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St Christopher's Church
Wey Hill
Haslemere
Surrey
GU27 1DD
England
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata no.3 in A major, Op.69
Gabriel Fauré – Papillon, Op.77
Claude Debussy – Cello Sonata in D minor, L.135
Max Bruch – Kol Nidrei, Op.47
Performers
Hugo Svedberg – Cello
Samantha Carrasco – piano
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Programme Note
This concert is kindly supported by HRTCT.
Access to the concert is free with a retiring collection for the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice.
Semi-finalist of the BBC Young Musician 2024 Competition and prizewinner at the Haslemere String Competition 2023, Hugo Svedberg comes from Bournemouth and began playing the cello aged six. He currently studies cello with Adrian Brendel and has been a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Hugo has won several competitions, including the Two Moors Festival Competition, the Bromsgrove Young Musicians Senior Platform and the 2024 Swedish ‘Pole Star’ Prize. He is a music and academic scholar at Canford School in Dorset.
Hugo plays a fine Tecchler cello on loan from a generous sponsor through the Beare’s International Violin Society.
Pianist Samantha Carrasco explores a diverse and flexible repertoire as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician and accompanist. Notable performances as a soloist have included Grieg, Schumann, Tchaikovsky No.1, Rachmaninoff No.2, Mozart K466, K467 and K488 and Beethoven 3rd and 5th piano concertos.
As orchestral pianist with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, highlights have included performing at the BBC Proms in 2017, Stravinsky’s Petrushka with Carlos Miguel Prieto, and broadcasting Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony live on BBC Radio 3 under Yan Pascal Tortelier.
She has also contributed to live broadcasts on the radio and recordings with the BSO for Chandos and Onyx.
