steinberg duo, violin and piano
Sunday 16 March, 7.30pm
Debussy Violin Sonata (1917)
Bartòk Romanian Folk Dances (1915)
John Ireland Violin Sonata No.2 in a minor(1915)
Elgar Violin Sonata in e minor, Op.82 (1918)
Europe was changed irrevocably by the events of 1914-18 and, as Europe prepares to commemorate the hundredth anniversary year of the start Great War, this programme charts that change through the eyes and ears of four very different, yet equally nationalistic, composers from their various vantage points around Europe.
Debussy Violin Sonata (1917)
Bartòk Romanian Folk Dances (1915)
John Ireland Violin Sonata No.2 in a minor(1915)
Elgar Violin Sonata in e minor, Op.82 (1918)
Europe was changed irrevocably by the events of 1914-18 and, as Europe prepares to commemorate the hundredth anniversary year of the start Great War, this programme charts that change through the eyes and ears of four very different, yet equally nationalistic, composers from their various vantage points around Europe.
STEINBERG DUO Louisa Stonehill, violin Nicholas Burns, piano
Formed in 2007, the Steinberg Duo are passionate about presenting the wonderful violin & piano repertoire as an equal partnership. They have performed in Canada, Spain, Germany and throughout the UK. Since 2009 they have curated a successful recital series in the beautifully intimate setting of the 1901 Arts Club on London’s Southbank which enters its 5th season in the Autumn. 2013 will also see the release of their first two commercial recordings for Nimbus Records. For the past two years, the duo have spent each January in residence at The Banff Centre in Canada, generously supported by the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund, the Richard Carne Trust & The Banff Centre.
Committed to supporting high quality contemporary music, the duo enjoy a particularly close association with composer Philip Sawyers, from whom they commissioned a second violin sonata in 2011. Both forthcoming discs feature his work, including the violin sonatas and the Concertante for Piano, Violin and Strings with the Orchestra of the Swan. This year they have also given the world premieres of work by Czech composer Pavel Zemek Novak, and Canadian composer Greg Samek.
The duo has studied intensively with eminent chamber musicians at home and abroad. They have performed in masterclasses with Peter Cropper, Leland Chen, Krysia Osostowicz, Anthony Marwood, Henk Guittart, Ronan O’Hora, Christoph Richter, David Waterman, William Howard & Richard Ireland. They were regular participants in the ChamberStudio masterclasses at Kings Place 2010-12 and took part in the masterclasses at IMS Prussia Cove in 2010.
Louisa and Nick married in 2008 and live in Greenwich, South-East London where they have recently transformed a disused shop unit into a specialised chamber music studio. In this wonderfully intimate space they hold monthly recitals for local residents, giving their neighbours a unique opportunity to experience chamber music is its natural habitat, away from the concert hall. They are both committed educators, using the space for lessons and classes and twice a year they organise concerts for their pupils in St. Alfege Church, giving the children the wonderful opportunity of regularly performing to large audiences.
Louisa plays on a wonderful English violin made in early 2010 by Glen Collins. It is based on the Lord Wilton Guarneri del Jesu violin owned by the late Yehudi Menuhin. The Duo takes its name from Louisa’s original Polish surname which was anglicised by her father in the 1940s.
Formed in 2007, the Steinberg Duo are passionate about presenting the wonderful violin & piano repertoire as an equal partnership. They have performed in Canada, Spain, Germany and throughout the UK. Since 2009 they have curated a successful recital series in the beautifully intimate setting of the 1901 Arts Club on London’s Southbank which enters its 5th season in the Autumn. 2013 will also see the release of their first two commercial recordings for Nimbus Records. For the past two years, the duo have spent each January in residence at The Banff Centre in Canada, generously supported by the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund, the Richard Carne Trust & The Banff Centre.
Committed to supporting high quality contemporary music, the duo enjoy a particularly close association with composer Philip Sawyers, from whom they commissioned a second violin sonata in 2011. Both forthcoming discs feature his work, including the violin sonatas and the Concertante for Piano, Violin and Strings with the Orchestra of the Swan. This year they have also given the world premieres of work by Czech composer Pavel Zemek Novak, and Canadian composer Greg Samek.
The duo has studied intensively with eminent chamber musicians at home and abroad. They have performed in masterclasses with Peter Cropper, Leland Chen, Krysia Osostowicz, Anthony Marwood, Henk Guittart, Ronan O’Hora, Christoph Richter, David Waterman, William Howard & Richard Ireland. They were regular participants in the ChamberStudio masterclasses at Kings Place 2010-12 and took part in the masterclasses at IMS Prussia Cove in 2010.
Louisa and Nick married in 2008 and live in Greenwich, South-East London where they have recently transformed a disused shop unit into a specialised chamber music studio. In this wonderfully intimate space they hold monthly recitals for local residents, giving their neighbours a unique opportunity to experience chamber music is its natural habitat, away from the concert hall. They are both committed educators, using the space for lessons and classes and twice a year they organise concerts for their pupils in St. Alfege Church, giving the children the wonderful opportunity of regularly performing to large audiences.
Louisa plays on a wonderful English violin made in early 2010 by Glen Collins. It is based on the Lord Wilton Guarneri del Jesu violin owned by the late Yehudi Menuhin. The Duo takes its name from Louisa’s original Polish surname which was anglicised by her father in the 1940s.
