Young Classical BRIT Award Winner performs at The Venue
After a stunning opening concert featuring clarinettist and Artistic Director Emma Johnson, the second concert in the French Impressions series from Leeds International Chamber Season features young violinist Chloë Hanslip with pianist Charles Owen.
At just 21 years of age, Chloë has already established herself as an artist of distinction on the international stage, winning Young British Classical Performer at the Classical BRITS in 2003. She will perform two pieces by Ravel – Sonata and Tzigane – in an evening celebrating French works for violin and piano from the 1870s onwards.
Ravel took his inspiration for Tzigane (meaning ‘gypsy’) from Hungarian violinist Jelly d’Aranyi, whom he heard improvising gypsy music in 1923. Originally written for violin and luthéal (a type of prepared piano with an extended register), the instrument never gained popularity and this evening’s performance will use a standard piano. Dedicated to and first performed by d’Aranyi, the violin part is highly virtuosic - the cadenza is played completely on the G string. Other works on the programme include Poeme by Chausson and Franck’s Sonata.
“The richness and clarity of her tone is beyond learning and she demonstrates such profound empathy for John Adam’s 1993 Violin Concerto…This is the sort of performance that secures a reputation for life” Gramophone on Chloë Hanslip(2006)
Chloë Hanslip’s recent recordings for Naxos have received outstanding reviews and, along with her BRIT Award, she has won the Echo Klassik Award for Best Newcomer (2002). She made her BBC Proms debut in 2002, her US concerto debut in 2003, and has performed in major venues in the UK and Europe as well as Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Arts Space in Tokyo and the Seoul Arts Centre.
Described by Gramophone magazine as “one of the finest British pianists of his generation”, Chloë’s accompanist Charles Owen has performed extensively to outstanding critical acclaim. He regularly gives recitals at the Wigmore Hall and his other chamber music partners include Adrian Brendel, Natalie Clein and Nicholas Daniel. He studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Royal College of Music, winning the Silver Medal at the Scottish International Piano Competition (1995) and the 1997 Parkhouse Award with violinist Katharine Gowers. Charles is now a professor of piano at the Guildhall School.
Tickets for this concert are priced £15.50 and £17.70 (concessions available) and are available from the Box Office on 0113 224 3801. For more information visit www.leedsconcertseason.com.