Musical Evening at St.Johns Square with Dee - Cello and Piano

We have the pleasure of inviting you at St John's Smith Square to a concert of music chamber with Zoltan DESPOND, cello & Vesselin STANEV, piano, the 26 of April 2024 at 7.30 pm by :
Sergei Prokofiev : Sonata for Piano and Cello, op. 119

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikowski : 6 Pieces for Piano op. 19, Nr. 4: Nocturne
6 Pieces for Piano op. 51, Nr. 6: Valse sentimentale

Sergei Rachmaninov : Sonata for Piano and Cello, Op. 19

The bar and restaurants will be open for food, drink and social....
Enjoy delicious, ethically sourced drinks, snacks, and pre-concert meals in the Footstool Cafe & Bar, operated by Leafi. Located in the atmospheric crypt at Smith Square.
Probably best to reserve a table if you wish to dine beforehand in the restaurant.
The cafe has snacks.
Vegetarian, vegan, gluten and dairy free options are available.

The Concert begins at 7.30 PM
I will be around to give you your ticket and introduce you to the others joining us....
We will be supporting The Fridge CIC charity and donate to the St John's Smith Square Music Fund

Come whenever you fancy. I'll be there however from 6.00 PM onwards...

Born in 1992, the cellist Zoltán Despond studied with Pierre-Bernard Sudan in Fribourg, Marc Jaermann in Lausanne, and Thomas Grossenbacher at the Zurich University of the Arts, where he graduated with a master’s in solo performance in 2018. From Enrico Dindo at the Pavia Cello Academy he received valuable advice, and he also attended master class- es with such teachers as Antonio Meneses, Christophe Coin, and Giovanni Sollima. He concertizes across Europe and enjoys working with such musicians as Ilya Gringolts, Silvia Simionescu, Marko Milenkovic ́, and Anahit Kurtikyan as well as collaborating with Vesselin Stanev, Anna Bertogna, and Richard Octaviano Kogima at the keyboard. He also performs regularly as an adjunct with the Lucerne Sym- phony Orchestra. Zoltán Despond has received the Zubaloff Prize and is a laureate of the Pierre et Renée Glasson Fund and the Friedl Wald Foundation.

Vesselin Stanev was born in Varna (Bulgaria). His teacher was Dmitri Bashkirov at the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, Alexis Weissenberg at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Paris. Vesselin Stanev rapidly made a name for himself as a musician of outstanding talent, and awards at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition and at the Concours Marguerite Long - Jacques Thibaud bear witness to this. Vesselin Stanev’s career has taken him to leading European concert halls as well as to Scandinavia, Russia, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and Japan.

So you can come and socialise before the beginning of the concert that starts at 7.30 PM sharp.

I'll be in the cafe from 6.00 PM
Call me if you have any problems

I'll have a sign with our name 45+Not Grumpy on the tables in the Cafe which I have reserved for us.
If you wish to dine in the restaurant, it would be better to reserve a place yourself.
Leader - Dee 07976 069922
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