Jill Kemp (recorders) and Aleksander Szram (piano): Aztec Dances CD Launch at 1901 Arts Club, London on Friday 24th March 2017

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Jill Kemp (recorders) and Aleksander Szram (piano)

Aztec Dances CD Launch

Part of the 1901 Arts Club 2016-2017 Season

Add to my Calendar 24-03-2017 19:00 24-03-2017 21:00 36 Jill Kemp (recorders) and Aleksander Szram (piano) The launch of Jill Kemp and Aleksander Szram’s latest CD, 'Aztec Dances - New Works for Recorder and Piano’. There will be a short performance of works from the disc, after which you are invited to join the performers for drinks at the bar.The performance will include: Edward Gregson Aztec DancesDavid Bedford Kemptown RacesJill Kemp is passionate about raising the recorder’s profile and proving it to be an exciting and versatile instrument. As a soloist and chamber musician, her repertoire spans seven centuries and she regularly performs new commissions. Winner of numerous prizes, in 2007 she won the Royal Over-Seas League Wind Competition, the first recorder player to do so in its 57-year history. Jill has broadcast on the BBC, Classic FM and American, Italian and Polish television. Recital venues throughout Europe, the USA and South Africa include Carnegie Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall.        Aleksander Szram, winner of the 2004 Vlado Perlemuter Award, enjoys a varied schedule of solo piano, concerto and chamber music performances across the world, having played in more than 35 countries over six continents. He teaches piano and lectures in analysis and performance practice at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, and has also guest-lectured at the Royal Academy of Music and the JuilliardSchool. He is particularly interested in performing newly composed music, and has worked with many composers including Rzewski, Smalley, Fujikura and Lumsdaine, recording albums for Nimbus, MMC, Metier and Prima Facie. 1901 Arts Club, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

1901 Arts Club
7 Exton Street
Waterloo
London
SE1 8UE
England

Friday 24th March 2017
7:00 PM

Programme

Edward Gregson – Aztec Dances
David Bedford – Kemptown Races

Performers

Jill Kemp – recorder
Aleksander Szram – piano

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Programme Note

The launch of Jill Kemp and Aleksander Szram’s latest CD, 'Aztec Dances - New Works for Recorder and Piano’.

There will be a short performance of works from the disc, after which you are invited to join the performers for drinks at the bar.

The performance will include:
Edward Gregson Aztec Dances
David Bedford Kemptown Races

Jill Kemp is passionate about raising the recorder’s profile and proving it to be an exciting and versatile instrument. As a soloist and chamber musician, her repertoire spans seven centuries and she regularly performs new commissions. Winner of numerous prizes, in 2007 she won the Royal Over-Seas League Wind Competition, the first recorder player to do so in its 57-year history. Jill has broadcast on the BBC, Classic FM and American, Italian and Polish television. Recital venues throughout Europe, the USA and South Africa include Carnegie Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Aleksander Szram, winner of the 2004 Vlado Perlemuter Award, enjoys a varied schedule of solo piano, concerto and chamber music performances across the world, having played in more than 35 countries over six continents. He teaches piano and lectures in analysis and performance practice at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, and has also guest-lectured at the Royal Academy of Music and the JuilliardSchool. He is particularly interested in performing newly composed music, and has worked with many composers including Rzewski, Smalley, Fujikura and Lumsdaine, recording albums for Nimbus, MMC, Metier and Prima Facie.

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