About this Event
Clare Juan
Clare Juan is an Australian cellist, currently pursuing her Master of Performance degree at the Royal College of Music (RCM0, London. She previously completed her undergraduate studies at the RCM. In 2015 Clare made her concerto debut with the Preston Symphony Orchestra and as an avid chamber musician, she recently won first prize in the KraCamera competition and the RCM Contemporary Competition. Clare plays on a cello made by William Forster Junior in 1804, commissioned by George IV and previously owned by His Majesty King Charles III, on loan to her by the Royal College of Music, London.
Deniz Sensoy
Turkish violinist Deniz Sensoy was named one of Classic FM’s Rising Stars of 2024, awarded the 2024/25 London Symphony Orchestra Conservatoire Scholarship, and selected as a Britten Pears Young Artist. She has received the ‘Future’s Women Stars’ Prize from the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, and the title of ‘Glowing Star of the Year’ from İş Bank. She has been awarded first prize at the 13th International Mimar Sinan Young Musicians Competition, second prize at the 16th Bohdan Warchal ‘Talents for Europe’ Competition in Slovakia, and third prizes at both the Ohrid Pearl International Music Competition and the 4th Gülden Turalı National Violin Competition. She has been a finalist at the 4th Paul Hindemith International Music Competition and the 24th Andrea Postacchini International Violin Competition.
Deniz currently plays on a Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù violin (Cremona, 1732), generously loaned by a private foundation and the RCM, as well as a Thomas Perry violin (Dublin, 1822), kindly loaned by Florian Leonhard Fine Violins.
Dmitrii Kalashnikov
Dmitrii Kalashnikov was born in Moscow, and was a postgraduate student at the Royal College of Music in the class of Professor Vanessa Latarche as a Ruth West Scholar supported by the Neville Wathen Scholarship, and more recently as a Blüthner Pianos Scholar. His earlier studies began at the age of five at the Moscow secondary special music school named after Gnessin. In 2017 he graduated with honours from the Moscow State Conservatory P.I. Tchaikovsky, where he was taught by Professor Elena Kuznetsova.
Helping others plays a big role in Dmitrii’s life. For several years, together with a young talented artist - Gavriil Kochevrin, he has organised evenings for the benefit of orphans in the House-Museum of Marina Tsvetaeva.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The London Sketch Club, 7 Dilke Street, London, United Kingdom
GBP 45.00
