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St Margaret the Queen Church
Buxted Park
Buxted
East Sussex
TN22 4AY
England
Programme
Frédéric Chopin – Nocturnes, Op.27
Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata no.21 in B flat major, D.960
Frédéric Chopin – Polonaise-fantaisie in A flat major, Op.61
Claude Debussy – Estampes: 1, Pagodes
Performers
Ignas Maknickas – Piano
Programme Note
Uckfield Music Club offers an opportunity to hear a rising star of the classical world playing some of the greatest Romantic piano music
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“ravishingly beautiful …Pagodes from Debussy’s Estampes was played with a kaleidoscopic sense of sound, like a prism that on every turn shone rays of magic…He is a great artist in the making.” (christopheraxworthymusiccommentary.com/ review of recital in St. James Piccadilly)
A chance to hear a rising star at the beginning of his career! Playing music by Chopin, Debussy and Schubert.
In July 2021 Lithuanian pianist Ignas Maknickas received “The Queen’s Award for Excellence” as the highest-scoring graduate of the Royal Academy of Music. He has taken First Prize at the 19th Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Youth in Szafarnia, first prize at the 20th Piano Competition “Young Virtuoso” in Zagreb. In June 2023 he was selected from a pool of over 120 exceptionally talented musician, to become one of 6 Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) sponsored artists.
He has already appeared as soloist with orchestras around Europe, and 2024 highlights include Mozart K. 467 with London Mozart Players in London, Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 with Bloomington Symphony Orchestra in Indiana and solo recital at the Wigmore Hall in London.
This is an exceptional opportunity to hear music of this quality in out area
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