This Is London 23 September 2016

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Marco Borggreve.
PARKHOUSE AWARD WINNERS THE
AMATIS PIANO TRIO IN CONCERT
The Amatis Piano Trio, winners of the
2015 Parkhouse Award, were the
unanimous choice of the jury which
comprised John Gilhooly, Colin Lawson,
Hamish Milne, Madeleine Mitchell and
Moray Welsh under the guiding eye of
chairman Chris de Souza.
The members of the Amatis Piano
Trio: Mengjie Han, piano; Lea
Hausmann, violin; Samuel Shepherd,
cello are based in Amsterdam and their
performance for the Parkhouse Award on
Tuesday 27 September (19.30) at
Wigmore Hall is the only chance to hear
them in the UK during 2016. They will
perform trios by Schubert and
Shostakovich.
Their programme is one of
beginnings and endings: Shostakovich’s
first piano trio, youthfully impetuous and
lyrical followed by his second bearing
the pain of a friend’s untimely death and
the siege of Leningrad, preceded by
Schubert’s gigantic masterpiece, his
Piano Trio No 2 in E flat major, Op 100,
D929, written in the last year of his
short life.
The Amatis Piano Trio was founded
in Amsterdam in 2013. In addition to
winning the Parkhouse Award in 2015,
this year they won second prize and
audience prize at the International
Joseph Joachim Chamber Music
Competition in Weimar which was
followed immediately by a tour of Hong
Kong and Indonesia. The trio has
performed extensively throughout
Europe and has appeared at many
festivals including Salzburg Chamber
Music Festival, Grachtenfestival
Amsterdam, Beethoven Festival Bonn,
Janine Jansen’s Utrecht Chamber Music
Festival and Festival Pablo Casals in
France.
In 2015, the trio members became the
youngest finalists of the International
Chamber Music Competition ‘Schubert
und die Musik der Moderne’ in Graz,
Austria and shortly after were named
‘Dutch Classical Talent 2015/16’. The
trio has been part of the European
Chamber Music Academy since 2015
and most recently were selected as one
of the BBC New Generation Artists
Scheme.
Tuesday’s concert is the chance to be
there at the beginning of what will
undoubtedly be a stellar career.
There is also a restaurant and bar at
Wigmore Hall, telephone 020 7258 8292
for reservations.
For tickets, telephone the box office
on 020 7935 2141. Further details at
www.parkhouseaward.com
WORLD PREMIERE OF THIS LITTLE
LIFE OF MINE
The world premiere of This Little Life
of Mine will run at Park Theatre for a
limited season from 4 – 29 October.
This brand new production will be the
first musical drama to examine the lives
of modern Londoners, with the pressure
of high expectation and the worry of
underachieving.
A story about the gulf between desire
and reality, the show speaks with
honesty and candour to a generation
spoiled for choice, and challenged by it
too. While exploring contemporary
themes, from dating to infertility to
getting on the property ladder, the show
has a timeless love story at its heart.
The book for This Little Life of Mine
is written by Michael Yale, who will also
be directing the world premiere. The
music is written by Charlie Round-
Turner, with musical direction by
Thomas Duchan.
Audiences take a bitingly funny and
deeply touching tour of modern London
life with Izzy and Jonesy. With exciting
jobs, great friends and even a tiny
overpriced flat in Zone 2 – they’ve got it
all. Or do they? Maybe having a baby is
the one last thing that would make
everything perfect. Or perhaps life has
other ideas...
We’re all busy people chasing our
dreams and looking for instant
gratification from the things we do – our
online posts, our careers, our loves and
our lovers. We’re told we can have
anything we like, and that we have more
choices than any other generation in
history. Set against an instantly
recognisable backdrop of eye-watering
house prices, unreliable dating apps and
over-friendly coffee baristas, This Little
Life of Mine looks at what happens when
we can’t have everything that we want.
The musical is produced by Stage
Traffic Productions, a newly formed
theatre company set up by Michael Yale
and Eilene Davidson to produce theatre
based on strong storytelling and
powerful performances.
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