About this Event
Join composer and pianist Shirley Ly, together with violinist Daniela Palamariuk, for an intimate afternoon of original music celebrating the launch of Shirley's sixth album, Where Wildflowers Bloom.
Through a collection of original compositions, the album tells the story of embracing a new chapter in life in Shirley's thirties, navigating change with courage, and discovering the freedom to define happiness on one's own terms. Inspired by wildflowers that flourish naturally and authentically without requiring permission or validation, the music celebrates personal growth, self-discovery, empowerment, and the beauty of becoming who we are meant to be.
Whether encountering her music for the first time or following her compositional journey over the years, audiences are invited into an afternoon of thoughtful reflection, heartfelt storytelling, and musical expression. See the recent video of her opening track below.
About Shirley Ly
Shirley Ly is a self-taught British contemporary classical music composer from Greenwich in London, UK with Chinese and Vietnamese heritage. She has composed over 60 pieces for solo piano / violin / cello, duets, trios, quartets and quintets. She has so far released an EP, (2025) and 5 albums: (2025), (2023), (2023), (2021), and (2018) and multiple singles i.e. (2024), (2023), and (2023). Her music has been played over a million times across more than 100 countries around the world, including by BBC radio and other radio shows, and is described to be a bridge between classical, romantic, and minimalist music with Eastern and jazz elements. Magic Classical Radio has recently named her as a 'One To Watch' artist. Shirley's music has been performed across a variety of venues, including churches and halls in the UK and overseas. Shirley plays the piano in all of her compositions.
Shirley's compositions aim to capture her reflections and experiences of nature (i.e. the seasons, cats, swallows, swans, the ocean, turtles), global issues (i.e. climate change and devastating effects of war), living in London, dance, relationships with family and other loved ones, travel (i.e. to Vietnam, Berlin, Amsterdam), and dreams. Winds of the East is her latest album where she has composed works inspired by her grandfather, Tian Chen (1927 - 2014) and her solo travels in Southeast Asia, namely China and Vietnam. Her grandfather was a distinguished fine artist, poet, and photographer from Guangzhou in China, and growing up, Shirley was greatly influenced by his love of the beauty of nature and the world, and his aspirations to capture and show this beauty in the form of art.
Shirley did not come from a musical family. She began composing when she was a teenager after being inspired by the feelings evoked in a number of renowned films e.g. Cinema Paradiso, the Pianist, Amélie, and by a variety of composers from different backgrounds - her favourites are Ennio Morricone, Chopin, Chen Gang, Yu-Peng Chen, Joe Hisaishi, Yiruma, Eydís Evensen, and many others, particularly from the romantic period. She is continually inspired by female composers who present more diverse musical voices.
For more information about Shirley Ly and her original compositions including links to Spotify and YouTube, please visit .
About Daniela Palamariuk
Daniela Palamariuk is a Ukrainian violinist based in London. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 2026 with a Bachelor of Music Performance, having studied on a full scholarship under the guidance of distinguished violinists György Pauk and Robin Wilson.
As a soloist, Daniela has performed with the Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Chernivtsi Philharmonic Orchestra and Zaporizhzhia Philharmonic Orchestra. Her solo repertoire includes works by Sarasate, Wieniawski, Waxman, Martinů, Khachaturian, Prokofiev and more, reflecting her interest in the virtuosity and expressive breadth of the violin repertoire.
Daniela’s orchestral experience includes the European Philharmonic of Switzerland (EPOS), which she joined in 2026, the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, the Youth Orchestra of Ukraine and the Chernivtsi Philharmonic Orchestra.
Born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, Daniela began studying the violin at the age of six at Chernivtsi Musical School No. 2, before continuing her education at the S. Vorobkevych Chernivtsi College of Arts, where she studied from 2018 to 2022. In 2018, she was awarded the Scholarship of the President of Ukraine in recognition of her musical achievements.
Daniela is a laureate of several international competitions, having received the Grand Prix at the XXVIII International Competition Prize of Lanciano, Italy, and the IV International Competition of Young Virtuosi “Elman’s Golden Violin” in 2018. In 2017, she received the Discovery of the Year Award. She is also supported by the Vere Music Fund.
Throughout her musical development, Daniela has participated in masterclasses with internationally acclaimed violinists Borys Harlytskyi, Alexander Bruselovskyi, Fedor Rudin, Oleh Krysa and Oleh Kaskiv.
Event venue & nearby stays
Wesley's Chapel and Leysian Mission, 49 City Road, London, United Kingdom
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