Concert Programme*
Violin Sonata No.8 in G major - Beethoven
Allegro assai
Tempo di Minuetto ma molto moderato e grazioso
Allegro vivace
Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor - Brahms
Allegro
Adagio
Un poco presto e con sentimento
Presto agitato
Two Miniatures - Kreisler
La Gitana
Tambourin Chinois
Katarzyna Zimińska started playing the violin at the age of seven and graduated with distinction from the class of Jerzy Hazuka at the Nowowiejski Music School in Gdansk, Poland in 2009. She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Poland, Italy, Austria, France, Russia and the UK in concert halls including the Polish Baltic Philharmony, Polish Radio Witold Lutosławski Concert Hall in Warsaw, Vienna Musikverein, Salzburg Mozarteum, UNESCO Concert Hall in Paris and all major concert venues in London. In 2010 she received an invitation to play for the legendary Japanese violinist, Midori Goto and in 2012 she played in a masterclass with maestro Maxim Vengerov. Her most recent awards include the Ivan Sutton Chamber Music Prize (2012). She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama studying violin with Stephanie Gonley of the English Chamber Orchestra and viola with Krzysztof Chorzelski, the violist of the Belcea Quartet. Kasia is a member of the Chagall Piano Quartet and the Salome String Quartet.
Ian Tindale was awarded the Pianist’s Prize in the Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation Song Competition in 2017. Ian studied at Selwyn College, Cambridge and the Royal College of Music, and he became a Samling Artist in 2014. Ian has given song recitals at the Oxford Lieder, Leeds Lieder and Ryedale Festivals with artists such as Harriet Burns, Nick Pritchard and Soraya Mafi, and he has featured twice at the Samling Showcase at the Wigmore Hall. Most recently, Ian has collaborated with BBC New Generation Artist James Newby at the Lewes Festival of Song, and with ECHO Rising Star Josep-Ramon Olivé in recitals across Europe including Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Since 2017 Ian has been a member of the Chagall Piano Quartet, and he regularly plays with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
*This concert replaces the previously advertised performance of the Chagall Quartet who have had to withdraw.