Mira Quartet / Hiro Takenouchi (piano)

Hiroaki Takenouchi was born in Japan but is now based in London where he came in 1997 to study piano with Yonty Solomon and Andrew Ball composition with Edwin Roxburgh and fortepiano with David Ward at the Royal College of Music. He received the RCM’s ‘The Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Rosebowl’ presented by HRH The Prince of Wales. He was a ‘Constant & Kit Lambert Junior Fellow’ (RCM) supported by the Worshipful Company of Musicians. As a soloist he has appeared on many concert platforms including Tokyo Opera City the South Bank Centre Fairfield Halls Hamburg Laeiszhalle and Steinway Halls in London Hamburg and Tokyo. He has also given recitals in the UK Japan Austria Germany Portugal and Italy. He is an active chamber musician in an extensive range of work. Tonight he will be working with the rising stars of the Mira Quartet : Amy Tress and Joseph Devalle on violins Natasha Silver on viola and Sergio Serra on ‘cello. – Amy Tress violin – Joseph Devalle violin – Natasha Silver viola – Sergio Serra ‘cello 17.50 – Pre-concert talk: An Introduction to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Brockway Room) Bridge: Three Noveletten Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet in G minor Op.1 Dvořák: Quartet in E flat Op.51 £8 tickets £4 for full-time students (free entry for under-16s) Doors open at 17.30 Concert Starts 18.30