Soloists Archive - Aylesbury Symphony Orchestra

DEL MAR TRIO formed in 2005 at the Royal Academy of Music and quickly gained recognition, winning the RAM’s Harry Isaacs and John Ireland Prizes. After a break to facilitate individual further study in the UK and abroad, it re-formed in September 2009 with violinist Francesca Barritt. The Trio has performed in venues and festivals throughout London and the UK, including St James’s, Piccadilly, St Olave’s Church in the City of London, the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and the Aylesbury Festival. Its repertoire is wide-ranging, spanning classical to contemporary, including works by Sally Beamish, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Debussy, Ireland, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich.

The Trio members are all prize-winners from the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music, and between them have studied with members of the Dussek Piano Trio, Pizarro Piano Trio, Chilingirian Quartet, Kuss Quartet, Fitzwilliam Quartet and Endellion Quartet. The Trio regularly receives coaching as part of ChamberStudio at King's Place - set up by Richard Ireland to offer coaching and support to up-and-coming chamber groups - and is grateful for the financial support they received from the ChamberStudio Scholarship Fund.

In addition to their work as the Trio, the members work together regularly in a number of other combinations - Susie and Morwenna have been successful duo partners since 2005, Susie and Francesca recently formed a duo, and Francesca and Morwenna regularly perform together as principals in the Orchestra of St Paul's and the Syred Sinfonia, including chamber concerts in the Purcell Room and Norfolk and Norwich Chamber Music series.

Highlights for the Trio in 2011 include performances of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra in St Alban's and London, the Stamford Chamber Orchestra in Lincolnshire and the Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra in Bristol.

Karl Lutchmayer enjoys an international career as both a pianist and lecturer. He studied at the Royal College of Music where he won numerous prizes and scholarships, and later held the prestigious Constant & Kit Lambert Fellowship awarded by the Worshipful Company of Musicians - the only time in its history that it has been awarded to an instrumentalist.

Karl has given recitals and concertos throughout the world, working with conductors including Lorin Maazel and Sir Andrew Davis, and performed at all the major London concert halls. He has broadcast on BBC Radio3 and Classic FM, and his regular recital series at the Warehouse has been received with critical acclaim. A regular chamber performer, particularly with his own ensemble, Dialogos, he is also a passionate advocate of contemporary music, and has given numerous premieres and had many works written for him.>

His research interests include the piano music and pianism of Busoni, The Creative Transcription Network and the history of piano recital programming. He currently teaches on the BMus and MMus courses at Trinity College of Music, and is a regular guest lecturer at the Manhattan and Julliard Schools in New York, and at the Wigmore Hall.

Thomas Molloy began playing the horn at the age of 8. He later attended the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain for three years, performing under such conductors as Sir Simon Rattle and Sir Colin Davis.

Thomas graduated with First Class Honours from Durham University where he studied History. Whilst at Durham, Thomas conducted Durham University Symphony Orchestra, Durham Sinfonietta, Durham Contemporary Music Ensemble, and later the Alumni Orchestra. Thomas gave regular recitals in Durham and worked with the Northern Sinfonia at The Sage Gateshead.

Thomas is a keen chamber musician and his former wind quintet, the Sirocco Ensemble has performed in the Purcell Room and gave the London premiere of Malcolm Arnold’s Wind Quintet in the Royal Festival Hall. He has studied conducting with Peter Stark and Douglas Bostock as well as George Hurst on the Canford Summer School of Music Conducting Course. In 2009, he was awarded third prize at the Boswil International Conducting Course in Switzerland.

Following a teacher training course at the Royal Northern College of Music, Thomas is now a brass and conducting teacher with Milton Keynes Music Service, where he conducts the Milton Keynes Youth Orchestra. He is a tutor to the horn section of Buckinghamshire County Youth Orchestra. In March 2010 he was invited to become a guest conductor of Ampthill Orchestra and Buckinghamshire Chamber Orchestra.

Mae Haydorn a Swedish-German mezzo-alto, is a post-graduate scholarship student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama studying with Susan Waters and Rudolf Piernay. She completed her B.Mus (Hons) at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, achieving a First Class Degree, generously supported by the GSMD and the Anglo-Swedish Society. In November 2009 a Messiah performance marked Mae’s debut at Cadogan Hall with the English Chamber Orchestra. In February she won first prize at the British Schubert Society’s Lied Duo Competition and she was selected for the Making Music Philip & Dorothy Green Award 2010. Spring/summer 2010 Mae sang in Verdi’s Macbeth in the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and appeared as a soloist with the Southbank Synfonia for a performance of Britten’s Phaedra . Mae sings for Live Music Now! with her duo partner, pianist Diana Brekalo, working throughout the county to bring live music to the UK's welfare, educational, justice and health sectors. The duo were awarded a scholarship to study with eminent tenor Christoph Pregardien and have performed at the Internationales Musikfest in Stuttgart. In Spring 2009 they were prizewinners at the International Lied Student Duo Competition in the Netherlands. The duo create workshops and performances for children at the Wigmore Hall. In January and February 2011 Mae is giving recitals with pianist Sholto Kynoch for Oxford Music and St. Martin in the Fields. Mae is supported by the Anglo-Swedish Society.

Michael Ierace is currently studying for his Masters degree in Piano Performance at the Royal College of Music in London with Andrew Ball. He is assisted by the prestigious Elder Overseas Scholarship offered by the University of Adelaide, the Ian Potter Foundation, the Else and Leonard Cross Scholarship and Evelyn Tarrant Award. A former student of the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide, Michael received numerous awards throughout his studies including the David Galliver Memorial Award, a competition open to outstanding students within the Conservatorium. Notably, Michael won the National MBS Young Performers Award. Since moving to London in September 2007, he has received significant recognition for his efforts. Major success came as Michael was awarded the 'Coutts & Co. Award' for Keyboard in the Royal Over-Seas League Competition, performing in the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's Southbank Centre. He has since been invited to perform in Edinburgh's world-renowned Fringe Festival.

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Michael Ierace appears in association with the Philip & Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists

FRANCESCA BARRITT began playing the violin at the age of 9. She later attended the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, performing under such eminent conductors as Sir Roger Norrington, Yan Pascal Tortellier and Andrew Litton in some of England’s most prestigious venues. Francesca recently graduated with First Class Honours from the Royal College of Music, where she studied with Professor Yossi Zivoni. While at the RCM, she was chosen to lead the Symphony and Opera Orchestras. Francesca has been the permanent leader of the Amadeus Orchestra since 2006 and has also performed as leader of The Orion Symphony Orchestra, Syred Sinfonia, City Side Sinfonia, Orchestra of St. Pauls and Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra. Francesca works regularly with the New Professionals, European Union Chamber Orchestra and English Touring Opera. Francesca is a keen chamber musician, having received tuition from the Chillingirian Quartet, Melissa Phelps, and Micheal Dussek during her time at the RCM. In 2005 she took part in the renowned chamber music master classes at Prussia Cove, Cornwall. Francesca enjoys using her enthusiasm for chamber music in teaching and outreach contexts, taking part in school string workshops and chamber music projects and performing in hospitals and retirement homes. This year Francesca performs an extensive series of recitals in venues including St. James Piccadilly and The National Gallery with her duo partner Robert Thompson as well as giving performances of Bruch, Mendelssohn and Sibelius Concertos. She will perform Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending with the Amadeus orchestra at this year's summer course.

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CHRISTOPHER EVESHAM was born in Halton, Australia in 1982. He was given his first guitar at the age of four and at ten, he began to study with American guitarist John Dunn of the Mons conservatoire in Belgium. Later he studied with Andrew Barrett as an external student of Wells Cathedral school and in 1998 he won a DfEE scholarship to study there full time. In the year 2000 he reached the semi-finals of the BBC Young Musicians competition and in the same year became a student of Carlos Bonell at the Royal College of Music. In 2004 he graduated and continues to live in London. Christopher performs regularly as a soloist. He has also played in various ensembles including the group 'tonic fold' and with flautist Laura Smith. He has played in diverse venues such as the 'Spitz' in London, various arts centres around the UK including the Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre in Taunton, the Ritz Acoustic Club in Burnham on Sea and a recent recital in Stuttgart, Germany. He has also performed as a soloist with an orchestra in Alba, Italy performing a new work by composer Gabriele Roberto. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras in London and elsewhere in the UK. Christopher recently performed Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez with the Dulwich Symphony Orchestra. Christopher performs a wide variety of music and his programmes usually include a balance of older music transcribed for guitar, such as Bach and Scarlatti, and works by 20th century and contemporary composers, such as Britten, Walton, Brouwer, Piazzolla, Barrios, Turina, Rodrigo etc. His guitar was made for him in 2002 by Australian guitar makers Greg Smallman and sons.