixte.com

Join the Historical Performance department of the Royal Academy of Music for a Lunchtime Concert at the David Josefowitz Recital Hall for some lovely chamber music!

November 18, 2014 – 13:05
Venue: DJRH, Royal Academy of Music

Join violinist Simone Pirri, Pawel Siwczak on harpsichord and me at St. George’s Church at Hanover Square for some lovely Bach Violin Sonatas at the Bachfest 2014!

Bachfest 2014 – The 18-30 Bach Club

November 7, 2014 – 19:00
Venue: St. George’s Church, Hanover Square, London W1

with:
Medici
Simone Pirri, Bianca Riesner, Pawel Siwczak
Mark Seow & Satoko Doi-Luck
Ensemble Tocando

For more information go to http://www.bachlive.co.uk/

I’m very, very happy to announce that I will play with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment as a participant of the Ann and Peter Law experience scheme 2015.

For more information go to http://www.oae.co.uk/