Sunday 29 Mar 2009

11.15, Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street, Oxford OX1 3SD; Box Office: 01865 305 305
Tickets: £9.00 (£8.00 concessions)

Programme:

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor op.95
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet
The Sacconi Quartet is joined by pianist Alexandra Dariescu in a performance of Schumann’s great Piano Quintet written in 1842 and dedicated to Clara Schumann. Alexandra Dariescu was selected by YCAT in 2008 and this summer won the Ravel Prize at the Academie Internationale de Musique Maurice Ravel in France.
Alexandra Dariescu is a popular young pianist born in Romania. She completed her schooling in the UK and is currently a student at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. She has already performed widely internationally, has broadcasted on BBC Radio 3 and has won over twenty seven major competitions. Alexandra is particularly acclaimed for her playing of Chopin.
While studying in London, Alexandra Dariescu is supported by the Ratiu Foundation
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