In a change to our previously advertised programme, due to matters outside our control Cret Trio are no longer able to be with us next Sunday, 19th. In their place we know you’ll be delighted to welcome back Kazakh pianist Dina Duisen for her third visit to Newton Abbot, and this time she’s bringing violinist Emily Sun.
Dina started studying piano aged five at a State Special School for Gifted Children together with her two brothers, who are both violinists, and by the age of thirteen she had made her debut with the Symphony Orchestra. After graduating from school, Dina continued her studies at the Kazakh National Academy of Music, graduating with distinction in 2005, before being awarded a full scholarship which took her to the USA. In September 2008, Dina started studying for the new Master of Arts Degree in Performance at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating with distinction in 2011. She has taken part in IMS Prussia Cove Masterclasses and Open Chamber Music, and has been a regular participant of the Oxford Piano Festival, playing at the 20th Anniversary Alumni Concert in 2018. Her performing career has taken her to halls and festivals all over the world; she regularly works with violinist Nicola Benedetti, and is currently working at the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music. Her solo debut album ‘Mazurkas from Chopin to Adès’ was recorded at Kings Place with the Grammy-award winning producer Andrew Keener.
“Possessed of a superb talent” (The Australian) with “a searing and poetic tone” (The Guardian), Emily’s powerful sound and compelling, captivating interpretations have won her international renown as a concerto soloist and chamber musician. In a recent season, she was Artist-in-Association with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, with several concerto appearances during the season, and has made her debut with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and a return to Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony and Western Australia Symphony Orchestras. As soloist, she has worked with many internationally-known conductors. She has played in China with the Qingdao Symphony Orchestra, with the South Arizona Symphony Orchestra, Arlington Symphony and Garland Symphony (USA), and the European Union Chamber Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Orchestre de Royal Wallonie and Orchestre de Chambre Namur in Europe. Since her Wigmore Hall debut in 2016, Emily has performed in venues worldwide including the Sydney Opera House, Royal Albert Hall, Tchaikovsky Great Hall and Seoul Arts Center. She was invited to perform for King Charles III alongside Maxim Venverov in Bach’s Double Violin Concerto in Buckingham Palace, and also performed for the King and Queen of Belgium in the Royal Palace of Brussels.
Emily’s debut album, Nocturnes, (ABC Classic/Universal) reached No. 1 on the ARIA Classical Charts, and her recent release ‘Film Fantasia’ was Editor’s Choice in Limelight Magazine and received critical acclaim. She is violin professor at the Royal College of Music, London, and is regularly invited to give masterclasses worldwide, and as a jury member for international competitions. She performs on a 1753 G.B. Guadagnini violin, ‘The Adelaide’.
Read more about Dina here: Dina Duisen and about Emily here: Emily Sun – you can hear extracts from their performances too, to whet your appetite.
Their programme for us next Sunday will include:
- Mozart Sonata for violin and piano in E flat major, KV 302
- Franck Sonata for violin and piano in A major
- Schubert Impromptu for piano in B flat major, Op 142
- Brahms Sonata for violin and piano no 3 in D minor, Op 108
This is chamber music at its best, from two artists at the top of their profession, and you surely won’t want to miss this performance. Go along to Emily Sun and Dina Duisen – nadsa concerts to book your tickets now because if you’ve heard either of these players before, you’ll know that this is bound to be popular. And bring a tenner or two for a CD (or two)!
See you on Sunday,
John R.
