Jelena Makarova, piano

Day 2:
Schoenberg, 6 Little Piano Pieces Op.19
L. Berio, Six Encores (selection)
G. Ligeti, Musica Ricercata (selection)
C. Vine, Five Bagatelles (selection)

International Call for Scores Winners:
Brian Cope, Étude No.3
Andrew List, Shu The Egyptian Goddess of Cool Dry Air
Xu Tang, Mo

Daily Schedule:

10:00 – 10:15 Welcome
10:15 – 10:30 Introduction
10:30 – 11:30 First Part
11:30 – 11:45 Break
11:45 – 13:00 Second Part

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 – 14:55 Third Part
14:55 – 15:00 Short Break
15:00 – 15:55 Fourth Part
15:55 – 16:05 Short Break
16:05 – 16:50 Concert

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Jelena Makarova is a Russian-born Lithuanian pianist. She graduated from the Lithuanian Music Academy, where she studied piano with Olga Steinberg, obtaining her Master’s Degree with all-round Distinctions in Piano Performance,
Accompaniment and Piano Teaching. During her studies, Jelena became a winner of the National J. Gruodis Piano Competition for Young Pianists. She also performed at the British Embassy in Lithuania.

Jelena then moved to the UK and was accepted to study at the Royal Academy of Music, London, where she studied piano with Colin Stone and chamber music with Nicola Eimer and Michael Dussek. During her studies, Jelena had a public master class with the French pianist, Pierre Laurent-Aimard. She also performed at the prestigious Gyorgy Kurtag’s music festival ‘Games, Signs and Messages’. She was coached by Gyorgy Kurtag and was chosen to perform at the festival’s gala with the guest appearance of Mitsuko Uchida. Jelena graduated from the Academy in 2006 with Postgraduate Diploma in Piano Performance.

Jelena now has established a busy career of concert pianist, chamber musician, an accompanist and an educator.

She frequently appears in the recitals and festivals in the UK, Sweden, USA and Russia. Her recent performances include Carnegie Hall and also recitals for the prestigious ‘Pianists of the World’ series at the St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Liszt International Piano Festival, London; Beethoven Piano Society of Europe, St. George’s Hall in Bristol, St. James’s Piccadilly, Brunel Museum, Blackheath Halls, Foundling Museum, Chelmsford and Bristol Cathedrals and etc.

Jelena also performed at the St. John’s Smith Square with the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain for the orchestra’s 40th Anniversary Concert. The performance included World Premiere of the work by the British Composer Kenneth Hesketh ‘Gilded Theatre’.

She had master classes with Pierre Laurent-Aimard (France), Paul Lewis (UK), Ian Hobson (USA), Gyorgy Kurtag (Hungary), Herbert Zahling (Germany), Roger Vignoles (UK), Murray McLachlan (UK), Joan Havill (UK)

Jelena also enjoys collaborating with other musicians. She is a pianist for Trio Sonorité, Eos Trio, Ensemble Mintaka, a Vocal/Piano Duo with Soprano Jessica Summers and trio with Soprano Nina Kopparhed and Clarinettist Peter Cigleris.

She also loves performing New Music and has been working with and performed works by many living composers such as Kurtag, Hesketh, Borenstein, Causton, Germanavicius, Yiu, Turnage, Woolrich, Haigh, Wallen.

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