congratulations

Congratulations to my pupils Abhinav Tiwari who obtained 90 marks out of 100 and won first prize with Honours (highest category) in his class at Southampton Festival of Music, performing Faure Barcarolle number 1. To Mike Huang for winning first prize in his class at the same festival performing a recital of Brahms G minor Rhapsody, Cyril Scott Lotus Land and the rather tricky Poulenc Toccata - well done!  Maya Garside performed the last movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata with characteristic fire, and Emmy Huang gave a well practised recital of Haydn, Granados and Sinding (Rustle of Spring), but both were beaten to the prizes by performers several years older than themselves. Keep practising everyone! Slowly!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to all my pupils who did very well at Southampton Music Festival, March 2012. In particular congratulations to Abhinav Tiwari for winning the Fairclough Challenge Cup (Grade 8 recital class); Mike Huang in the same class came in second place.  Emmy Huang won the Lady Cooper Challenge Cup (Grade 6-7 recital class); Tatiana Evans and Anton Taraban came second in their classes.
I myself won the Vivien Evans cup for adult open piano recital, performing Bach-Siloti Organ Prelude in G Minor, Bella's Lullaby which I composed in 2010, and Kapustin Concert Etude no. 1.