Since graduating from the Conservatoire de Paris and Kronberg Academy, Irène Duval has firmly established herself as a compelling and versatile performer, praised for her "infinite delicacy" (Le Populaire du centre) and "astonishing virtuosity" (Revelation Classiques, Prades). Ariel Lanyi was winner of third prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2021, and prize winner in the inaugural Young Classical Artists Trust (London) and Concert Artists Guild (New York) International Auditions. His playing has been described as possessing an "innate intelligence and a sense of flawless rhythm" (John Bell Young).
Duval has won multiple international competitions and is an active performer of concerti, recitals and chamber music. She has appeared frequently as a soloist both throughout her native France and abroad. Her engagements have included performances at the Philharmonie de Paris, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Salle Gaveau, Dresdner Kulturpalast, Wigmore Hall, and Les Folles Journées in Japan. Duval has played with the Dresdner Philharmonie, Kremerata Baltica, Orchestre d'Auvergne, Sinfonia Varsovia, Bad Elster Chursaesische Philharmonie, Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine, Orchestre Lyrique de Région Avignon Provence, with conductors Maxim Emelyanichev, Roberto Fores Veses, Michael Sanderling, Robert Trevino. In September 2016, her first CD, Poèmes, was released for Mirare/Harmonia Mundi.
Over the last few years, Lanyi has made his debut at Wigmore Hall and participated in the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont, alongside renowned artists such as Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss. His recording of music by Schubert for Linn Records was released, and he gave live concerts (for release online) for the Vancouver Recital Society in Canada and the Banco de la República in Colombia. As a soloist he performed Brahms Concerto No.2 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as Beethoven’s Concerto No.2 at the Royal Academy of Music.
Schubert Sonatina No.1 in D Major, D.384
Hahn Romance in A for violin and piano
Fauré Sonata No.1 in A for violin and piano, Op.13
The next lunchtime concert is on Thursday 17 March and will be performed by Jordan Bak (viola) and Iyad Sughayer (piano).
Join the LSE Choir and Orchestra on 29 March for the LSE Spring Concert in the beautiful surroundings of St Clement Danes Church.
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