Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) soloists on the International Artist Diploma course perform under the batons of RNCM student conductors with the 麻豆官网首页入口 Philharmonic Orchestra. This afternoon will no doubt be a defining experience at the start of their already illustrious careers.
Colombian conductor and pianist Maria Camila Barbosa Aristiz谩bal started her studies in conducting in with Professors Jorge Salazar at Fundaci贸n Juan N. Corpas in Bogot谩.
She has worked extensively with youth orchestras in Bogot谩 and was appointed chief conductor of the Cundinamarca-Bogot谩 Philharmonic Youth Orchestra in 2020, where she continues to inspire and mentor the next generation of musicians. Today she brings us Zoltan Kodaly鈥檚 beguiling Dances of Gal谩nta, followed by a work from 18th century Irish Romantic composer John Field, who coined the term 鈥楴octurne.鈥� Field鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 5 is in the talented hands of Tyler Hay this afternoon. Tyler won the Dennis Loveland award in Kent at the age of 11 and has studied at Purcell School and Royal Northern College of Music.
Alexander Rebetge started his musical career as chorister at the Munich Boys Choir before continuing his studies in Germany, subsequently embarking on a varied and prestigious career there. In 2022 he was appointed Director of Music at St. Ann鈥檚 Church in Manchester and he studies orchestral conducting at RNCM. Today he conducts Charles Stanford鈥檚 Shamus O'Brian: Overture and Xiaogang Ye鈥檚 Concerto of Life (piano concerto), with pianist Yuanfan Yang, a First Class Graduate of the Royal Academy of Music.
Andreas Asiikkis conducts Michalis Andronikou鈥檚 Aphrodite and Nikos Skalkottas鈥檚 5 Greek Dances. Andreas graduated first of his class in Orchestral Conducting from the Ionian University before pursuing further studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava through Erasmus+, before embarking on his studies in Manchester.
Programme
Kodaly Dances of Gal谩nta
Field Piano Concerto No. 5
Stanford Shamus O'Brian. Overture
Andronikou Aphrodite
Ye Concerto of Life
Skalkottas 5 Greek Dances
Conductors
Maria Camila Barbosa Aristiz谩bal
Alexander Rebetge
Andreas Asiikkis
Soloists
Tyler Hay
Yuanfan Yang
