Worcester Philharmonic Orchestra
09 November 2024
2.30pm
Pershore Abbey, Pershore
After Humperdinck’s delightfully tuneful Overture to Hansel and Gretel, the audience will be treated to a performance of Schumann’s ever popular Piano Concerto, with soloist Irina Lyakhovskaya. The concert concludes with Tchaikovsky’s magnificent 4th Symphony.
Tea and cakes are available before the concert and during the interval.
Irina Lyakhovskaya became a UK citizen in 2010. She is a highly regarded pianist performing as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist. She has given many performances at leading international venues including London’s Southbank Centre, Wigmore Hall, Symphony Hall, Cadogan Hall, Kings Place and St John’s Smith Square, also at St Petersburg Philharmonic, Smetana Hall and Porto Coliseum and at concert clubs and festivals across the UK. Between 2016 and 2020 she was an Artist in Residence at Eastbourne Arts Centre where she performed the complete Beethoven piano sonatas in a cycle of eight concerts. As a concerto soloist, Irina has performed works by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Grieg, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Skryabin and Rachmaninov. She lives in London and is a faculty member at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Born in St Petersburg, she studied with Alexander Sandler at the St Petersburg Conservatoire and with John Bingham in London. Irina started learning the piano when she was five years old. She really wanted to play the violin, but there was a piano at home and her parents couldn’t afford to buy or rent a violin, so they decided she should learn the piano. Of course, Irina doesn’t regret it now, but she does particularly enjoy playing with many wonderful violinists!
Tickets for the performance are available from Worcester, Malvern and Pershore Tourist Offices or online at ticketsource.co.uk. Please note that Pershore Tourist Office only accepts cash or cheque.