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As part of the 2nd London Prokofiev Festival, Yulia Chaplina (piano) and Bartholomew LaFollette (cello) play works by Russian and Soviet composers.
PROGRAMME
Piotr Tchaikovsky, Sentimental Waltz, 'None but the lonely heart' arr. for cello and piano
Sergei Rachmaninov, 'Elegy' for piano solo
Arno Babadjainan, ‘Give me back the music’ for piano solo
Dmitri Schostakovich, Selected Pieces for film music for piano solo
Sergei Prokofiev, Sonata for cello and piano op. 119
Sergei Rachmaninov, 'Vocalise' arr. for cello and piano
THE CONCERT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 60 MINUTES LONG, WITHOUT AN INTERVAL, AND THE AUDIENCE WILL BE LIMITED TO 30 PEOPLE TO COMPLY WITH COVID-19 SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES.
Photograph: Richard Lewisohn
Bartholomew LaFollette has a rich and varied career as a solo cellist and chamber musician. Last season he made his debut with the BBC Philharmonic on 6 hours notice playing Dvořák's Cello Concerto which was later broadcast on BBC Radio 3. His debut CD of Brahms’s Sonatas for Cello and Four Serious Songs with pianist Caroline Palmer was released to critical acclaim on the Champs Hill label, with Gramophone praising it’s "technical finesse and interpretative insight" and The Strad writing "The dolce at the end of the Adagio is heart-wrenching."
Hailed by the Irish Times for being “as free in touching the heartstrings as he was in dashing off dazzling runs”, Bartholomew's highlights with orchestra include appearing as soloist with the City of London Sinfonia, Dvořák's Cello Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and performances of the Walton and Elgar Cello Concertos in the Barbican Hall. He has also performed Brahms’s Double Concerto with Daniel Stabrawa and the Poznań Philharmonic in Poland and Shostakovich 1 with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra in Norway.
Recent performances have included chamber music appearances alongside Anthony Marwood and Richard Lester at their Peasmarsh Festival as well as a series of concerts with the acclaimed Danish String Quartet around the USA and Canada. Bartholomew also joined the Sitkovetsky Trio on tour throughout Australia to glowing reviews including "When LaFollette played the theme first heard in the piano, with a glassy faraway look and invested it with soulful meaning, the audience was in the trio's thrall."
Bartholomew's musical collaborators have included Caroline Palmer, Christian Tetzlaff, Alina Ibragimova, Jennifer Stumm, Roman Simovic, András Keller, Ferenc Rados, Anthony Marwood and many others.
As a YCAT artist (Young Classical Artists Trust) from 2007-2011, Bartholomew gave numerous performances at the Wigmore, Barbican, Royal Festival and Bridgewater halls. He went on to win first prize at The Arts Club's and Decca Records' inaugural Classical Music Award. Bartholomew was also the first recipient of the Irish Chamber Orchestra's Ardán Award.
Born in Philadelphia, Bartholomew LaFollette has lived in Britain since the age of 13. He trained at the Yehudi Menuhin School, and later the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. At the age of twenty-six he was appointed Professor of Cello at the Yehudi Menuhin School. Bartholomew is artistic director of the Marryat Players International Chamber Music Festival, now in its seventh year, which takes place in Wimbledon Village.
Bartholomew plays a Giovanni Dollenz cello from 1841 and an F.X.Tourte from 1790 for which he is particularly grateful to the Stradivari Trust.
Photograph: Gaynor Perry
Yulia Chaplina
Born in Rostov-on-Don (Russia), London-based Yulia gave her debut performance aged 7, performing Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in F minor with the Rostov State Symphony Orchestra. Since then, she has performed extensively in Europe and Asia. Described by International Piano Magazine as ‘quintessentially Russian’ and ‘with technical fluency and rich tonal shading reminiscent of the great Communist era artists such as Emil Gilels’, Yulia is the winner of 7 international piano competitions. Since winning the First Prize & the Gold Medal in the prestigious Tchaikovsky International Competition for Young Musicians, she has performed regularly as a soloist in many of the world's finest venues, including the Wigmore Hall, Kings Place and the Southbank Centre in London, Berlin’s Philharmonie, the Grand Halls of the Moscow Conservatoire and the St. Petersburg Philharmonia, Bunka Kaikan Hall in Tokyo and many other concert halls.
Yulia’s solo CD of Russian Music, recorded by Champs Hill Records, was described by the American Record Guide as "....an outstanding disc and one I’ll return to often", adding that "Russian born and trained Yulia Chaplina brings to her playing more than a lifetime of acquaintance with this music."
Yulia holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Arts (Berlin), and a Masters in Music & Fellowship from the RCM (London). Yulia received music coaching from Mstislav Rostropovitch, Andras Schiff, Mitsuko Uchida, Paul Badura-Skoda, David Waterman, Steven Isserlis, Thomas Adès and Liliya Zilberstein.
Yulia is a regular music contributor for Russian Arts & Culture and has written extensively for many UK music publications, including Gramophone, Pianist, International Piano, BBC Classical Music Magazine as well as publications in Russia and Germany. She has recently published a series of interviews ('Musicians in Isolation') to inspire young musicians during the current lockdown period, featuring Sir András Schiff, Maxim Vengerov, Imogen Cooper, Steven Isserlis and Alina Ibragimova.
Yulia is also the presenter of the "Pianist Platform" where her guests include Alfred Brendel, Pierre - Laurent Aimard, Marc - Andre Hamelin, Imogen Cooper, Barry Douglas, Paul Lewis, Barry Cooper, John Suchet, David Waterman, heads of Keyboard from UK's top conservatoires and schools such as: RAM, Guildhall School of Music of Drama, RNCM, Trinity Laban, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Birmingham conservatoire, Chetham's School of Music, Eton College, Harrow School, Dulwich College, Radley school and many others.
Yulia is a passionate teacher herself and has given many recitals and masterclasses in international music festivals, as well as at the Royal College of Music and in leading UK schools. She has recorded piano syllabus pieces for both the ABRSM and Trinity Piano Examination Boards as well as recording accompaniments for the Trinity Vocal syllabus. Yulia was a member of the selection panel for the Trinity College London Examination Board in 2018 and 2020. She has been invited to participate as a jury member in several music competitions in the UK, Russia and Italy. Yulia is the artistic director of the Prokofiev Festival in London.
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