Busch Ensemble

Busch Ensemble Mathieu van Bellen violin Jonathan Bloxham ‘cello Omri Epstein piano Haydn : Trio in E major HobXV:28 Wolfgang Rihm : Fremde Szene II Schubert : Trio in B flat D898 The Busch Ensemble is a London based piano trio and has enjoyed many recent competition successes. Mathieu van Bellen (VIOLIN ) has performed as a soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra European Chamber Orchestra Camerata Athena and Holland Sinfonia and collaborated with artists such as Shlomo Mintz Roger Vignoles and Walter Delahunt performing in the Royal Festival Hall Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Wigmore Hall as well as the US and Asia. He won prizes at the Menuhin Wieniawski Prinses Christina and Oskar Back competitions. He plays the “ex-Adolf Busch” J.B. Guadagnini violin (Turin 1783). Guilhermina Suggia Gift winner cellist Jonathan Bloxham (’Cello) gave his Berlin Philharmonie concerto debut in 2011 to critical acclaim. He was born in 1988 in Gateshead and studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School Royal College of Music and Guildhall and has since performed as a soloist in halls such as Wigmore Hall The Sage Gateshead and Purcell Room. He has won competitions including the Pierre Fournier Grant Royal College Cello Prize and Weiz International Conducting Competition. Jonathan is Artistic Director of Northern Chords Festival and Festival de Musique de la Vallée du Cougain. Omri Epstein (Piano) was born in Israel in 1986. He began his piano studies with Sarah Tal at the Israeli Conservatory and went on to study with Ronald Smith at the Purcell School with Ruth Nye and Gordon Fergus-Thompson at the Royal College of Music and with Sulamita Aronovsky at the Royal Academy of Music. He has played with the Israeli Symphony Orchestra has broadcast on Israeli radio and participated in international masterclasses as well as being a winner of prizes at international competitions. Omri performs across Europe and the US both as soloist and chamber musician. £9 tickets £4 for full-time students (free entry for under-16s) Doors open at 17.30. Start 18.30