Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

Alfred Brendel KBE Patron

Sir András Schiff President

Marios Papadopoulos MBE Artistic Director

Oxford Piano Festival 1 - 9 August 2020

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‘Every performance I played, I had a lot of useful feedback from the professors, audiences and observers.’

‘Was a blast to be back! I’m enjoying so much to be a part of the Oxford family and I would love to come back next year!’

‘So great to come across and exchange ideas with so many legendary pianists.’

‘Knowledge gained by the teachers to observers and participants was exceptional’

‘The OPF is a magnificent and unique opportunity to celebrate the highest aspects of a great art by those dedicated to it’s glory and longevity!’

REFlEctiOnS On thE 2019 OxFORd PiAnO FEStivAl

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Last year in this introduction, I wrote about the apparently endless, universal capabilities of the piano – the instrument’s status as both a solo orator and a congenial conversationalist, a vessel for self-absorbed introspection and unbounded, triumphant communication.

Perhaps those qualities are connected more with the musician seated on the piano stool than with the mechanics of the instrument itself. It is pianists – even more than pianos – that wow us with their poetry and passion. And a constant stream of talented pianists emerging from all corners of the world continues to captivate audiences and inspire future players.

At this, the 22nd Oxford Piano Festival, we have plenty such pianists joining us, as well as returning guests and distinguished associates. We welcome pianists from all corners of the world – from Brazil, Russia, the United States, Canada and Europe – to play repertoire spanning three centuries.

It is a particular joy to see alumni of the Festival return for a special concert on 2 August. Between them, these bright young pianists will traverse five of Beethoven’s most varied sonatas as a prelude to Paul Lewis’s

performance of two titled sonatas and the Diabelli Variations later that evening – a fitting way to mark 250 years since the birth of the composer who transformed the piano sonata.

As well as young talent, we have some highly distinguished guests at this year’s festival. Nelson Freire, one the finest Brahms players alive, makes his Festival debut in a performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, which it is my privilege and pleasure to conduct. Elisabeth Leonskaja, a towering pianist and prolific recording artist, also makes her Festival debut in the opening concert on 1 August. A champion of unusual and contemporary repertoire, Alain Lefèvre also joins us for the first time.

I am particularly proud that the Festival has a habit of cultivating long-term friendships. We look forward to seeing old friends Nikolai Lugansky and Richard Goode, while our masterclass series will include Vanessa Latarche, Yoheved Kaplinsky and Menahem Pressler. To be so strongly associated with a pianist of Menahem’s standing, who is Lifetime President of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, is testament to the ambitions of all concerned. Join all of us this August, as we once again celebrate the piano in all its diversity and brilliance.

WElcOME FROM FEStivAl ARtiStic diREctOR MARiOS PAPAdOPOulOS

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Saturday 1 August 2020

12:30 - 13:30 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegeRegistration

14:30 - 17:45 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegeMarios Papadopoulos Masterclass

Elisabeth leonskaja Piano RecitalSt John the Evangelist Church, 20:00

SCHUBERT Sonata in D major, D. 850, ‘Gasteiner’Sonata in A minor, D. 845

Tickets £25 £20 £15 £10 (unsighted)

Elisabeth Leonskaja Paul Lewis

Sunday 2 August 2020

09:30 - 12:45 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegeElisabeth Leonskaja Masterclass

Oxford Piano Festival AlumniJacqueline du Pré Music Building, 15:00

BEETHovEn Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79, ‘Cuckoo’Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22Ignas Maknickas pianoAna Gogava pianoJulius Asal piano Kausikan Rajeshkumar piano Nuron Mukumi piano

Tickets £20

Paul lewis Piano RecitalSheldonian Theatre, 20:00

BEETHovEn Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1, ‘Quasi una fantasia’Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2, ‘Moonlight’Diabelli Variations, Op. 120

Tickets £40 £30 £20 £12

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Alain Lefèvre Richard Goode

Tuesday 4 August 2020

09:30 - 12:45 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegeYoheved Kaplinsky Masterclass

14:30 - 17:45 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegeAlain Lefèvre Masterclass

Richard Goode Piano RecitalMerton College Chapel, 20:00

MozaRT Sonata No. 15 in F major, K. 533Rondo in A minor, K. 511

BRaHMS 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 118

DEBUSSy Images, Book II, L. 111

CHopin Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2Mazurka in C major, Op. 56 No. 2Mazurkas, Op. 59Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49

Tickets £25 £10 (unsighted)

Monday 3 August 2020

09:30 - 12:45 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegeYoheved Kaplinsky Masterclass

14:30 - 17:45 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegeRichard Goode Masterclass

Alain lefèvre Piano RecitalHolywell Music Room, 20:00

DEBUSSyArabesque in E major from Deux arabesques, L. 66Tarentelle styrienne (Danse), L. 77Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque, L. 75L’Isle Joyeuse, L. 106

RavELLa valse, M. 72b

RaCHManinovMoments musicaux, Op. 16 (Nos 1 - 4)

LiSzT Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514

aLain LEfèvRE Force fragile

Tickets £25

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Nelson FreireNikolai Lugansky

Wednesday 5 August 2020

09:30 - 12:45 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegeYoheved Kaplinsky Masterclass

14:30 - 17:45 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegeVanessa Latarche Masterclass

nikolai lugansky Piano RecitalChrist Church Cathedral, 20:00

BEETHovEnSonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109

CHopin Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

fRanCk Prélude, Choral et Fugue, FWV 21

RaCHManinov Selection of Études-Tableaux

Tickets £25 £10 (unsighted)

Thursday 6 August 2020

09:30 - 12:45 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegeNikolai Lugansky Masterclass

14:30 - 17:45 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegeVanessa Latarche Masterclass

nelson Freire & the Oxford Philharmonic OrchestraSheldonian Theatre, 20:00

BRaHMSSymphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 Nelson Freire pianoMarios Papadopoulos conductor

Tickets £45 £35 £25 £15

Supported by an anonymous donor

2019 Festival Participants George Li

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Saturday 8 August 2020

09:30 - 12:45 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegeAmandine Savary Masterclass

14:30 - 17:45 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegeMenahem Pressler Masterclass

George li Piano RecitalSt John the Evangelist Church, 20:00

Programme to include

SCHUBERTImpromptu No. 3 in G flat major from 4 Impromptus, D. 899Fantasie in C major, D. 760, ‘Wanderer Fantasy’

SCHUMannFantasie in C major, Op. 17

Tickets £25 £20 £15 £10 (unsighted)

Sunday 9 August 2020

09:30 - 12:45 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegeMarios Papadopoulos Masterclass

12:45 - 13:00 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegePresentation of Certificates

Friday 7 August 2020

09:30 - 11:30 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegeMarios Papadopoulos Masterclass

11:45 - 12:45 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegeRob Cowan Record Review

14:30 - 16:30 JdP, St Hilda’s College Ian Jones Masterclass

16:45 - 17:45 JdP, St Hilda’s CollegeIan Jones Piano Clinic

Participants’ RecitalJacqueline du Pré Music Building, 20:00

The Festival’s participants take to the stage with fresh guidance from the world’s most esteemed pianists echoing in their ears. Be sure not to miss this showcase of outstanding talent from rising stars of the piano world.

Tickets £12

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SchEdulE OF EvEntS

09:30 - 12:45 JdP, St Hilda’s 13:00 14:30 - 17:45 JdP, St Hilda’s 18:45 20:00 Masterclasses Lunch Masterclasses Dinner Concerts

Saturday Registration 12:30 - 13:30 Elisabeth Leonskaja SJEC 1 August Marios Papadopoulos

Sunday Elisabeth Leonskaja Alumni Recital 15:00 Paul Lewis ST 2 August

Monday Yoheved Kaplinsky Richard Goode Alain Lefèvre HMR 3 August

Tuesday Yoheved Kaplinsky Alain Lefèvre Richard Goode MC 4 August

Wednesday Yoheved Kaplinsky Vanessa Latarche Nikolai Lugansky CC 5 August

Thursday Nikolai Lugansky Vanessa Latarche Nelson Freire & OPO ST 6 August

Friday Marios Papadopoulos 09:30 - 11:30 Ian Jones 14:30 - 16:30 Participants’ Recital JdP 7 August Rob Cowan Record Review 11:45 - 12:45 Ian Jones Piano Clinic 16:45 - 17:45

Saturday Amandine Savary Menahem Pressler George Li SJEC 8 August

Sunday Marios Papadopoulos 9 August

Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda’s College

CC: Christ Church Cathedral Christ Church, St Aldate’s, Oxford OX1 1DP

JdP: Jacqueline du Pré Music Building St Hilda’s College, Cowley Place, Oxford OX4 1DY

HMR: Holywell Music Room Holywell Street, Oxford OX1 3SD

MC: Merton College Chapel Merton Street, Oxford OX1 4JDBy kind Permission of the Warden and Scholars of the House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford.

SJEC: St John the Evangelist Church Iffley Road, Oxford OX4 1EH

ST: Sheldonian Theatre Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AZ

PricesMasterclasses £10 (no concessions)Other events are priced individually Book 6+ events for a 10% discountFestival Passes: see page 17

how to BookBox Office: 01865 980 980Email: boxoffice@oxfordphil.comOnline: oxfordphil.com

Breaks with complimentary tea and coffee11:30 - 11:4516:30 - 16:45

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friday 7 august 11:45 Jacqueline du pré Music Building Rob Cowan Record Review Legendary pianists of the 20th Century: 100 years of distinguished recordings Broadcaster and writer Rob Cowan leads us through a selection of some of the greatest piano recordings ever made, from the golden age of the gramophone to the advent of the compact disc.

16:45 Jacqueline du pré Music Building Ian Jones Piano Clinic In this hour-long session, Ian Jones invites you to his clinic to have all your piano-related ailments diagnosed. Whether you have a question about teaching, technique, performance or interpretation, Dr Jones is sure to find a cure.

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Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire has collaborated with distinguished conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Kurt Masur, Seiji Ozawa, André Previn, Riccardo Chailly and Yuri Temirkanov. He regularly performs with prestigious

orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, Bayerische Rundfunk, Concertgebouw, London Symphony and Czech Philharmonic. In North America, he has performed with the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics; the Boston and Chicago Symphonies; and the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras. He has toured Japan, Brazil, Argentina, and the US with Martha Argerich. An exclusive Decca artist, Freire’s recording of Brahms’s concertos with Chailly was nominated for a Grammy and won two Gramophone Awards in 2007, and Brasileiro received the 2013 Latin Grammy Award for Best Classical Album. Freire was nominated Soloist of the Year in 2003 by the French Victoires de la Musique; in 2005 he received their special Honours Award. In 2007, Freire was appointed a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by the French government, and in 2011 was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur.

Richard Goode has been hailed for music-making of tremendous emotional power, depth and expressiveness, and is recognised worldwide as one of today’s leading interpreters of Classical and Romantic music. In recital,

Goode performs at major musical centres and festivals across the US and Europe. As a soloist, he has performed with most of the major orchestras including the New York, Los Angeles and London Philharmonic Orchestras. An exclusive Nonesuch artist, Goode’s latest recording of the five Beethoven concertos with the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Iván Fischer was described as ‘a landmark recording’ by the Financial Times and nominated for a Grammy award. His 1993 10-CD set of the complete Beethoven sonatas, the first-ever by an American-born pianist, was nominated for a Grammy, chosen for the Gramophone Good CD Guide and re-released in 2017. Goode is a highly respected mentor of young musicians and frequently leads masterclasses at some of the world’s most prestigious institutions.

Ian Jones is a Professor of Piano and Deputy Head of Keyboard at the Royal College of Music. His career as a Steinway Artist has taken him to all five continents for concerts and broadcasts, including

acclaimed performances in London with the Royal Philharmonic and National Symphony Orchestras. His world premiere performances and recordings of music by British composer Rebecca Clarke have received enthusiastic attention. On the recent release of his CD, Chopin: Summer in Nohant, Classic FM Magazine drew comparison with Rubinstein and Arrau, whilst BBC Music Magazine described his playing as having ‘a lyrical elegance and unselfconscious purity of expression’. He is Artistic Director of the World Piano Teachers Association International Piano Competition, a frequent juror at other international piano competitions and performs and conducts masterclasses in many countries, most recently in the USA, Japan, Italy, Sweden, Greece, Serbia, Russia and China.

Yoheved Kaplinsky has appeared throughout the world as a recitalist, in chamber music concerts and with orchestras. She began her musical career as a prize-winner in the J.S. Bach International Competition in

Washington, D.C. A native of Israel, she first studied with Ilona Vincze in Tel Aviv, and continued her studies in the US at the Juilliard School, obtaining a Doctor of Musical Art degree with Irwin Freundlich and Dorothy Taubman. Noted for her insight and understanding of piano technique, Dr Kaplinsky has been in great demand for lectures and masterclasses, and as an adjudicator in international competitions. She holds the Susan W. Rose Chair of Juilliard’s Piano Department and is also Director of its Pre-College Division. She teaches regularly at the Aspen Music Festival, and has participated in various other festivals, including the Tel-Hai International Masterclasses in Israel, the Piano Texas Institute and Pianofest in Long Island, New York.

Since 2005, Vanessa Latarche has been Head of Keyboard at the Royal College of Music, formerly having been a Professor of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music, where she was made an Honorary Associate

in 1997. Latarche was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Music, an honour conferred on her by HRH Prince of Wales in 2010. In 2011, she was granted a Personal Chair, and in 2017 was made the Associate Director for Partnerships in China. Latarche frequently travels to give masterclasses in such institutions as Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory, Shanghai Conservatory of Music and the Beijing Central Conservatory, and she is an advisor to Lang Lang’s music school, in Shenzhen, China. In the UK, Latarche has performed as a soloist with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Concert and BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestras and appeared at festivals including Cheltenham and Harrogate. She has been a juror for competitions worldwide including BBC Young Musician of the Year.

Praised by the Washington Post for combining ‘staggering technical prowess, a sense of command and depth of expression,’ pianist George Li possesses a brilliant virtuosity far beyond his years. Li has performed with

leading orchestras including the Los Angeles, New York, London, and Rotterdam Philharmonic, and the San Francisco, Tokyo, Sydney and Montreal Symphony, and conductors including Dudamel, Gaffigan, Gergiev, Gimeno, Honeck, Orozco-Estrada, Petrenko, Robertson, Slatkin, Temirkanov, Tilson Thomas, Long Yu and Xian Zhang. Li has performed at prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Mariinsky Theatre, Elbphilharmonie, Munich’s Gasteig, and NCPA Beijing, and major festivals including the Edinburgh International, Verbier, Ravinia, and Montreux festivals. Li gave his first public performance at Boston’s Steinway Hall aged 10 and in 2011 performed for President Obama at the White House. Among Li’s prizes are the 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant, 2012 Gilmore Young Artist Award, Silver Medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition and First Prize at the 2010 Young Concert Artists International Auditions.

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Hailed as a ‘hero’ (Los Angeles Times), ‘an artistic winner’ (Music Week), ‘a pianist who breaks the mold’ (International Piano) and who ‘truly stands out from the typical trends and artifices offered on the international

scene’ (Classica), French born Canadian pianist and composer Alain Lefèvre has performed in over 40 countries in prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Cadogan Hall, Théatre des Champs-Élysées, Teatro Colón, Palacio de Bellas Artes and Herodes Atticus Theatre. He has collaborated with renowned orchestras and conductors such as James Conlon, Christoph Eschenbach, Lawrence Foster, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Vladimir Spivakov, Yan Pascal Tortelier and Long Yu. Now an exclusive recording artist for Warner Classics, his discography covers a vast repertoire, from John Corigliano’s Piano Concerto considered as the ‘reference version’ (BBC Music Magazine), to Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with Kent Nagano, ‘a crisply executed and superb recording’ (Gramophone).

For decades now, Elisabeth Leonskaja has been among the most celebrated pianists of our time. In a world dominated by the media, Elisabeth Leonskaja has remained true to herself and to her music. Music is and

always has been her life’s work. Elisabeth Leonskaja has appeared as a soloist with virtually all the leading orchestras in the world, and works with such leading conductors as Tugan Sokhiev, Jiří Bělohlávek and Iván Fischer. She is a frequent and welcomed guest at the most prestigious music festivals, and her solo recitals, including performances of the complete cycle of Schubert Sonatas can be heard in the world’s major musical centres. Her newest recording of Schubert’s early piano sonatas, released in May 2019 by eaSonus, is the second volume of her complete piano sonatas recording. The first volume featuring Schubert’s late piano sonatas was released in 2016.

Nikolai Lugansky is a pianist who combines elegance and grace with powerful virtuosity, a true incarnation of the Russian tradition on the international classical stage. Recognised as a master of Russian and late romantic repertoire, Lugansky

is renowned for his interpretations of Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Chopin and Debussy and has received numerous awards. Concerto highlights for the 2019/20 season include performances with Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra in London, National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C., Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. A regular recitalist the world over, during this season Lugansky appears at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wiener Konzerthaus, Tonhalle in Zurich, Moscow’s Zaryadye and Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris. In June 2019, Nikolai Lugansky received the Russian Federation National Award in Literature and Art, for his contribution to the development and advancement of Russian and international classical music culture over the past 20 years. Nikolai records for Harmonia Mundi.

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Marios Papadopoulos is the founder of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and the Oxford Piano Festival. He has appeared in many of the world’s most prestigious venues and worked with a host of eminent musicians including Evgeny Kissin, Anne-Sophie

Mutter, Maxim Vengerov, Martha Argerich and Lang Lang.His many recordings feature works by Beethoven, Mozart, Mussorgsky, César Franck, Stravinsky and the 24 Preludes and Fugues by Shostakovich. He conducts the Oxford Philharmonic in new recordings of the Brahms and Sibelius violin concertos with Maxim Vengerov with whom he has also recorded the complete Brahms Violin Sonatas. In recent years, Maestro Papadopoulos has concentrated his work mainly in Oxford with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Rare guest appearances have included a UK tour with the LPO and a Mozart piano concerto cycle directed from the keyboard with the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra. In 2019, he conducted a new production of The Marriage of Figaro for the Greek National Opera at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens. Marios holds a doctorate in music from City University, is a Fellow by Special Election of Keble College Oxford and has been awarded an MBE for services to music in Oxford.

Born in Germany in 1923, Menahem Pressler is one of the world’s most distinguished and honoured musicians. He was the founding member and pianist of the Beaux Arts Trio for all of its 51 years. After winning the Debussy Competition in San

Francisco in 1946, he made his American debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra; performances with the New York, Washington, Cleveland, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and London Symphony Orchestras followed. Both an outstanding solo and chamber performer, Mr Pressler has collaborated with nearly all the greatest quartets and given lieder recitals with Christoph Pregardien and Matthias Goerne with whom he is recording Schumann’s Dichterliebe for Harmonia Mundi. His 2018 solo recording of French music for Deutsche Grammophon received high critical acclaim. His acclaimed 2014 performance with the Berlin Philharmonic under Rattle was televised worldwide. Concert engagements and masterclasses take him all over Europe, Asia, Israel and America. He holds the position of Distinguished Professor, Charles Webb Chair at Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University Bloomington where he has taught since 1955.

Paul Lewis is regarded internationally as one of the leading musicians of his generation. His cycles of core piano works by Beethoven and Schubert have received unanimous critical and public acclaim worldwide,

and his numerous awards have included the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist of the Year, three Gramophone Awards, and the Diapason D’or de l’Année. He has been designated the 2020 Koussevitzky Artist in recognition of his artistic relationship with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood. He celebrates the 2020 Beethoven anniversary year with Beethoven concerto cycles in Tanglewood (Boston Symphony and Andris Nelsons), Erl (Salzburg Mozarteum and Andrew Manze) and at the Palau de la Música Barcelona, and Teatro Massimo in Palermo. Paul Lewis studied with Joan Havill at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London before going on to study privately with Alfred Brendel. He is co-artistic director of Midsummer Music, an annual chamber music festival held in Buckinghamshire.

For over 15 years, Amandine Savary has performed in Europe, Japan, the USA and Australia, building a substantial reputation as a pianist and chamber musician. Amandine is a Laureate of the Fondation d’Entreprise Banque Populaire,

Tillett Trust, Kirckman Concert Society, Philip and Dorothy Green Award and Park Lane Group. Her work has been supported by Help Musicians, Martin Musical Scholarship Fund, Hattori Foundation and Worshipful Company of Musicians. Her discography

includes recordings of Ravel, Schubert and Bach. Awards for these recordings include the Diapason d’or and Gramophone magazine’s Editor’s Choice. Her competition successes include first prizes in the Sixth Osaka Chamber Music, and the 2008 Frankfurt Commerzbank Piano Trio Competitions, and second prize in the Young Concert Artist Auditions 2008 with Trio Dali. After graduating from the Caen Conservatory, she joined the Royal Academy of Music, London, in 2003 to study under Professor Christopher Elton and Alexander Satz, graduating with distinction. She is now an Associate, as well as professor of piano and chamber music, of the Royal Academy.

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recitals by the foremost pianists of our time in some of Oxford’s most historic venues, a lively social atmosphere, and enthusiastic observers is undoubtedly a winning formula, as previous students have testified:

“ I have forged so many strong friendships and have learnt SO much about playing and appreciating music.”

“ The professors are simply inspiring and the lessons ring on for a long time after the course has finished.”

Many of the legendary names of the 20th century, such as Menahem Pressler and Alfred Brendel, have made their way to Oxford to take part in the Festival, alongside a wealth of significant contemporary pianists.

With Alfred Brendel as the Festival’s Patron, Sir András Schiff as President, and the Festival’s founder, Marios Papadopoulos a renowned pianist himself, the bar is set very high in terms of quality and artistic integrity.

The Oxford Piano Festival’s position as a leading centre for learning is clear from the calibre of soloists and teachers taking part; the clamour for places and keenness of students to return year after year; and its profile in the international music community.

Its objective is simple: to inspire, support and encourage piano music making of the highest quality. It provides gifted young players with a rare opportunity to work alongside and learn from some of the world’s finest pianists and teachers, to perform and to learn new repertoire, as part of a dedicated community of artists which encourages exchange and discourages competition.

The concept of the pianist as musician lies at the heart of the Festival. The various roles of the pianist – as virtuoso, chamber musician, accompanist, conductor, academic and teacher – are all examined. In addition, as part of this holistic approach, the various international schools of piano playing are considered.

The combination of our wonderful campus, St Hilda’s College Oxford, concerts and

Oxford Piano Festival presented by the oxford philharmonic orchestra orchestra in Residence at the University of oxford

SuPPORt thE OxFORd PiAnO FEStivAl

Education lies at the heart of the Oxford Philharmonic

Founded in 1999 as an integral part of our Academy Programme, the Oxford Piano Festival provides unique opportunities for the stars of tomorrow to learn directly from the leading artists of today.

We hope you will join the family of OPO friends who share our belief in education by providing vital support in one of several ways:

• General support of masterclasses, concerts and the events that are the lifeblood of the piano festival

• Scholarship fund to ensure that most deserving pianists from across the globe have the chance to learn from the masters regardless of their personal financial ability

• a legacy to safeguard the life of the piano festival that means so much to so many If you would like further information on how you can support the Oxford Piano Festival, please contact Laura Davies – laura@oxfordphil.com or +44 (0)1865 987 222.

The Oxford Philharmonic is both a UK-registered charity (charity no. 1084256) and a US based 501(c)3 Charitable Organisation and is a tax exempt organisation under the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

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tuitionParticipants (playing students): All participants receive three public masterclasses and perform at the Participants’ Recital on 7 August. Although we try to accommodate participants’ choice of teachers, we cannot guarantee that everyone will receive tuition from their preferred professors. Participants are provided with a Festival Pass which includes entry to all events.

Observers (non-playing attendees): Full-time observers are provided with a Festival Pass which includes entry to all events. Observers may request private tuition with a conservatoire professor chosen by the Festival (£80 per hour). Due to limited availability, tuition slots will be allocated on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis.

Practical informationtravel: The Oxford Bus Company (01865 785 400 / www.oxfordbus.co.uk) run buses from Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Stagecoach runs a 24-hour coach service between Oxford and Central London (01865 772250 / www.oxfordtube.com). There are frequent rail services from London Paddington and London Marylebone to Oxford (information from National Rail Enquiries on 0345 748 4950 / www.nationalrail.co.uk).Our staff are happy to advise you about your journey to and from the Festival.

transport to concerts: Although the concerts are all within walking distance, there are a few journeys which may be too long for some observers to complete comfortably on foot. Therefore, there will be a minibus leaving at 19:30 each evening bound for the concert venue and returning 10 minutes after the end of the concert. This service must be pre-booked for the whole week and will cost £25 per person. We advise against driving as there is no parking within St Hilda’s College.

Arrival and Registration: Festival staff will be at St Hilda’s College to welcome participants and observers and show them to their accommodation from 12:30 on 1 August. Please aim to register at the JdP, by 13:30.

Accommodation/meals: Accommodation is available on site at St Hilda’s and off-site at the Jocelyn Morris Quad (Stockmore St, Oxford OX4 1EF, 7 mins walk from the front gate of St Hilda’s College). Accommodation at both locations includes all meals at St Hilda’s College starting with dinner on 1 August and ending with lunch on 9 August. There is a limited number of on-site rooms and these will be allocated on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis.

En suite accommodation (with a private bathroom) is subject to availability and is allocated on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis.

Requests for part-time accommodation at St Hilda’s will only be accepted, subject to availability, in July.

Practice Pianos: Festival participants may practise for up to three hours per day in the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building.

tickets for individual Events: All full-time observers and participants receive a Festival Pass on arrival. Festival events are also open to members of the public. Tickets available from the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Box Office: oxfordphil.com, 01865 980 980 or boxoffice@oxfordphil.com.

The repertoire list for the masterclasses will be available to view from 20 July 2020 at oxfordphil.com/piano-festival/events.

certificates: Certificates of Attendance will be presented to full-time participants and observers at the end of the Festival.

inFORMAtiOn FOR APPlicAntS

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Entry RequirementsParticipants: We welcome applications from advanced piano students of all nationalities born on or after 1 August 1993.

Observers: Open to all.

deposit & cancellation Policy: Observers must pay a non-refundable deposit of £100 upon application.Participants must pay a non-refundable deposit of £100 upon acceptance.Participants and observers who withdraw from the Festival before 17 July will receive a refund of all but their £100 deposit. Those who withdraw after this date (including private tuition) will not receive a refund.

Payment for Observers and Participants: Full payment must be received by 1 July.

Scholarships: A limited number of scholarships are available to participants in need of financial assistance. Please state on the application form whether you would like to be considered for a scholarship.

Festival Pass discount for Returning Attendees: All adults who have attended as full-time participants or observers in the past are eligible for a special discount of £25.

deadlinesParticipants17 April application deadline.12 June final masterclass repertoire deadline.1 July payment deadline.

Observers1 July application and payment deadline.

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The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the support given by St Hilda’s College to our Oxford Piano Festival and the warm hospitality they extend to our faculty, staff and students.

Holywell Music Room

Christ Church Cathedral

category Price

Participant Festival Pass (1 – 9 August) £650

Observer Festival Pass (1 – 9 August) £300

Standard single room + meals (St Hilda’s) £600

Standard single room + meals (Jocelyn Morris Quad) £550

En suite single room + meals (St Hilda’s) £690

En suite single room + meals (Jocelyn Morris Quad) £640

Standard twin room + meals (per person, St Hilda’s) £500

En suite twin room + meals (per person, St Hilda’s) £580

Observer private tuition £80

Transport to and from concerts £25

Subtotal ________________ Returning attendee discount - £25 Attended full time in (year)________________

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Application FormPlease fill in and return this form no later than 17 April 2020 for participants, and no later than 1 July 2020 for observers, to Stella, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, 29a Teignmouth Road, London NW2 4EB. Apply online at oxfordphil.com or email Stella at events@oxfordphil.com.

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I wish to make a donation to support the Festival. Please see page 14 for further information,

or contact Laura Davies at laura@oxfordphil.com.

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Payment Methods

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Debit/credit Card: please call +44 (0)1865 980 980

Online transfer (state your name as the payment reference and please note the full amount should be transferred net of bank charges)

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Participants Please provide the following information on a separate sheet or by email:

• preferred festival teachers (please give six in order of preference)• a short biography (150 words) and a recent publicity photograph• proposed repertoire for the masterclasses• a video recording of your playing, including at least one work from the Classical or

Romantic era

deposit Payment I have enclosed a £100 non-refundable deposit, and undertake to pay the balance by 1 July

I am not applying for scholarship support I am applying for scholarship support for the sum of £_____________ I will be unable to participate unless I am awarded a full scholarship

I require a visa to enter the UK yes noPlease note that successful applicants requiring visas will be made a conditional offer of a Festival place, which may be confirmed ONLY by providing proof of visa application and flight tickets one month after receiving the offer.

Participants pay deposit only upon acceptance.

visas

I confirm that all information in this application form and supporting documents is correct.

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Royal Patron HRH Princess AlexandraLife Presidents Geoffrey de Jager Harry LeventisMenahem PresslerHonorary President The Rt Hon the Lord Patten of Barnes, CHVice President Sir Victor Blank Patron Vladimir AshkenazyPiano Festival Patron Alfred Brendel KBEPiano Festival President Sir András SchiffPiano Festival Life PresidentDame Fanny WatermanPatron for New Music Marina, Lady MarksMusic Director Marios Papadopoulos MBEAssistant ConductorHannah Schneider

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Donald Fothergill (Chairman)Geoffrey de Jager (Deputy Chairman)Elena AmbrosiadouDr Saphié AshtianyMarco AssettoRaymond Blanc OBEProf. Michael EarlPeter EarlPehr GyllenhammarDavid HaenleinAviad MeitarMarios Papadopoulos MBESir Jonathan Phillips James SherwoodGeorge TsavlirisChristopher Wright

Advisory CouncilDr Saphié Ashtiany (Chair) Emma Chamberlain OBE Prof. Michael EarlJoanna Foster CBEPeggotty GrahamJeff HewittRobert JacksonLady KennyLord KrebsDr Jill PellewSir Jonathan PhillipsBob PriceHilary Reid-EvansSir Ivor RobertsProf. Peter Tufano Prof. Sir John VickersDavid Whelton OBE

Finance and General Purposes CommitteeProf Michael Earl (Chairman)Maggie CopusDavid HaenleinJeff HewittAnthony LoehnisRichard Smethurst

Honorary MembersLord Butler of BrockwellSir Jeremy GreenstockLady HeseltineJohn Leighfield CBE Margarita Louis-DreyfusSir Michael Parkinson CBEDr Michael PeagramAnthony Smith CBEProf Reinhard Strohm Francesca SchwarzenbachBruno Wang

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DirectorsPeter EarlDavid HaenleinAnthi PapadopoulosMarios Papadopoulos MBE

Board Members, American Friends of the Oxford PhilharmonicJoshua Berman April Gow Andre GregoryRussell Hirshfield Marios Papadopoulos MBE Christopher Wright

Advisory Council, American Friends of the Oxford PhilharmonicJames Sherwood, (Chairman)William L BernhardLeila Larijani & Russell HirshfieldSir John HoodAviad MeitarAnn & William NitzeHE Mr Matthew Rycroft CBE

Administration

ConcertsMusic DirectorMarios Papadopoulos MBEExecutive Assistant to the Music DirectorBeau Marshall Planning Officer Helen EcclestoneLogistics Officer Bethany Wright Stage Manager Max Howard

Executive Director American Friends of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra April Gow

Development Officer Laura Davies

Marketing/EventsDirector Anthi Papadopoulos Events and Ticketing Officer Stella Papadopoulos Marketing Officer Georgia Goody-Miceli

Special Projects Heike Levy

Media Press and PRNicky Thomas Media

Education/CommunityDirector David Haenlein University Residency Coordinator Beau Marshall Piano FestivalCoordinators Stella PapadopoulosBethany Wright

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artists who have appeared at the oxford piano festival since 1999

Pierre-Laurent AimardDmitri AlexeevPiotr AnderszewskiSulamita AronovskyJulius AsalSaleem AshkarSergei BabayanPaul Badura-SkodaAndrew BallDmitri BashkirovBoris BerezovskyBoris BermanPeter BithellAlfred BrendelYefim BronfmanIan BrownJudith BurtonSeong-Jin ChoMaria CurcioArnaldo CohenFederico ColliAndrei DievPeter DonohoeBarry DouglasJulius DrakeChristopher EltonKonrad EngelElisabeth EschwéMahan EsfahaniJanina FialkowskaNorma FisherIngrid FliterWilliam FongIan FountainPhilip FowkeClaude FrankPeter FranklNelson FreireJulian GallantFilippo GambaJack GibbonsAna GogavaAlexis GolovinRichard GoodeGary Graffman

Andreas HaefligerMarc-André HamelinTong-Il HanRuth HarteJoan HavillRustem HayroudinoffRussell HirshfieldStephen HoughLeslie HowardJulia HsuNiel ImmelmanPeter JablonskiJulian JacobsonByron JanisIan JonesYoheved KaplinskyPeter KatinCyprien KatsarisRenna KellawayFreddy KempfDiana KetlerSunwook KimAlexander KobrinMari KodamaStephen KovacevichVladimir KrainevPiers LaneVanessa LatarcheAlain LefèvreElisabeth LeonskajaPaul LewisGeorge LiJohn LillNikolai LuganskyJoanna MacGregorIgnas MaknickasLeon McCawleyMurray McLachlanHamish MilneBryce MorrisonNuron MukumiOlli MustonenTessa NicholsonRuth NyeRonan O’HoraCristina Ortiz

Steven OsborneMarios PapadopoulosAnthony PeeblesIvo PogorelićJean-Bernard PommierMenahem PresslerAnne QueffélecFerenc RadosKausikan RajeshkumarBeatrice RanaGerald RobbinsBernard RobertsPaul RobertsMichael RollMartin RoscoeCharles RosenTatiana SarkissovaAlexander SatzAmandine SavaryStaffan SchejaSir András SchiffPeter SerkinHüseyin SermetColin StoneKathryn StottMelvyn TanAlexandre TharaudGordon Fergus-ThompsonMartino TirimoMalcolm TroupFou Ts’ongRosalyn TureckDénes VárjonVladimir ViardoRoger VignolesMikhail VoskresenskyDame Fanny WatermanRita WagnerShai WosnerOxana YablonskayaMichael YoungHaochen ZhangAsaf ZoharZhang ZuoVeda Zuponcic