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Kiryl Keduk: From Belarus to Burdon Road – Tuesday, 6th March 2012

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Kiryl KedukKiryl Keduk was born in Grodno in Belarus in 1987 and made his public debut with the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Belarus at the age of ten. From 2001 he was a pupil of Waldemar Wojtal at the Music Academy at Gdasnk and since 2007 he has studied under Boris Petrushansky at the Accademia Pianistica Incontri Col Maestro at Imola in Italy. Kiryl was the winner of the James Mottram International Piano Competition at the Royal Northern College of Music in 2010, with an outstanding performance of Chopin’s First Piano Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Owain Arwel Hughes.

Kiryl has won numerous awards. In 2004 he was a prizewinner in the Arthur Rubinstein Competition in Bydgoszcz in Poland, subsequently winning first prizes in national and international piano competitions in Minsk, Bucharest, Antonin, Danzig, Varna and in Marsala. He has also been a prizewinner at the Vladimir Horowitz International Piano Competition in Kiev.  Already Kiryl’s international career has taken off brilliantly and he has played as soloist with orchestras in Florence, at the Teatro Politeama Garibaldi in Palermo, the Sala Verdi in Milan, with the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra at the Opéra de Nice, also in Israel and at the Steinway Hall in New York. He has played in the Mozarteum in Salzburg, at the National Philharmonic Halls in Kiev and Warsaw and in the Philharmonic Hall in Krakow, among many other venues.

Date:- Tuesday, 6th. March ,2012 Time: – 7.15p.m.
Venue:- Sunderland Pottery Room(Ground floor) Museum & Winter Gardens, Burdon Road, Sunderland.
Tickets: at the door £11 (Students /OB40’s £5) No other concessions.
Accompanied Children (up to 16 years) come free (with teachers or parents)

Antony Peebles: Leads the celebration of Liszt’s 200th Birthday – Tuesday 6th December 2011

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For the very special occasion of the 200th. anniversary of the birth of the great Hungarian Pianist/Teacher/Composer Franz Liszt Sunderland Piano Society has managed to book the distinguished “elder statesman” of the world of English Classical Piano: Antony Peebles.

He last played in Sunderland in 1972 when he was a brilliant young star of the keyboard. Since then he has enjoyed a vastly successful career playing in 131 different countries around the whole world, and he has become a world-renowned specialist in the music of Liszt. He is coming to Sunderland to play an exciting programme entirely devoted to that composer’s music, and he is looking forward to playing Sunderland’s famous Steinway Concert Grand Piano that is unique in all of Europe. This is an important music event not to be missed!

Date: Tuesday 6th December 2011
Time: 7.15p.m.
Venue: Sunderland Pottery Room(Ground floor)
Museum & Winter Gardens, Burdon Road, Sunderland.
Tickets: at the door £11 (Students /OB40’s £5) No other concessions.
Accompanied Children (up to 16 years) come free (with teachers or parents)

………and those 131 Countries

1 Afghanistan 5/77; 2/79; 3/04; 4/06;
2 Algeria 9/91; 4/93;
3 Angola 5/80; 9/89; 3/00;
4 Anguilla 4/95; 12/09
5 Antigua 4/95;
6 Argentina 5/98;
7 Armenia 12/06;
8 Australia 6-7/77; 3/79; 3-4/82; 5/85; 3-4/88; 4-5/91; 2-3/94; 6-7/97; 3-4/99; 4/01; 3/03; 11/03; 4/05; 2-3/06; 2/07; 2/08; 2-3/09; 3/10;
9 Austria 2/82;
10 Azerbaijan 6/96; 9/97;
11 Bahamas 4/81; 1/87; 4/95; 10/99;
12 Bahrain 4/79; 5/82; 5/83; 11/83; 4/86; 3/87; 2/88; 2/89; 2/90; 6/91; 10/92; 4/94; 11/94; 2/95; 11/95; 6/96; 2/97; 6/97; 2/98; 0/99; 2/01; 1/02; 3/03; 2/04; 5/05; 5/07; 2/09;
13 Bangladesh 8/77; 2/79; 2/82; 4/82; 11/83; 10/95; 4/09;
14 Barbados 4/81; 8/87; 3/92;
15 Belgium 5/77;
16 Belize 9/87; 9/89; 3/92; 4/95; 11/02; 10/03;
17 Bermuda 6/74; 10/75;
18 Bolivia 4/81; 8/84; 9/89; 3/92; 5/95; 5/98; 10/01; 7/05; 10/07;
19 Botswana 3/78; 4/80; 2/94; 5/96; 10/99; 5/09;
20 Brazil 5/98;
21 British Virgin Islands 5/98; 11/00;
22 Brunei 6/77; 4/79; 4/82; 3/86; 1/89; 6/91; 2/97; 2/01; 3/05;
23 Burma 2/79; 2/82; 4/86; 10/95; 2/97; 1/02;
24 Cameroon 5/80; 4/92; 2/05;
25 Canada 3/84; 10/02;
26 Cayman Islands 9/84; 9/87; 5/98;
27 Chile 11/02;
28 China 2/00;
29 Colombia 3/81; 9/84; 9/87; 9/89; 3/92; 5/98; 11/07; 12/09;
30 Congo (Rep) 4/90;
31 Congo (former Zaire) 3/78; 5/80; 4/83; 11/86; 9/89; 5/09;
32 Costa Rica 9/85; 9/87;
33 Cuba 9/85; 9/87; 11/07;
34 Cyprus (Greek) 9/75;4/77; 5/79; 3/80; 12/83; 3/87; 2/90;
35 Cyprus (Turkish) 4/77; 5/79; 3/80; 3/87;
36 Denmark 11/94;
37 Ecuador 4/81; 3/92; 4/95; 10/00; 10/03; 6/05; 11/07; 12/09;
38 Egypt 3/87;
39 Eire 10/74; 3/76;
40 El Salvador 5/98; 11/02;
41 Ethiopia 2/87; 3/90; 6/96; 3/02; 2/04;
42 France 6/72; 6/81;
43 Gabon 5/80; 4/83; 11/86; 9/89; 4/90;
44 The Gambia 6/80; 4/83; 11/86; 4/90; 4/96;
45 Georgia 6/96; 12/06;
46 Germany 4/78;
47 Ghana 3/78; 5/80; 5/05;
48 Greece 4/78; 3/80; 2/82; 12/83; 5/94; 5/96;
49 Guatemala 4/95; 11/00; 11/02; 6/05; 11/07;
50 Guyana 4/95;
51 Holland 6/89;
52 Honduras 9/87; 11/02; 10/03;
53 Hong Kong 10/74; 4/79; 10/82; 3/99; 2/00; 2/02; 3/06;
54 India 5/77; 8/77; 2/79; 4/79; 5/82; 11/83; 4/86; 2/90; 10/92; 3/93; 12/04; 3/05; 12/06;
55 Indonesia 6/77; 3/82; 5/85; 3/86; 5/88; 4/94; 3/10;
56 Iran 9/75; 5/77; 12/92;
57 Iraq 4/77; 5/82; 3/87; 2/88; 2/90; 3/04;
58 Italy 5/82; 12/83;
59 Ivory Coast 6/80; 4/96; 12/99;
60 Jamaica 4/81; 9/87; 9/89; 3/92; 4/95; 5/98; 11/00; 10/03;
61 Japan 11/03;
62 Jordan 9/75; 3/77; 1/79; 2/88; 6/91; 3/06;
63 Kenya 4/78; 4/80; 2/87; 3/90; 6/96; 9/99; 3/02; 2/04; 6/06; 5/09;
64 Korea 4/82; 4/85; 2/89; 2/97;
65 Kuwait 9/75; 4/77; 4/79; 5/82; 3/87; 9/97; 2/00; 2/04; 5/05; 5/07;
66 Lebanon 5/79; 3/80; 5/82; 11/83; 6/91;
67 Libya 12/06; 1/09; 1/10;
68 Macau 10/74;
69 Malawi 3/78; 4/80; 4/83; 2/87; 3/90; 6/96; 3/02; 1/04; 6/06;
70 Malaysia (West) 5/77; 3/79; 4/82; 3/86; 6/97; 7/97; 2/98; 4/99; 3/00; 3/01; 2/02;
71 Malta 3/77; 6/02;
72 Mauritius 6/72; 5/80; 4/90; 5/01; 2/04;
73 Mexico 3/81; 3/83; 11/00; 11/02;
74 Morocco 6/80; 11/86;
75 Mozambique 5/96; 10/99;
76 Namibia 2/94;
77 Nepal 8/77; 2/79; 4/86; 10/95; 5/05;
78 New Zealand 7/77; 3/79; 3/82; 5/85; 4/88; 4/91; 3/94; 7/97; 4/99; 4/01; 3/03; 11/03; 4/05; 2/06; 3/07; 3/09; 3/10;
79 Nicaragua 4/95;
80 Nigeria 3/78; 5/80; 3/83; 11/86;
81 Norway 1/82;
82 Oman 9/75; 5/77; 4/79; 4/86; 3/88; 10/92/ 4/93; 12/94; 11/95; 6/96; 2/97; 9/97; 3/03; 4/05;
83 Pakistan 5/77; 2/82; 3/88; 11/95; 9/97; 5/07; 5/09;
84 Panama 3/81; 9/84; 9/87; 5/98; 10/00;
85 Papua New Guinea 3/79; 5/85; 5/91; 6/97; 3/99; 3/01;
86 Paraguay 4/81; 8/84; 9/89; 3/92; 5/98; 11/02;
87 Peru 4/81; 8/84; 3/92; 7/05; 10-11/07; 12/09;
88 Philippines 3/82; 1/89; 2/00;
89 Poland 11/73; 4/78;
90 Portugal 11/86;
91 Qatar 4/79; 5/82; 5/83; 3/87; 2/88; 2/89; 6/91; 10/92; 5/94; 11/94; 3/03; 5/07;
92 Rwanda 6/06;
93 Sabah 4/82; 3/86; 1/89; 6/91; 2/98; 3/00;
94 Saint Lucia 3/95; 11/00;
95 Sarawak 6/77; 4/82; 3/86; 1/89; 4/94; 2/97; 3/01; 3/03; 3/05;
96 Saudi Arabia 2/79; 2/82; 5/83/ 2/90; 10/92; 11/94; 6/96; 10/99; 1/02; 2/04; 5/05;
97 Senegal 2/78; 6/80; 3/83; 4/96; 12/99; 2/05; 2/08;
98 Seychelles 5/80; 2/87; 3/90;
99 Sierra Leone 3/78; 6/80; 11/86; 4/96; 2/05;
100 Singapore 6/77; 3/79; 4/79; 3/82; 5/88; 3/00; 3/01; 3/03; 2/04;
101 Solomon Islands 5/85;
102 Somalia 3/90;
103 South Africa 3/78; 4/80; 2/87; 4/92; 2/94; 5/96; 10/99; 3/00; 3/02;
104 Spain 4/92;
105 Sri Lanka 9/75; 5/77; 2/89; 2/01; 2/04;
106 Sudan 4/78; 4/80; 3/90; 12/06;
107 Swaziland 4/80; 8/83;
108 Sweden 10/93;
109 Switzerland 3/77; 2/78; 5/79; 6/82; 4/86;
110 Syria 4/77; 5/79; 5/82; 6/91; 12/93;
111 Tanzania 5/80; 5/83; 10/99;
112 Taiwan 2/98; 3/00;
113 Thailand 8/77; 4/86; 2/89; 10/95; 3/98; 1/02; 5/07;
114 Trinidad 4/81; 4/95; 5/98;
115 Tunisia 6/02; 12/06;
116 Turkey 9/75; 3/77; 1/79;
117 Turkmenistan 9/97; 12/04; 11/06;
118 UAE 9/75; 4/77; 4/79; 5/82; 10/82; 5/83/ 11/83; 4/86; 3/87; 3/88; 4/93; 5/94; 11/94; 6/96; 2/98; 1/99; 4/01; 1/02; 3/03; 2/04; 3/04; 5/07; 4/10;
119 Uganda 3/02; 2/04;
120 Uruguay 10/00; 11/05;
121 UK ………m a n y ……………..
122 USA 4/81; 3/83; 1/00; 3/04; 6/08;
123 US Virgin Islands 11/00;
124 Uzbekistan 12/04;
125 Vanuatu 4/91;
126 Venezuela 9/85;
127 West Bank 3/80; 5/82;
128 Yemen 1/87; 6/96;
129 Yugoslavia 3/77; 1/79;
130 Zambia 4/78; 4/80; 4/83; 10/86; 4/92; 6/96; 9/99; 3/02;
131 Zimbabwe 4/83; 10/86;

Davd Quigley: Award winning Irish Pianist comes to Sunderland – Tuesday 8th November 2011

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David QuigleyBorn in 1977 in Ireland, David Quigley came to international attention as far back as 2002, when he was still only 24 years old. He has since been successful in national and international competitions and has played with distinguished orchestras and conductors
throughout the world.

He has already played twice at Sunderland Piano Society and has been asked back (at members request) for a third time.

David is not only a clever pianist of virtuoso brilliance but is a thoughtful musician whose interpretations are always immaculately presented.

He has prepared a fascinatingly “different” programme which he entitles “Transcriptions and Paraphrases” in which he brings music that was not originally created by its composers for the keyboard, but all transcribed for the piano by other great composers.

One exception to this is a rare opportunity to hear Sir Edward Elgar’s own version for
piano of his own “Enigma Variations” in full performance. Can such a thing be done?!
Elgar thought so. And there is Philip Hammond’s “Miniatures & Modulations” too.

This will make a wonderfully interesting evening of a highly varied nature, mixing music
by Schubert, Schumann, Verdi, Fauré, Gershwin as arranged by Liszt, & Percy Grainger.

Date: Tuesday 8th November 2011
Time: 7.15p.m.
Venue: Sunderland Pottery Room(Ground floor)
Museum & Winter Gardens, Burdon Road, Sunderland.
Tickets: at the door £11 (Students /OB40’s £5)  No other concessions.
Accompanied  Children (up to 16 years) come free (with teachers or parents)

 

Olivia Sham : More musical magic from Oz – Tuesday 11th October 2011

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Australia is fast building a fine reputation in the world of classical music.  We have had numerous examples of pianists of outstanding quality who have given us exciting and enterprising concerts here in the North East.  Now Sunderland Pianoforte Society continues it’s new season with another representative of Australian musical brilliance : Olivia Sham.  Superb quality is assured because Olivia is sponsored by the “Philip and Dorothy Green Awards for Young Concert Artists” administered by “Making Music” (The National Federation Of Music Societies).  Olivia already has a B.Mus Degree from Sydney University and a Masters Degree from London’s Royal Academy, and is now working there on her Doctorate.

With a programme bringing music by Beethoven, Debusy, Carl Vine, Messiaen and a special tribute to Liszt, this is a recital not to be missed.   Not just a pretty face and clever young fingers; Olivia really knows what she’s talking about!

Date:- Tuesday 11th October 2011
Time: – 7.15p.m.
Venue:- Sunderland Pottery Room(Ground floor)
Museum & Winter Gardens, Burdon Road, Sunderland.
Tickets: at the door £11 (Students /OB40’s £5)  No other concessions.
Accompanied  Children (up to 16 years) come free (with teachers or parents)