PERNILLE PETERSEN (recorder) with Gunnhild Tonder (harpsichord)
“Playful Gestures” Including music by Uccelini, Berio, Telemann, Hosokawa & Castrucci
PER GROSS (recorder) with Leif Karlsson (percussion) and Mayumi Kamata (harpsichord)
“Minimum Maximum Medium and something rare..." Including music by Bach, Shinohara and Zahnhausen
LEONARD KWON (recorder) with Edoardo Valorz (harpsichord)
Music by van Eyck, Berio, Telemann, Radiohead, Finger, and Yun.
Sunday 15th November 2009 1.30pm, Peacock Room, Trinity College Of Music
ADJUDICATORS: Maurice Steger, Julien Feltrin, Jane Chapman
The public finals of this prestigious competition take place in the Peacock Room as part of the Greenwich International Early Music Festival and Exhibition. The winners prize will include a recital at the 2010 Greenwich Festival.
The
Moeck/SRP Solo Recorder Playing Competition is one of the major platforms for recorder players aspiring to a career as a soloist.
Established in 1985, the competition has provided many recorder players with the opportunity of performing in public in front of a panel of internationally renowned recorder adjudicators.
Many of the finalists and winners are now recognised as distinguished solo and chamber musicians with their CD recordings, masterclasses and teaching skills being highly respected.
Previous winners form a list of familiar names:
1985 Piers Adams & Helen Rees (joint) - 1987 Rebecca Miles -
1989 Robert Erhlich - 1991 Ashley Solomon - 1995 Naomi Graham
1997 Dorothee Oberlinger - 1999 Pia Loman
2001 Daniel Koschitzki 2003 - Alexandra Opsahl
2005 Maria Martinez Ayerza - 2007 Chris Orton
The 2007 winner, Chris Orton, returned to London to give his prize
winners recital as part of 2008 Greenwich International
Early Music Festival & Exhibition. Held in the prestigious surroundings of the Old Royal Naval College Chapel, the concert gave an opportunity to hear the fine playing and vivid sense of communication which won Chris the first prize.
This year’s three finalists, Pernille Petersen, Per Gross and Leonard Kwon, will be taking to the stage on Sunday 15th November in the Peacock Room, Trinity College of Music, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. The competition starts at 1.30pm with a 45 minute recital by each of the finalists, and the winner will be announced at around 5pm by our team of adjudicators.
Due to limited seating we would suggest you arrive early to avoid disappointment!