Amigos de Música de São Lourenço

FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION        THE AMIGOS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING    The AMIGOS’ AGM 2010/11 was held at the Centro Cultural São Lourenço on Friday November 18th., 2011.  The AGM, under the leadership of Assembleia Geral’s president, John Levitt, was conducted with his usual humor and style.  Barry Shaw, the president, reported on the events of the [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION JUNE CONCERTS 06.06.2011 JEROEN DE GROOT, VIOLIN AND BART VAN DE ROER, PIANO. On Wednesday June 15th., 2011 Jeroen and Bart will play works by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. On Saturday June 18th., 2011 they will play pieces by Ravel, Fauré and Prokofiev. Jeroen de Groot, born in 1961 in the Netherlands, [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION MAY CONCERTS 08.05.2011 Sa Chen makes a very welcome return to São Lourenço.  Her first visit in 2009 enchanted audiences with her delicate and glittering technique. On Monday May 23rd., 2011 Sa Chen will play works by Scarlatti, Liszt and Verdi.  On Wednesday May 25th., 2011 she will play a Schubert Sonata [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION APRIL CONCERTS 26.03.2011 Concerts on Tuesday April 12th., 2011 and Thursday April 14th., 2011 at 1900 will be performed by two world famous musicians – Piers Lane, piano and Michael Collins, clarinet. Concerts will include music by Brahms, Liszt, Beethoven, Chopin, Milhaud and Poulenc. On his previous visit to the Centro Cultural [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION MARCH CONCERTS 10.03.2011 The concert on Thursday 24th., March 2011 will be performed by Sunita Mamtani, Cello and Uta Kerner, Violin.  They will play pieces by Boccherini, Kodály, Mozart and Händel-Halvorsen. The second concert will be on Saturday 26th. March when Sunita and Uta will be joined by Julian Riem, Piano and [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION FEBRUARY / MARCH CONCERTS 13.02.2011 SUNDAY FEBRUARY 27th. & WEDNESDAY 2nd. MARCH, 2011. KATYA APEKISHEVA, PIANO. The Centro Cultural welcomes back Katya this time as a solo performer.  In the past she has accompanied Jack Liebeck, the renowned violinist.  In the Sunday concert Katya will perform works by Haydn, Fauré, Debussy and [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION     NEW YEAR’S CONCERTS 13.12.2010 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 29th, 2010 & TUESDAY JANUARY 4th, 2011  JOANA GAMA PIANO. Wednesday’s concert will begin with Franz Liszt’s Years of Pilgrimage – Switzerland followed by various pieces by Erik Satie.  On Tuesday Joana will play pieces by Chopin followed by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION   SEPTEMBER 2010 CONCERTS 03.09.2010 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 24th., 2010 & SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 25th., 2010. YEVGENY SUDBIN, PIANO. Both concerts will have the same programme.  Yevgeny will play two Sonatas by Domenico SCARLATTI followed by Franz LISZT’s Petrarch Sonnets (Nos. 47, 104 & 123).  After a short interval Yevgeny will play Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH’s [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION JUNE & JULY 2010 CONCERTS 19.06.2010 PÅL LINDTNER EIDE, PIANO. These concerts will be on Wednesday June 30th. and Saturday July 3rd., 2010. Wednesday’s concerts are titled “Chopin’s Greatest Hits”. Pål Eide has devoted 2010 to Fredéric Chopin’s music to celebrate the 200th. Anniversary of this great pianist and composer’s birth. Pål [...]