Details
Birmingham & Midland Institute
9 Margaret Street
Birmingham
B3 3BS
England
Programme
Sergei Rachmaninov – Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op.19
John Ireland – Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor (1923)
Performers
Rebeca Omordia – piano
Jiaxin Lloyd Webber – Cello
Programme Note
Lunchtime recital with world-class musicians Jiaxin Lloyd Webber , cello and Rebeca Omordia, piano. They will be performing:
Ireland, Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
Rachmaninov, Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor Op. 19
Jiaxin Lloyd Webber graduated from Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1997. She left China to study further in New Zealand where she received her Masters Degree at Auckland University in 2001. Jiaxin was principal cello of the Auckland Chamber Orchestra. Now resident in the UK, she has performed, broadcast and recorded with her husband, the world-renowned cellist, Julian Lloyd Webber.
Rebeca Omordia studied at the National Music University in Bucharest and later at Birmingham Conservatoire, and Trinity College of Music, London. Winner of many prizes in national and international piano competitions, Rebeca has collaborated with cellist Julian Lloyd Webber as duo partners, and has performed intensively as a soloist and with orchestras across Europe.