March 2010 – Lakeside Trio Residency


Lakeside Trio Residency

 

20th-22nd March 2010

 

The first visit through the link established between the Jersey Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama involved the outstanding Lakeside Piano Trio, one of the Guildhall’s leading postgraduate chamber ensembles, and comprised the following activities:

MASTERCLASS

for violin, cello and piano

5pm, Saturday 20th March 2010, Jersey Academy of Music

Piano

with Lakeside Trio pianist Prach Boondiskulchok

Georgina Sutton, piano

Maria Le Brun, piano

Alexander Cornish, piano

Lucy Osborne, piano

Violin and Cello

with Lakeside Trio violinist Chihiro Ono and cellist Vladimir Waltham

Christopher Simmonds, cello

Rebecca Wijsmuller, cello

Philip Beaugie, violin

Lucy Le Marquand, violin

THE LAKESIDE TRIO IN CONCERT

7pm, Sunday 21st March 2010, Jersey Academy of Music

Programme

Piano Trio in E flat op.1 no. 1………………… Ludwig Van Beethoven

Fourteen Little Pictures………………………………….James MacMillan

Piano Trio in C minor op.66 …………………………Felix Mendelssohn

 

 

 

SCHOOLS CONCERT

 

11am, Monday 22nd March 2010, Jersey College for Girls

The Lakeside Trio also performed for sixth-form students from Jersey College for Girls and Victoria College to complete their programme of activities on the island.  This concert presented an exploration of the piano trio from the Baroque period to the present day, through music by Corelli, Haydn, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and finally MacMillan.

 


BIOGRAPHY

The Lakeside Trio
Prach Boondiskulchok, piano
Chihiro Ono, violin
Vladimir Waltham, cello

The Lakeside Trio formed in October 2007. The Trio has given numerous concerts throughout the UK and Europe. In May 2008 it was selected to participate in the Tunnell Trust’s ‘Showcase for Young Musician’ course where 5 selected chamber groups attended and performed concerts. Since then it has been awarded scholarships to attend masterclasses with maestri Ferenc Rados, András Keller, Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Marta Gulyás. The Trio has been semi-finalist in major international competitions, and a prize-winner at the Johannes Brahms Competition in Pörtschach (Austria). Much as the repertoire is built on works of the past great composers, the Trio is also keen to work in partnership with contemporary composers and has commissioned works from the Spanish composer Oscar Colomina Bosch.

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March 2010 – REVIEW – Jersey Young Musicians Madeira Tour 2010

REVIEW – Jersey Young Musicians Madeira Tour 2010

 

16th-24th February 2010, Funchal, Madeira

 


A quite unforgettable experience for both musical and non-musical reasons was had by the group of ten local young musicians and three teaching staff in Funchal Madeira, as the Jersey Academy of Music’s tour was brought to an abrupt halt by the extensive flooding on the island, one of the worst natural disasters in Madeiran history.

The first day of the tour involved a busy day in London, firstly a visit of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama including a tour of the extensive music facilities, followed by a lunchtime concert at St Martin In The Field Church, Trafalgar Square.  In this concert, a group of teenagers from the Junior Guildhall were performing, and a particularly outstanding performance was given by Tyler Rix, the young saxophonist from BBC 2’s Classical Star.

St Paul’s Cathedral

The rain did not deter the group from a walk to J.P.Guiver, a specialist Violin Maker workshop off Oxford Street.  Following a pizza the final activity of this busy day was an inspirational concert at the Wigmore Hall, in which the Capucon Trio performed an outstanding programme of chamber music by Brahms.

Wigmore Hall concert

Upon arrival the following day in a stormy Madeira, the group were welcomed by Ines Costa Neves, the Director of the Escola Das Artes, and Vladimir Proudnikov, the Director of the Unissono Violin Ensemble, who both made us feel extremely welcome and looked after us all with the utmost care during our stay.

In central Funchal

The first day in Madeira involved extensive rehearsals and coaching at the Escola Das Artes, followed by a chance to visit Funchal and explore this truly beautiful town.   The following day began with more rehearsals in preparation for the first concert of the tour, followed by an Official Lunch (with amazing Espetadas!) at the Quinta do Estreito, hosted by Dr Brazao de Castro, the Regional Secretary of Human Resources.  The restaurant was situated half way up the mountains, with spectacular views over Funchal.

Standing in (!) a traditional Madeiran wine press

The first concert of the tour took place that evening at the Museu de Electricidade, a fascinating museum which contains a beautiful wooden lecture hall which is absolutely ideal for classical music.  All the students performed in front of a small but enthusiastic audience of locals and tourists.

Lucy performing at the Museu de Electricidade

The rain started to arrive particularly heavily during the night, and the following morning conditions were poor.  Rehearsals begun with the Academic Orchestra, a full symphony orchestra of Madeiran students which the Jersey young musicians joined in with for a rehearsal of Borodin’s Prince Igor. 

Rehearsals at the Escola Das Artes

However, at the end of the rehearsal we were told by the Director of the Conservatorio to return to our hotel as news of potential flooding had arrived.  A difficult journey back to the hotel through muddy streets led to the group sitting in front of the television watching the events unfold.  It was truly saddening to see the devastation caused by these terrible floods, and the following day we joined thousands of Madeirans walking through the streets of Funchal and watching the diggers attempting to redirect the flow of water away from the streets and back into the Levadas.

The view from the hotel entrance

The rest of the tour’s activities were cancelled, but as all musicians do we decided to improvise, and took musical performances to two of the large hotels on the island, where trapped holidaymakers presented an enthusiastic and captive audience.  One of the performances even took the interest of the national media, and the group appeared on GMTV.

Filming for GMTV at the Casino Park Hotel

So all in all, this was truly a tour of two halves, and to be caught up in the events of those days in Madeira was a humbling experience.  Our heartfelt thanks go to all the staff at the Escola Das Artes for looking after our group so well.  Upon leaving the island to return to Jersey, Gonzalo gave a moving speech to the group inviting us all to return to this beautiful island on another occasion and under different circumstances.  Which we are desperately keen to do.

In a wonderful gesture of support for the Madeira crisis, the young musicians performed in a fundraising concert at St Thomas’s Church on March 6th.  Joined by the island’s Madeiran and Portugeuse community, including the St. Thomas’s Portuguese Choir, the Grupo de Folclore de Tradicoes Madeirenses, singer Tatiana Camacho, and Abel, Ruie and Franco’s Fado group, the concert raised over £3700 for Jersey Side By Side’s Madeira Appeal.  A truly meaningful contribution to the aid effort which demonstrates the close connection our twin islands share.

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February 2010 – Jersey Young Musicians Madeira Tour

Jersey Young Musicians Madeira Tour 2010

 

16th-24th February 2010, Funchal, Madeira


Ten local young musicians will be taking their musical talents to Madeira in February, in the return leg of an exchange programme with the Madeiran music conservatoire; the Escola Das Artes in Funchal.   A group of Madeiran students and teachers from the Escola Das Artes visited Jersey last April to perform at various schools around the island and to play with the Jersey Chamber Orchestra in the Jersey Festival Choir’s easter concert.

The exchange programme has been jointly organised by the Jersey Academy of Music and the Escola Das Artes, with the aim of strengthening the islands’ cultural links and providing educational opportunities for young musicians from both islands.  The tour has been sponsored by the Jersey Arts Trust and the Parish of St. Helier, which is twinned with Funchal, and has received support from the Dorothy Chapman Trust, dedicated to supporting local young string players.

A five day collaborative project will take place at the Escola Das Artes, joining together Madeiran and Jersey young musicians for rehearsals, coaching, and performances at various locations in and around Funchal.  Accommodation in central Funchal has been provided by the Escola Das Artes, who will also be coordinating all the activities once the group sets foot in Madeira.

In addition to the activities in Madeira, the tour will also incorporate a day at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, utilising the link that the academy has now established with this institution.  The group of young musicians will have the opportunity to spend a day at the Guildhall, experience music college life, observing lessons, rehearsals, and watching performances.

That evening, the group will have the opportunity to attend a chamber music recital at the Wigmore Hall, one of the most prestigious classical music venues in Europe.  The concert features an outstanding line up of international musicians, including Renaud Capuçon (violin), Gérard Caussé (viola), Gautier Capuçon (cello), and Nicholas Angelich (piano), who will be performing chamber works by Brahms, including his Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78, the Piano Trio No. 1 in B, Op. 8, and the Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60.

The Jersey Young Musicians Madeira Tour will take place from February 16th-24th.

Madeira tour young musicians 2010 at the Jersey Academy of Music
Madeira Group 2010

 

 

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