Saturday 13 Mar 2010

Romanian violinist Tudor Andrei performs with John Paul Ekins (piano) and with special guest Mira Ormala (soprano) at the Grosvenor Chapel.

Saturday 13 March 2010, 19.00, Grosvenor Chapel, 24 South Audley Street, London W1K 2PA. Tel. 020 7499 1684
Tickets: £9

Programme:
Jean-Marie Leclair – Sonata for violin and piano in D
J.S. Bach – Siciliana and Presto for solo violin
W. A. Mozart – Rondo from Serenade no. 7 “Haffner”
Bela Bartok – Romanian Dances
Interval (cocktails will be served)
Johannes Brahms – Sonata for violin and piano no 2 in A
Eugene Ysaye – Sonata for solo violin no 6
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane
followed by duet with Mira Ormala, “All I ask of you” from the Phantom of the Opera

Tudor Andrei
First Prize winner of the International Competition held at the Niccolo Paganini Academy of Music in Genoa, Italy, the Romanian violinist Tudor Andrei is rapidly gaining a reputation as yet another bright talent emerging from Romania. He has already performed a large number of concerts in important halls in Romania, toured Switzerland, Italy and Germany. In December 2006 he had his debut at St. Martin’s in the Fields, followed by invitations to play other London venues. Recently he had his debut at the Romanian Athenaeum, the most important concert venue in Romania, followed by a chamber music concert for the Enescu Society in London and a concert in Winchester as a soloist with orchestra. In 2010 he will perform a triple violin concerto, first audition, with the Royal Academy of Music Azalea ensemble.
Tudor Andrei is currently student in the 4th year at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studies violin with Professor Remus Azoitei. He plays an Italian violin made by Giovanni Cavani, kindly loaned from Mr. Cristian Sima.
While studying in London, Tudor Andrei was supported by the Ratiu Foundation.