Belsize Music Academy
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About us
Belsize Music Academy is a new project in music education. It unites under one roof a music school based on Russian pedagogical tradition, a performing venue and a home of a chamber orchestra. Pupils of the Academy have access to professional music education from their early years. When they join the Academy, the become part of a big "music family" for which music is a way of existence rather than merely another subject to study.
Attending concerts at St Peter's, the children are introduced to the best of classical music performed by both gifted young soloists and musicians of high standing, The children's horizons are extended by exposure to all types of concerts - solo recitals, chamber music and orchestral performances. Also included in our series are family concerts and concerts for parents with babies and young children in partnership with "Classical Babies". All pupils of the Academy are provided with regular performing opportunities and participate in public concerts and charity events. Children who demonstrate exceptional commintment to music have unique opportunities to perform with professional ensembles and orchestras.
We strive to provide music education for all and to share the wonderful experience of classical music with as many music lovers as possible. To do this, we need your help and support. Please contact us to discuss our fundraising projects and how you can become involved.
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- @MagnusTheBear Ideally aural should be taught as a separate subject tied in with music theory, still a compulsory part of music exams...
- We're happy to announce that we'll use Yamaha CFX grand piano from @southbankcentre for our pupils' concert at St Peter's on the 24th March!
- BMA would like to thank @sashagrynyuk for his amazing recital at St Peter's yesterday - and wish him luck for Wigmore on Thursday!
- RT @PeterisCello: Come to @lsostlukes Friday 12.30 for Beethovens's 2nd Cello and Piano Sonata + Schumann's 5 Stücke in Volkston. http: ...
- "What is an Urtext?" by Simon Smith http://t.co/FTDbHIm9Tg
- Daniel Trifonov's interview after his recital in California http://t.co/gU3U6CH7gJMar 12, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- RT @MusicalChamber: Notting Hill Concerts 11th & 15th March 2013 incl. Friday Septet Special - http://t.co/TwvH81XWuV
- Congratulations to BMA pupil Alessandro d'Orazio for winning 2013 Jaques Samuel Piano Festival!
- Mar 09, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @BelsizeMusic: Congratulations to BMA pupils Nicolas Veal-Baschwitz and Zach Brandman on their performances at the @RCMLatest on Sunday
- RT @bachtrack: Serially fascinating: Karim Said plays Schoenberg at #TheRestIsNoise http://t.co/tfPiuwVfag
- @guildhallschool Gold Medal winner @sashagrynyuk performs in St. Peter's in Belsize Park on 16th March http://t.co/LPygdcnicW
- Sunday 10 March 4 pm. "Concerts for the Young" at St Peter's Belsize Pk. "Peter and the Wolf" with Pavel Timofejevsky " and Craig White.Feb 24, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- 16 March 19.30 Piano recital by Sasha Grynyuk at St Peter's Belsize Pk. NW3 4HY. Book online: http://t.co/LPygdcnicW http://t.co/WTD0KvhqUHFeb 24, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Old Russian New Year concert - 13 Jan 4 pm. Pavel Timofejevsky, St Peter's Belsize Sq. NW3. Tchaikovsky and Debussy. http://t.co/927WzbngJan 11, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Pavel Timofejevsky, Piano. Sunday 13 January 4 pm St Peter's Belsize Sq. NW3. Tchaikovsky (incl.The Seasons), Debussy. http://t.co/YSgC0tGCJan 06, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Nov 18, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Candlelit Christmas Concert & Reception St Peter's Belsize Pk Sat 8 Dec 7.30 pm Schubert String Quintet in C, Mozart Symphony no.40Nov 18, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Sat 3 Nov 19.30 St Peter's Church NW3 Litsa Tunnah and Petr Limonov- Beethoven, Ravel, Prokofiev http://t.co/wHWOSpz2 http://t.co/4I1HkG6iOct 27, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Litsa Tunnah, violin and Petr Limonov, piano-Beethoven, Ravel, Prokofiev 3 Nov 19.30 St Peter's NW3 http://t.co/wHWOSpz2Oct 22, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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Diary of events
BELSIZE ACADEMY CONCERT SERIES
St Peter's Church, Belsize Square,
London, NW3 4HY
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BELSIZE ACADEMY PUPILS' CONCERT
24 March 2013, 4pm - Belsize Music Academy end of term concert. Academy pupils will perform works by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Prokofiev and Grieg and will be joined in this concert by three exceptionally gifted young concert pianists who combine concert careers with teaching at the Academy - Sergey Basukinsky, Petr Limonov and Mark Viner. They will present works by three great Romantics - Schumann, Chopin and Liszt.
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PAST EVENTS:
16 March 2013, 7:30 pm
Sasha Grynyuk - piano recital.
Pärt -Für Alina
Schumann - Kinderszenen, op.15
Mozart - Piano Sonata in A Major, K.331
Bach, Gershwin, Scriabin - 10 Preludes
Gulda - 5 works from "Play piano Play"10th March 2013, 4pm
Sergei Prokofiev - "Peter and the Wolf"
Narrated and performed by Craig White and Pavel Timofejevsky.
13 January 2013 4 pm
Pavel Timofejevsky performs Tchaikovsky's "The Seasons" and Debussy's "Suite Bergamasque"
9 December 2012 4 pm:
Viennese Piano. A celebration of viennese music: from Haydn and Beethoven to Schoenberg.
Karim Said launched an international career touring Berg’s Chamber Concerto with his mentor Daniel Barenboim, a great advocate of the Second Viennese School himself. In this programme, Karim explores and introduces the solo music of both ‘’Viennese Schools’’ in the context of a broader recital programme.
8th December 2012 7:30 pm:
Schubert and Mozart by Candlelight
Schubert: Quintet in C major, D. 956
Benjamin Baker (violin)
Agata Darashkaite (violin)
Rosalind Ventris (viola)
Michael Petrov (cello)
Peteris Sokolovskis (cello)
Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Academy Soloists Orchestra
Conductor - Petr Limonov
Schubert's famous Quintet in C major - arguably the greatest chamber music composition ever written - is followed by Mozart's greatly admired Symphony No. 40, described by Charles Rosen as "a work of passion, violence and grief"
2 December 2012 4 pm:Young Pianists in Recital - End of Year Concert
Pupils of Belsize Music Academy aged 8 – 16 perform Prokofiev’s cycle “Music for the Young” and works by Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Glinka, Tchaikovsky and Grieg
3rd November 2012: Violin and Piano recital
Outstanding young musicians Litsa Tunnah (violin) and Petr Limonov (piano) play sonatas by Beethoven, Ravel and Prokofiev. Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata, perhaps the most famous of all violin sonatas, is followed by Ravel's jazz-influenced Sonata in G major and Prokofiev's masterpiece, his beautiful Sonata no.2 in D major.
14th October 2012: Chopin and His Idols
This concert is dedicated to exploring the influences of Bach and Mozart on Chopin's music. Pupils of the Belsize Music Academy join professional musicians and actors to create a production based on the script by Anthony Phillips, translator of Prokofiev's Diaries. The programme includes works by Bach and Mozart, two composers Chopin held in the highest esteem, as well as his famous Mazurkas, Nocturnes, Waltzes and the great Barcarolle.
30th September 2012: Journey through the centuries. Viktor and Stanislav Hvartchilkov (classical guitar)
Wonderful guitarists - brothers Viktor and Stanislav Hvartchilkov - present classical guitar repertoire in different styles to be enjoyed by both children and adults.
29th September 2012: Piano recital.
Celebrated pianist Alexei Grynyuk, who recently appeared on the BBC Proms plays a programme of Chopin and Liszt. Chopin's Polonaise, Nocturnes and Mazurkas are followed by Liszt's great B minor Sonata and Horowitz's transcription of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody no.2
8th July 2012 , 5pm - Belsize Chamber Orchestra perform works by Haydn and Mozart.
7th July 2012, 1pm - Gagliano Ensemble perform Mozart and Brahms piano quartets.
7th July 2012, 7:30pm - Gala concert: Winners of international piano competitions Petr Limonov, Mark Viner, Alexander Ullman and Evelyne Berezovsky perform works of Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Alkan, Rachmaninoff and Scriabin.
1st July 2012, 4:30pm - Young pianists in recital
17th June 2012, 2-5pm - Open Masterclass with Pavel Timofejevsky
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Concerts for families with young children (0-3 years) in partnership with Classical Babies - every Wednesday 2pm
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Where to find us
- Hampstead, London Borough of Camden, London NW3 4HY, UK
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Video recordings
- Gagliano Ensemble perform Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor, 7th July 2012
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Tchaikovsky: Children's Album - a charity concert at the Burgh House, London, December 2011
Young pianists in recital, 1st July 2012
Alessandro d'Orazio plays Schumann
Alessandro d'Orazio plays Prokofiev
Theo Nash plays Bach
Zachi Brandman plays Beethoven and Chopin
Masha Galaeva plays Bach
Masha Galaeva plays Tchaikovsky
Haydn: Divertimenti for piano and strings
Nicolas Veal-Baschwitz
Alessandro d'Orazio
Zachi Brandman
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Links
"Technique, the Outgrowth of Musical Thought" - by Vladimir Horowitz
Evgeny Timakin, teacher of Mikhail Pletnev and Ivo Pogorelich, talks about his teaching principles (in Russian)
"Several words about Vladimir Sofronitsky", by Maria Yudina
Daniil Trifonov, winner of the last Tchaikovsky competition, talks about Russian school of piano playing
