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Saturday 19th. October 2024 at 7.30 p.m.
EXETER CATHEDRAL
ISCA ENSEMBLE
with
KACPER NOWAK - cello
Renowned Polish cellist
Verdi : Overture 'Force of Destiny'
Dvorak : Cello Concerto
Berlioz : Symphonie Fantastique
EARLY BOOKING IS ADVISED.
Kacper Nowak
Polish born Kacper Nowak won the first prize at the Concours de Woluwé St-Pierre in Brussels in 2005 and in the following year entered the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. He subsequently pursued his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp and in 2012 won the Grand Prize of the Prix Edmond Baert competition. In 2014 Kacper obtained his master’s degree and was awarded the Oranjebeurs scholarship from the Netherlands. He has participated in a number of master classes with musicians such as Gérard Caussé, Augustin Dumay, Boyan Vodenitcharov, France Springuel and many other distinguished musicians.
In 2015 Kacper became a laureate of the 22nd Johannes Brahms Competition in Austria and won the first prize together with the public prize at the I Solisti competition in Belgium. In the autumn of 2018, he released his first cello piano CD Contrastes with Christia Hudziy - the CD was nominated as one of the 5 best cello recordings of the year by the Cello Society in NYC.
In May 2019, Kacper won the first prize in the solo category of the International Competition of Madrid and in January 2020, he won with the Urban Piano Quartet the Nordic Strings Competition ensuring them a tour in the most prestigious concert halls in China during the 2022/2023 season. In the same year he also secured the Gold Medal at the Vienna International Music Competition.
Saturday 7th. December 2024 at 7.30 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
ISCA ENSEMBLE CHRISTMAS CONCERT
JULIAN TREVELYAN - piano
Shostakovich : Festival Overture Op. 96
Beethoven : Piano Concerto No 5 ‘Emperor’
Delibes : Excerpts from 'Coppélia '
Waltz, Prelude and Mazurka
Tchaikovsky : Excerpts from the Nutcracker Suite
Julian Trevelyan.
Concert pianist Julian Trevelyan performs regularly throughout Europe and in the UK. Julian came to international attention when, at the age of sixteen, he came top in the 2015 Long-Thibaud-Crespin international competition in Paris. He has since gained further laureates and prizes in Belgium, England, Germany and Switzerland.
Recent competition successes in Europe include the Silver Medal in the 2023 Horowitz competition Kyiv-Geneva, and the second prize, the Mozart concerto prize and the audience prize in the 2021 Géza Anda international piano competition in Zürich.
In 2023, Julian returned to the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot to take part in the Elite program, to develop various musical projects and prepare for competitions.
Saturday 1st. March 2025 at 7.30 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
ISCA ENSEMBLE CONCERT
JORDAN BLACK- clarinet
Smetana 'Vlatva'
Mozart Clarinet Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
JORDAN BLACK
Jordan has
appeared as Guest Principal with the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, London Chamber Orchestra and Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He teaches privately in London and coaches chamber music
at the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department. Jordan enjoys a varied schedule of solo, chamber and orchestral engagements. He has appeared as Guest Principal with the Philharmonia Orchestra,
London Chamber Orchestra and Royal Scottish National Orchestra, alongside work for the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta and City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong.
As a student, Jordan reached the Woodwind Final of the BBC Young Musician competition 2012. Since then, he has appeared as soloist with the Orchestra of the Swan, the London Mozart Players and the
Bristol Ensemble. In summer 2014, he joined the New English Concert Orchestra as soloist for a series of open-air concerts, performing to a combined audience of over 30,000 people, at stately homes
around the country.
A passionate chamber musician, Jordan has performed at the Wigmore Hall, Clarence House, St Martin in the Fields, the Purcell Room and Brazil's Festival de Inverno. He has appeared with members of
the London Chamber Orchestra, London Conchord Ensemble, Ensemble Cymru and Notus Winds. Jordan trained at the Purcell School, Royal College of Music Junior Department and as a full-scholar at the
Royal Academy of Music, where he graduated with First-Class Honours.
Saturday 10th. May 2025 at 7.30 p.m.
EXETER CATHEDRAL
Czech Classics.
SMETANA - VLTAVA
DVORAK - STABAT MATER
ISCA ENSEMBLE
ISCA ENSEMBLE CHORUS
Soloists
Amy Carson Maria Brown
Michael Graham Tim Mirfin
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