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Lara Melda

Hosted by Contemporary Turkish Studies

Shaw Library, 6th Floor, Old Building

Lara Melda (@LaraMelda) won the BBC Young Musician 2010 competition, performing Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2 in the final round with Vasily Petrenko and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Cardiff.

Since 2010, she has become a regular artist on BBC Radio 3, performed at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, travelled the world performing concertos with renowned orchestras and giving recitals in many countries including the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg (Germany), Les Sommets Musicaux in Gstaad (Switzerland), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival (Germany), Auditorium San Mattia Ai Crociferi in Palermo (Italy), to name but a few.

Lara Melda performs regularly in Turkey and made her debut at the International Music Festival in Istanbul in June 2011, playing the Grieg Concerto with the Borusan Philharmonic. She has also been presented by the “Istanbul Recitals” piano series and performed at the Antalya Piano Festival, Boğaziçi University and Zorlu Center. In 2012 she received the prestigious “Promising Young Artist” award from Kadir Has University and in 2015 was voted the “Woman of the Year Arts Award” by Elele-Avon and the Turkish public. Lara returned to Turkey in May 2019 to perform Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the Cumhurbaşkanlığı Senfoni Orkestrası in Ankara.

Lara made her Wigmore Hall recital debut in 2017 and followed this with three more sold out recitals there in January, December 2018, November 2019 and May 2021. During the COVID pandemic Lara continued giving concerts via online platforms including recitals for many music festivals around the world and gave a performance of Mozart's K595 with the Northern Chamber Orchestra.

In the summer of 2016 Lara graduated from the Royal College of Music with a first-class honours degree, where she studied with Ian Jones. She had begun piano lessons with Emily Jeffrey at the age of six and since 2017 continues working closely with Alfred Brendel. 2020 saw the release of her debut Chopin album.

The concert programme will include:

Sonata No.17 in D minor ‘The Tempest’, Op. 31 No. 2 

Largo: Allegro  

Adagio 

Allegretto 

BEETHOVEN

Étude in D flat major, S. 144 No. 3 ‘Un Sospiro’ 

LISZT

Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 

Allegro maestoso 

Scherzo, Molto vivace 

Largo 

Finale. Presto, non tanto 

CHOPIN

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Contemporary Turkish Studies focuses on the politics and economy of Türkiye and its relations with the rest of Europe. The research group aims to promote a deeper understanding of contemporary Türkiye through interdisciplinary and critical research, teaching and related public activities.

Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSETurkey

Attendees are invited to attend a drinks reception, which will take place immediately following the event. 

*Header Photo: Lara Melda ©Bilal Köse

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