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We're sorry to inform you that Jonian Ilias Kadesha and Pablo Hernán Benedí’s concert has been cancelled. This is due to Jonian and his wife, cellist Vashti Hunter, recently welcoming their second little girl to the world. Her arrival came as a bit of a surprise as she was two months early, but she's doing well and is full of life!

BBC New Generation Artist and YCAT violinist Hana Chang is already laureate of many international competitions whilst completing her studies at the Kronberg Academy. Internationally acclaimed for his exemplary and spirited playing, chamber musician and accompanist Jonathan Ware is a regular guest at the world’s leading recital venues, and recent appearances include Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall.

Talented young artists of Purcell School present a programme of early 20th Century French music. Typically dreamy sound-worlds and harmonies richer are created by all combinations of flute, clarinets, string quartet, piano, and harp.

Record producer, musician and Sneaker Pimps member Joe Wilson joins us to kick off February's showcase of musical talent.

This will be the first opportunity to hear the newest winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition performing in Leeds just months after the 2024 competition. The winner follows an illustrious line of past winners including Radu Lupu, Murray Perahia, Mitsuko Uchida, András Schiff, Lars Vogt, and more recently Eric Lu and Alim Beisembayev.

A devotee of historically informed performance, classical guitarist Georgi Dimitrov alternates music of the English Renaissance with the 20th Century. He finishes his programme with a combination of the two in Britten’s epic exploration of a John Dowland theme, which is finally revealed in full at the very end of the work.