Lunchtime Recital by Yuwei Chen cello, Steven Neugarten, piano

Описание: Programme

J. S. Bach: Prelude from Cello Suite No. 3, BWV 1009
Henriëtte Bosmans: Impressions for Violoncello and Piano
Sally Beamish: Miranda Dreaming
L. V. Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No.2
I. Allegro con brio
II. Adagio con molto sentimento d’affetto
III. Allegro fugato

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Artist bios

Yuwei Chen, cellist, is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. She completed her Master’s degree at the Royal College of Music (RCM) in 2025, studying with Professor Raphael Wallfisch.
She has performed under distinguished conductors including Vasily Petrenko, Nicolas Collon, and the European Chamber Orchestra, and appeared with the RCM Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kirill Karabits at the Aldeburgh Festival, as well as in the Youth Music Culture the Greater Bay Area with conductor Daniel Harding. Other highlights performances include ‘The Magic Flute’ at the Gut Immling Opera Festival, with her piano trio ‘Yuan’ at the Shanghai Conservatory International Chamber Music Festival, and was invited to perform at the 2025 New Year Reception for British Academicians and Experts, hosted by the Chinese Embassy in the UK. She is currently based in London, where she continues her performing career and actively promotes cultural exchange.

Steven Neugarten was born in London in 1960. He studied physics at Bristol University, and stayed on doing research after graduating in 1982. In 1986,after 10 yeas without piano lessons, he began studying the piano with James Gibb, both privately and later at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he also studied with Edith Vogel. He was awarded the Concert Recital Diploma (Premier Prix) in 1989. Subsequently he studied with Gyorgy Kurtag in Hungary and London.
Since his professional debut in 1988 Steven has won prizes in several prestigious national and international piano competitions, also performing throughout the UK and in France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Norway and Israel. His repertoire ranges from Bach, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven through to Carter, Messiaen, Tippett and Ligeti.
In addition to his work as a soloist, he is very active as a chamber musician and much in demand as a song accompanist. He has broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Classic FM and Radio Vaticano.

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