Classical
Library of the Goethe-Institut (1st Floor)
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12.30pm |
Majestic Brass Main library |
 Starting Music Day off in style, the magnificent Majestic Brass will be entertaining you from the Balcony of the Goethe-Institut. Soak up the sun while you listen to their varied repertoire of classical and popular music. You can then follow them through to the Library, where they will be performing an interactive family concert. Majestic Brass are the Leverhulme Group Junior Fellows at the Royal College of Music. | |
| 2.00pm | Ze Choir |
| Ze Choir is a small singing group that meets once a week to rehearse an assortment of unusual arrangements of folk and contemporary songs from France, Spain, England and other European countries. Ze Choir’s musical director Lo Polidoro also writes original pieces for Ze Choir to perform as well as writing all the arrangements for them. Many of the songs are accompanied by Lo on the guitar. Ze Choir has been meeting on Tuesday evenings for the past five years and currently meets in Blackheath, South London. | |
| 3.00pm | Morris Lenson Guitar Duo |
 Jake Lenson and Mark Morris graduated from the Royal College of Music in 2005, and it was during this time that they formed their duo. Their studies have been supported by the Edith Blythe Award, the Anne Driver Trust and MBF Education Awards, and they have been students of Michael Lewin, Timothy Walker, Carlos Bonell and Gary Ryan. They are gaining recognition performing around Britain and in 2007 were selected to join Live Music Now and the Concordia Foundation. Their programme will include music by Granados, Albéniz and Debussy. | |
| 4.00pm | Zoe Zeniodi and Jonathan Sells |
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| 5.00pm |
The Gaubert Ensemble |
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| 6.00pm | Mestizo Duo |
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| 7.00pm | Classico Latino |
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The Gaubert Ensemble was established in 2007. Its members, consisting of Sally Clark on flute, Simon Williamson on cello and David Alexander on piano, are all Royal College of Music alumni and have several years of chamber music experience between them. They have collectively performed at venues such as The Royal Festival Hall, Bridgewater Hall, St. Martin in the Fields, St. John’s, Smith Square, The Purcell Room and The Warehouse, Waterloo. This is in addition to performances in several national and international music festivals including Buckinghamshire, Chichester, Halifax, Rye, Montepulciano and Seoul. Their programme for Exhibition Road Music Day is to include music by Haydn, Gaubert and Martinu.
Formed in 2007 Mestizo Duo, comprising Lizzie Ball (violin) and Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas (guitar), are a vibrant new alternative chamber duo, performing a wide repertoire of composers from South America and Spain, contemporary music alongside more traditional composers from the classical repertoire. Individually, they have performed frequently with leading artists Ensemble Modern (2007 Boulez European Tour), Bernard Gregor-Smith, Laura Mitchell, O Duo, and Morgan Szymanski in the Wigmore Hall, St. John’s, Smith Square, Concertgebouw Hall Amsterdam, Theatro Colon in Santiago de Chile and Bogota Colombia. They are generously supported by Concordia Foundation.
Two worlds collided when, in 1997, the Colombian Ivan Guevara-Bernal (piano) invited the very English Graham Walker (cello) to play Latin-American music with him whilst they were both students at St John’s College, Cambridge. It seemed unlikely that two musicians from such different traditions could combine to produce successful results. However, their reputation spread, and by the time of their first formal concert not even standing room remained. These concerts are part of Exhibition Road Music Day at the Goethe-Institut London. 
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