Music on Thursdays
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Thursday 30 April 2026
12.30 lunchtime
Venue: Leatherhead Methodist Church KT22 8AY
Parking: Swan Centre multi storey KT22 7RH
Jonasz Szachtmajer
violin
Emanuil Ivanov
piano
Programme
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (1899-1963)
To the memory of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936)
Sonate pour violon et piano Violin Sonata FP119 (1942-43, revd 1949)
I Allegro con fuoco
II Intermezzo
III Presto tragico
Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907)
No 3 Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor Op 45 (1846)
I Allegro molto ed appassionato
II Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza
III Allegro animato
Concert duration approx: 45+ minutes
Please donate to help fund these concerts at: cafdonate.cafonline.org/14455
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (1899-1963)
To the memory of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936)
Sonate pour violon et piano Violin Sonata FP119 (1942-43, revd 1949)
I Allegro con fuoco
II Intermezzo
III Presto tragico
Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907)
No 3 Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor Op 45 (1846)
I Allegro molto ed appassionato
II Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza
III Allegro animato
Concert duration approx: 45+ minutes
Please donate to help fund these concerts at: cafdonate.cafonline.org/14455
Jonasz Szachtmajer
Jonasz Szachtmajer is a Polish violinist from Warsaw and a third-year Bachelor’s student at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studies with So-Ock Kim.
Jonasz has performed alongside renowned artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Gil Shaham, Daniil Trifonov, Sir Mark Elder, John Wilson and Lawrence Power. As part of the Side-by-Side project with the Czech Philharmonic under Semyon Bychkov, he participated in a North American tour performing works including Dvořák concertos with guest soloists, Má vlast by Bedřich Smetana, Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler and Glagolitic Mass. Performances took place in major venues including the Rudolfinum, Carnegie Hall and Koerner Hall.
In chamber music, Jonasz has performed in venues such as Bohemian National Hall, St John’s Smith Square and at festivals including the Winchester Chamber Music Festival. Recent solo and chamber performances include recitals at Ampthill Church in Bedford featuring sonatas by Francis Poulenc and Edvard Grieg with pianist Emmanuil Ivanov, a solo recital at the Virtuoso & Belcanto Festival in Lucca, and performances at St Michael’s Sittingbourne. In 2026 he also appeared at the Royal Festival Hall in a Side-by-Side project with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Jonasz has taken part in masterclasses with distinguished musicians including Ning Feng, Olga Sitkovetsky, Krzysztof Węgrzyn, Andrej Bielow, Eszter Haffner, Jan Stanienda, Mariusz Patyra and Jakub Jakowicz. In chamber music he has worked with artists including Corina Belcea, Anthony Marwood and members of the Doric String Quartet.
His recent awards and recognitions include the Leverhulme Trust Arts Scholarship, awards from the Fernside Trust, Albert Cooper Charitable Trust, St Marylebone Educational Foundation and the Wayne Sleep Foundation. He was also awarded 4th Prize at the Swiss International Music Competition and Grand Prix at the Only Music Competition.
Before moving to London, Jonasz studied at the prestigious Karol Szymanowski Complex of State Music Schools in Warsaw with Magdalena Specjał-Barbachowska. During his studies in Poland he appeared at the La Folle Journée at the Polish National Opera.
Jonasz performs on a Johannes Gagliano violin from 1800, generously loaned by the Royal Academy of Music.
Emanuil Ivanov
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Emanuil Ivanov attracted international attention after receiving the First prize at the 2019 Ferruccio Busoni Piano Competition in Italy. This achievement was followed by concert engagements in some of the world’s most prestigious halls including Teatro alla Scala, Milan and Herculessaal, Munich.
Emanuil Ivanov was born in 1998 in the town of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. From an early age he demonstrated a keen interest and love for music. He regards the presence of symphonic music, especially that of Gustav Mahler, as tremendously influential in his musical upbringing during his childhood. He started piano lessons with Galina Daskalova in his home town around the age of seven. Ivanov later studied with the renowned Bulgarian pianist Atanas Kurtev from 2013 to 2018. In 2024 he graduated from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, having studied there on a full scholarship under the tutelage of Pascal Nemirovski and Anthony Hewitt. In 2025 he completed the Advanced Diploma course at London’s Royal Academy of Music as a recipient of the prestigious Bicentenary scholarship, under the supervision of Joanna MacGregor and Christopher Elton. Following this, he has been named as the first Sulamita Aronovsky Piano Fellow at RAM. |
In February 2021, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ivanov performed a solo recital in Milan’s famous Teatro alla Scala. The concert was live-streamed online and is a major highlight in the artist’s career.
In 2022, he received the honorary Silver medal of the Musicians’ Company, London and later in the same year became a recipient of the prestigious Carnwath Piano Scholarship.
Emanuil Ivanov has given critically acclaimed performances and tours in Japan, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, South Africa, the US, the United Kingdom and Poland and has played with leading orchestras in South Africa, the UK, Bulgaria and Italy. Ivanov’s performances have been featured on BBC Radio 3, Italy’s Rai Radio 3 and Japan’s NHK Radio. In 2024, Emanuil also made his debuts on the stages of Wigmore Hall and Konzerthaus Dortmund, and in January 2025, his album of Scarlatti sonatas for the renowned Naxos label was released.
In 2025, he also made his recital debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall. He has continually shown affinity towards some of the more rarely performed works in the repertoire and in 2024 performed Busoni’s mammoth piano concerto, following this with
performances of the complete cycle of Preludes and Fugues by Shostakovich in 2025. Apart from playing the piano, he also displays great interest in composition and has composed regularly since childhood.
In 2022, he received the honorary Silver medal of the Musicians’ Company, London and later in the same year became a recipient of the prestigious Carnwath Piano Scholarship.
Emanuil Ivanov has given critically acclaimed performances and tours in Japan, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, South Africa, the US, the United Kingdom and Poland and has played with leading orchestras in South Africa, the UK, Bulgaria and Italy. Ivanov’s performances have been featured on BBC Radio 3, Italy’s Rai Radio 3 and Japan’s NHK Radio. In 2024, Emanuil also made his debuts on the stages of Wigmore Hall and Konzerthaus Dortmund, and in January 2025, his album of Scarlatti sonatas for the renowned Naxos label was released.
In 2025, he also made his recital debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall. He has continually shown affinity towards some of the more rarely performed works in the repertoire and in 2024 performed Busoni’s mammoth piano concerto, following this with
performances of the complete cycle of Preludes and Fugues by Shostakovich in 2025. Apart from playing the piano, he also displays great interest in composition and has composed regularly since childhood.
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (1899-1963)
To the memory of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936)
Sonate pour violon et piano Violin Sonata FP119 (1943-43, revd 1949)
I Allegro con fuoco
II Intermezzo
III Presto tragico [20:00]
We have found two recordings of the Poulenc sonata. So you have a choice of hearing modern young player with modern sound production or an historic performance with Poulenc at the piano.
Savitri Grier is the violinist in the first recording, with Richard Uttley at the piano. They are performing in the Wigmore Hall, London.
The second recording is of violinist André Asselin performing with the composer, for a radio broadcast in 1945.
To the memory of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936)
Sonate pour violon et piano Violin Sonata FP119 (1943-43, revd 1949)
I Allegro con fuoco
II Intermezzo
III Presto tragico [20:00]
We have found two recordings of the Poulenc sonata. So you have a choice of hearing modern young player with modern sound production or an historic performance with Poulenc at the piano.
Savitri Grier is the violinist in the first recording, with Richard Uttley at the piano. They are performing in the Wigmore Hall, London.
The second recording is of violinist André Asselin performing with the composer, for a radio broadcast in 1945.
Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907)
No 3 Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor Op 45 (1846)
I Allegro molto ed appassionato
II Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza
III Allegro animato [23:00]
The performers here are Christian Tetzlaff, violin and Leif Ove Andsnes, piano. The venue is Moscow's Tchaikovsky Concert Hall:
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