The Holy Sepulchre Church and LPMAM collaboration presents a weekly concert series by musicians from the Ukraine Conservatoires. Free to attend concert with retiring collection shared by the musicians and Holy Sepulchre's Music in the Community Fund. This is an in person concert only.
Programme:
William Walton: from Five Bagatelles Giulio Cecchi, guitar 1. Allegro 2. Lento 3. Alla cubana Benjamin Britten: Nocturnal after John Dowland Op. 70 1. Musingly 2. Very Agitated 3. Restless 4. Uneasy 5. Dreaming 6. Gently Rocking 7. Passacaglia 8. Slow and quiet Bach: “Prelude” from Partita 3 Nikita Vikhorev, violin Astor Piazzolla: “Libertango”, arrangement by Nikita Vikhorev and Kristina Mospan Queen: “I Want to Break Free”
Musicians:
Giulio Cecchi, guitar Giulio is an Italian guitarist currently teaching-internship at LPMAM. He started studying guitar with Diego Lopilato and Flavio Cucchi, and after his bachelor’s degree at Fiesole Music Academy with Silvano Mazzoni, he completed a master degree at the Vecchi-Tonelli Musical Institute in Modena, where he studied with Andrea Dieci. Giulio has won several guitar competitions including first prize at “Città di Moncalieri”European Music Competition, “G. Rospigliosi”National Competition and London Classical Music Competition. His guitarflute duo with Emma Longo has received several awards, including first prize at Premio “G.Alberghini”, Florence Guitar Competition and “Crescendo”Competition. He teaches guitar at Caruso Musical Accademy in Lastra a Signa (Florence)and at Artes Music School in Prato.
Nikita Vikhorev, violin Nikita is a 22 years old violist from Odesa, Ukraine. He graduated in violin and conducting at the Nikholaiv College of Music Art before joining the London Performing Academy of Music for the Undergraduate Performance program at the Kharkiv university. He performed extensively as soloist for Classical and Crossover, with recitals in television broadcast, including the opening of the concert season in Kharko.
Holy Sepulchre, the National Musicians’ Church and the London Performing Academy of Music are excited to announce that in response to the war in Ukraine, some of the rooms, including the Henry Wood Room at the church will be used for students from the Ukraine Conservatoires to restart their studies since arriving here under the visa scheme. In addition, the intention is for the church to also be used for regular concerts to provide performance opportunities for the students and generate income to fund the collaboration.
The collaboration between Holy Sepulchre and LPMAM is in response to the war in Ukraine, and provides a place for tuition, rehearsals and concerts for musicians from the Ukraine Conservatoires (https://hsl.church/give)