Milo Harper & Nina Kiva play Debussy, Poulenc, Boccherini and more at Friends' Recital Hall, London on Sunday 14th July 2024

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Milo Harper & Nina Kiva play Debussy, Poulenc, Boccherini and more

Part of the High Barnet Chamber Music Festival 2024

Add to my Calendar 14-07-2024 15:00 14-07-2024 17:00 36 Milo Harper & Nina Kiva play Debussy, Poulenc, Boccherini and more Ukrainian British cellist Nina Kiva regularly performs throughout the UK and internationally. A passionate chamber musician, she has attended festivals such as Yellow Barn, Mendelssohn on Mull and IMS Prussia Cove. She has performed alongside renowned artists such as Steven Isserlis, Maxim Vengerov and Rebecca Gilliver, and studied at the Royal College of Music, under the tutelage of Melissa Phelps. Nina frequently performs with orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia. She has also performed as principal cellist of the English National Opera, and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Nina was an academist of the Budapest Festival Orchestra in 2022, selected by maestro Ivan Fischer.   Milo Harper is devoted to showcasing the possibilities of the harp; he explores its history and poeticism by thoughtfully curating / transcribing music from both recognised and historically underrepresented composers. Currently based in London, Milo is a soloist on the Munster Trust Recital Scheme and also the Harp Fellow for the Philharmonia Orchestra's MMSF scheme. He recently returned to the UK from New York City, having completed his Masters with Emmanuel Ceysson (Metropolitan Opera, LA Phil) at The New School's Mannes School of Music, where he was awarded the Performing Arts Scholarship. These studies were sponsored by the Hattori Foundation, the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Julius Isserlis Scholarship. Prior to his time in NYC, he completed his Bachelors at the Royal Academy of Music, where he received the D Day Fund Award and the Robert Alva Memorial Prize for outstanding achievement, having studied with Karen Vaughan (LSO) and Skaila Kanga (Abbey Road Studios). As a soloist, Milo has won competitions including the Camac Harp Competition (2018), the North London Festival President's Prize Competition (2018) and the Royal Academy of Music's Guy Magrath Harp Prize (2019). He has also toured globally, giving solo performances at the World Harp Congress (Hong Kong, 2017) and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall (NYC, 2019) and concertos in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Friends' Recital Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Friends' Recital Hall
Queen Elizabeth's School
Queens Road
Barnet
London
EN5 4DQ
England

Sunday 14th July 2024
3:00 PM

Programme

Luigi Boccherini – Cello Sonata in A major, G.4
Clara Schumann – Warum willst du andere fragen, Op.12 no.3
Clara Schumann – Liebst du um Schönheit, Op.12 no.2
Claude Debussy – Suite Bergamasque: III, Clair de lune
Francis Poulenc – Souvenirs
Camille Saint-Saens – Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
Heitor Villa-Lobos – O canto do cisne negro, W122, 123
Wiltold Lutosławski – Sacher Variation for solo cello
Paul Hindemith – Sonata for solo harp
Lili Boulanger – Nocturne
Claude Debussy – Cello Sonata in D minor, L.135

Performers

Milo Harper – Harp
Nina Kiva – Cello

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Programme Note

Ukrainian British cellist Nina Kiva regularly performs throughout the UK and internationally. A passionate chamber musician, she has attended festivals such as Yellow Barn, Mendelssohn on Mull and IMS Prussia Cove. She has performed alongside renowned artists such as Steven Isserlis, Maxim Vengerov and Rebecca Gilliver, and studied at the Royal College of Music, under the tutelage of Melissa Phelps. Nina frequently performs with orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia. She has also performed as principal cellist of the English National Opera, and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Nina was an academist of the Budapest Festival Orchestra in 2022, selected by maestro Ivan Fischer.

Milo Harper is devoted to showcasing the possibilities of the harp; he explores its history and poeticism by thoughtfully curating / transcribing music from both recognised and historically underrepresented composers. Currently based in London, Milo is a soloist on the Munster Trust Recital Scheme and also the Harp Fellow for the Philharmonia Orchestra's MMSF scheme. He recently returned to the UK from New York City, having completed his Masters with Emmanuel Ceysson (Metropolitan Opera, LA Phil) at The New School's Mannes School of Music, where he was awarded the Performing Arts Scholarship. These studies were sponsored by the Hattori Foundation, the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Julius Isserlis Scholarship. Prior to his time in NYC, he completed his Bachelors at the Royal Academy of Music, where he received the D Day Fund Award and the Robert Alva Memorial Prize for outstanding achievement, having studied with Karen Vaughan (LSO) and Skaila Kanga (Abbey Road Studios). As a soloist, Milo has won competitions including the Camac Harp Competition (2018), the North London Festival President's Prize Competition (2018) and the Royal Academy of Music's Guy Magrath Harp Prize (2019). He has also toured globally, giving solo performances at the World Harp Congress (Hong Kong, 2017) and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall (NYC, 2019) and concertos in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

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