Programme

Liya Petrova (Violin)

• First Prize, Carl Nielsen Violin Competition 2016
• Has performed with Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Lyon, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra etc
• Chamber partners include Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, Renaud Capuçon, Augustin Dumay, Yuja Wang, Alexandre Kantorow etc

Catherine Larsen-Maguire (Conductor)

• Has conducted orchestras such as London Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra, etc
• She also works closely with composers such as Alexander Goehr, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Gordon Kampe and James MacMillan
• Music Director, National Youth Orchestras of Scotland

Alexander Goehr (Composer)

• Founder of the famed New Music Manchester Group in 1953
• Studied with Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod alongside fellow students Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen
• Emeritus Professor, University of Cambridge
• Honorary member, American Academy of Arts and Letters

Charlotte Bray (Composer)

• Her music has been performed at festivals in Aldeburgh, Cheltenham, Tanglewood, Aix-en-Provence and Verbier and with renowned conductors including Marin Alsop, Sir Mark Elder, Daniel Harding etc
• Winner of the Lili Boulanger Prize (2014), Critics’ Circle Award for Exceptional Young Talent (2014) and Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize (2010)

Featured artists:

Catherine Larsen-Maguire
(Conductor)

Liya Petrova
(Violin)

Leon Ko
(Narrator / HKS Artist Associate 2018-2019)

Alexander GOEHR
(Composer)

Charlotte BRAY
(Composer)