Praised for her "agile and passionate" and "exceedingly lively" playing (Fréttablaðið), Icelandic-American cellist Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir has performed internationally at venues like Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and the Southbank Centre and appeared as a soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra (ISO), the Iceland Youth Orchestra, and the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra. Her recent concert tour of Iceland featuring the six Bach Cello Suites was hailed as "an awe-inspiring experience" (Jónas Sen, Fréttablaðið).
She has studied at Northwestern, the Juillard School and London’s Royal Academy of Music and has been a prize winner at numerous competitions, including the Anton Rubinstein International Cello Competition, the Hellam Young Artist Competition, the New York International Artists Association Competition, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist Competition, the Philharmonic Society of Arlington Young Artist Competition, and the Thaviu String Competition. As a chamber musician she won Gold Medal and Grand Prize at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition with the Terra String Quartet. She has performed solo and chamber music recitals across the United States, Canada, Iceland, Denmark, Holland, France, and the UK.
Described by the french radio as"one of the most gifted pianists of the young generation" and "a young artist with a distinctive voice", Antoine Préat (@AntoinePreat) is building a solid concert career.
Performance to include:
Beethoven - 7 Variations on 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen'
J.S. Bach - Solo Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major
Sibelius - Select movements from Four Pieces, Op. 78
Brahms - Sonata for cello and piano in E minor, Op. 38
The next lunchtime concert is on Thursday 28 November and will be performed by Ignas Macnickas (piano).
Join the LSE Choir and Orchestra on Tuesday 10 December for the LSE Christmas Concert in the beautiful surroundings of St Clement Danes Church.
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Just economics and politics? Think again. While LSE does not teach arts or music, there is a vibrant cultural side to the School - from weekly free music concerts in the Shaw Library, and an LSE orchestra and choir with their own professional conductors, various film, art and photographic student societies and regular public exhibitions. For more information please visit LSE Arts and Music.
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