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PARKHOUSE AWARD WINNERS
TRIO SORA AT WIGMORE HALL
Winners of the 2017 Parkhouse Award,
Trio Sōra’s performances and inventive
programming are inspired by the diverse
cultural heritage of its members – France,
Italy, Latvia and Basque. Having met at the
Paris Conservatoire in 2015, they
discovered and developed a shared
passion for chamber music which has
resulted in their unique interpretations.
The Trio comprises Pauline Chenais,
piano; Madgalēna Geka, violin; Angèle
Legasa, cello.
Having won several awards at
international competitions, including the
Parkhouse Award, they were appointed
Lauréat HSBC 2017 at the Festival d’Aix.
They have performed at such venues as
the Philharmonie de Paris, the Auditorium
du Louvre and London’s Wigmore Hall
and Southbank Centre in addition to
festivals such as La Folle Journée de
Nantes, the Festival International d’Art
Lyrique d’Aix en Provence and the Verbier
Festival.
Always concerned with enriching their
artistic direction, the musicians of Trio
Sōra regularly work with masters such as
Mathieu Herzog, Menahem Pressler,
Quatuor Ebène and Quatuor Artemis.
Trio Sōra receive support from the
Fondation Safran pour la Musique,
O ADAMI, Fondation Meyer and Fondation
Baillet-Latour/Queen Elisabeth Music
Chapel. Magdalēna Geka plays a
Giuseppe Guarneri 1697 violin, and
Angèle Legasa a Giulio Cesare Gigli 1767
cello, both instruments loaned
by f the Fondation Boubo-Music
(Switzerland).
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Visitors will be able to experience their
exciting playing at Wigmore Hall on
Sunday 14 October (19.30) and at the
Purcell Room on Monday 26 November.
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JOURNEY THROUGH CONFLICT:
FROM THEN UNTIL NOW
Commemorating the Centenary of the
end of WW1, Major-General (rtd) Andy
Salmon CMG OBE (pictured above), will
lead the audience through a unique event
at St James’s Piccadilly on 25 October
(19.30), charting the experiences of
servicemen and women in conflict from
WW1 onwards. Andy spent 36 years in
the Royal Marines and is a former
Commandant General, Head of Service.
He served in many global conflicts,
including The Troubles, The Falklands
War, Angola, Sierra Leone, The Balkans
and Iraq from 1991 and the Kurdish
humanitarian crisis, to 2003 in the Green
Zone, Baghdad, and to 2008/9, when he
was the last British General in Basra,
closing down the UK Campaign.
Audiences at St James’s will be drawn
into the atmosphere of conscription as
they enter the space. Dan Elliot, in
character as the WW1 Old Soldier, will be
direct you to your seats before opening
the performance. 95 yr old Pat will recall
the Second World War, a WRNS Special
Duties Linguist Y, intercepting German
Naval Traffic & Enigma Code, then those
who suffered physical and psychological
trauma in The Troubles, Falklands, Sierra
Leone, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. The
8m wide backdrop was created by artist
and former Marine Richard Rochester.
Through personal research in the
battlefields and woods of northern France
Richard invites you into the landscape as
witnessed by soldiers in WW1.
For Maurillia, her love of music and
song provided a lifeline when all seemed
over after a mortar attack in Iraq. For
triple-amputee Jon, when you appear to
have lost everything you had before you
went to war, there is a luminosity in his
plea for us to live peacefully, to practice
forgiveness and hope.
From Then Until Now draws to a close
with Buglers from the Royal Marines
playing, with solemn beauty, the wellloved
music of Sunset. This artistic
performance also features renowned onehanded
concert pianist Nicholas
McCarthy, whose performance of Left-
Hand Alone repertoire arranged for injured
service personnel following WW1, is
fused with the artwork, voices, poetry and
stories of our veterans’ personal journey
through conflict, severe injury and
rehabilitation. Told with unflinching
honesty, grit and humour, their courage
and bravery is both uplifting and
inspiring. Telephone 020 7734 4511 or
www.journeythroughconflict.org
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