Music on Thursdays
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Thursday 9th May 2024
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Jason Ma, cello
Julian Chan, piano
Programme
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Cello Sonata in C major, Op 65 (1961)
written for Mstislav Rostropovich
Dialogo. Allegro
Scherzo-Pizzicato. Allegretto
Elegia. Lento
Marcia. Energico
Moto perpetuo. Presto
Elliott Cook Carter Jr (1908-2012)
Sonata for Cello and Piano (1948)
Moderato
Vivace, molto leggiero
Adagio
Allegro
courtesy of the Royal Academy of Music
Concert duration approx: 45+ minutes
side panel images: inside the cello
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Jason Ma
Chinese American cellist Jason Ma has performed throughout the United States and Europe as a soloist and chamber musician. He has appeared at venues such as the Weill Recital Hall in New York City, the Royal Festival Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, and the National Concert Hall in Dublin.
Recent performance highlights include the Mozart G minor Viola Quintet with violinist Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM), lunchtime recitals at St Martin-in-the-Fields and Southwark Cathedral, and a recital at Eton College with the Castor Quartet.
Upcoming performance highlights include the Chamber Music Festival at the RAM in collaboration with Klassik Underground, leading the Academy Chamber Orchestra with
Ryan Wigglesworth, and a recital at the Cambridge Summer Festival with the Castor Quartet.
An avid chamber musician, Jason is a member of the Castor Quartet, which was selected to join the Frost Trust Advanced Specialist Strings Ensemble Training (ASSET) Scheme at the RAM, where they are coached by Levon Chilingirian. The quartet has received additional coaching from Lawrence Power and Robin Wilson. Jason has been invited to perform chamber music at festivals such as Madeline Island Chamber Music, and the National Concert Hall’s International Master Course in Dublin, and he has had the honour of performing chamber music alongside violinist Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, and violist Máté Szücs.
Jason has been mentored by members of renowned quartets, such as the Emerson, Orion, Jupiter, Harlem, and Medici Quartets. Other chamber mentors include cellists Si-Yan Li and Laura Thielke. He has a particular interest in new music, which has led him to perform works such as SEVEN for solo cello, written by Spanish cellist Andrea Casarrubios during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Osvaldo Golijov’s string quartet Tenebrae. As a member of the New Music Ensemble at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Jason performed many new works, including Feminine, a piece for mixed ensemble written by Julius Eastman, He has also worked alongside members of the London based Riot Ensemble, working on pieces by students at the RAM.
He has received guidance from many esteemed cellists. He has participated in masterclasses with Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Adrian Brendel, Claudio Bohórquez, Sung-Won Yang, Thomas Carroll, Rebecca Gilliver, Zuill Bailey, Lluis Claret, Michel Strauss, Darrett Adkins, Colin Carr, Brinton Smith, Natasha Brofsky, Astrid Schween, and Fred Sherry, among others.
Jason began his musical studies with Olive Chen in the Houston area before moving to Boston to study at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts with Andrew Mark. Jason holds a Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he was a student of Dr Melissa Kraut, and he is currently a postgraduate student of Hannah Roberts and a recipient of the Clumber Studio Award at London's RAM.
Recent performance highlights include the Mozart G minor Viola Quintet with violinist Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM), lunchtime recitals at St Martin-in-the-Fields and Southwark Cathedral, and a recital at Eton College with the Castor Quartet.
Upcoming performance highlights include the Chamber Music Festival at the RAM in collaboration with Klassik Underground, leading the Academy Chamber Orchestra with
Ryan Wigglesworth, and a recital at the Cambridge Summer Festival with the Castor Quartet.
An avid chamber musician, Jason is a member of the Castor Quartet, which was selected to join the Frost Trust Advanced Specialist Strings Ensemble Training (ASSET) Scheme at the RAM, where they are coached by Levon Chilingirian. The quartet has received additional coaching from Lawrence Power and Robin Wilson. Jason has been invited to perform chamber music at festivals such as Madeline Island Chamber Music, and the National Concert Hall’s International Master Course in Dublin, and he has had the honour of performing chamber music alongside violinist Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, and violist Máté Szücs.
Jason has been mentored by members of renowned quartets, such as the Emerson, Orion, Jupiter, Harlem, and Medici Quartets. Other chamber mentors include cellists Si-Yan Li and Laura Thielke. He has a particular interest in new music, which has led him to perform works such as SEVEN for solo cello, written by Spanish cellist Andrea Casarrubios during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Osvaldo Golijov’s string quartet Tenebrae. As a member of the New Music Ensemble at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Jason performed many new works, including Feminine, a piece for mixed ensemble written by Julius Eastman, He has also worked alongside members of the London based Riot Ensemble, working on pieces by students at the RAM.
He has received guidance from many esteemed cellists. He has participated in masterclasses with Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Adrian Brendel, Claudio Bohórquez, Sung-Won Yang, Thomas Carroll, Rebecca Gilliver, Zuill Bailey, Lluis Claret, Michel Strauss, Darrett Adkins, Colin Carr, Brinton Smith, Natasha Brofsky, Astrid Schween, and Fred Sherry, among others.
Jason began his musical studies with Olive Chen in the Houston area before moving to Boston to study at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts with Andrew Mark. Jason holds a Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he was a student of Dr Melissa Kraut, and he is currently a postgraduate student of Hannah Roberts and a recipient of the Clumber Studio Award at London's RAM.
Jason Ma
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Julian Chan
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Julian Chan
Rapidly developing a reputation as one of the most innovative pianists of his generation, Julian Chan has given performances at a number of prestigious venues across the UK, including Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, St John’s Smith Square, and Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre. Performing music by a particularly diverse range of composers, he has given alluring recitals featuring works by figures from Sweelinck to Messiaen, from Alkan to Rzewski, unifying these various styles in a captivating manner.
Julian has had masterclasses with numerous pianists of international renown, including Stephen Hough, Imogen Cooper, Jeremy Menuhin, Melvyn Tan, Bobby Chen, and Joanna MacGregor; distinguished conductors with whom he has performed, both as a soloist and as part of the acclaimed Manson Ensemble, include Jessica Cottis, Ryan Wigglesworth, Ben Glassberg, Jonathan Berman, and John Gibbons.
A passionate composer and performer of new music, Julian has collaborated with eminent composers such as Howard Skempton, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Hans Abrahamsen, Deborah Pritchard, Michael Berkeley, and Peter Seabourne.
Recently, Julian was awarded First Prize and Sonata Prize at the Nanyang International Music Competition, Singapore, First Prize at the Norah Sande Award, and First Prize at the Coulsdon and Purley Festival with his performance or Rachmaninoff'’s Piano Concerto No 3.
Julian is currently recipient of the Ronald and Rita McAulay Award at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studies with Ian Fountain and Michael Dussek. He had his first book of compositions published at age 6, earning him the title of Malaysia’s Youngest Composer.
Julian has had masterclasses with numerous pianists of international renown, including Stephen Hough, Imogen Cooper, Jeremy Menuhin, Melvyn Tan, Bobby Chen, and Joanna MacGregor; distinguished conductors with whom he has performed, both as a soloist and as part of the acclaimed Manson Ensemble, include Jessica Cottis, Ryan Wigglesworth, Ben Glassberg, Jonathan Berman, and John Gibbons.
A passionate composer and performer of new music, Julian has collaborated with eminent composers such as Howard Skempton, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Hans Abrahamsen, Deborah Pritchard, Michael Berkeley, and Peter Seabourne.
Recently, Julian was awarded First Prize and Sonata Prize at the Nanyang International Music Competition, Singapore, First Prize at the Norah Sande Award, and First Prize at the Coulsdon and Purley Festival with his performance or Rachmaninoff'’s Piano Concerto No 3.
Julian is currently recipient of the Ronald and Rita McAulay Award at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studies with Ian Fountain and Michael Dussek. He had his first book of compositions published at age 6, earning him the title of Malaysia’s Youngest Composer.
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Cello Sonata in C major, Op 65 (1961)
written for Mstislav Rostropovich
Dialogo. Allegro
Scherzo-Pizzicato. Allegretto
Elegia. Lento
Marcia. Energico
Moto perpetuo. Presto
Our chosen recording comes from the Klosterkirche Olsberg, Switzerland, where cellist Sol Gabetta is accopanied by pianist Bertrand Chamayou:
Cello Sonata in C major, Op 65 (1961)
written for Mstislav Rostropovich
Dialogo. Allegro
Scherzo-Pizzicato. Allegretto
Elegia. Lento
Marcia. Energico
Moto perpetuo. Presto
Our chosen recording comes from the Klosterkirche Olsberg, Switzerland, where cellist Sol Gabetta is accopanied by pianist Bertrand Chamayou:
Elliott Cook Carter Jr (1908-2012)
Sonata for Cello and Piano (1948)
Moderato • Vivace, molto leggiero • Adagio • Allegro
This recording comes from the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel at Waterloo - Belgium, that is. The performers are Christine J Lee, cello, and Henry Kramer, piano:
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