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URL:https://poonamusic.com/events/monteverdi-to-sondheim/
SUMMARY:Monteverdi to Sondheim
DESCRIPTION:"Monteverdi to Sondheim - An evening of opera\, art song and ch
 amber music"\n\nLars Fischer\, tenor\nSandeep Gurrapadi \, tenor\nAntonia 
 Thwaites\, soprano\nMartha-Maria Mitu\, violin\nChiara Naldi\, piano\n\nIn
  association with Consulate General of Switzerland in Mumbai\n\nIn a progr
 amme of Songs and arias from Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea\; Mozar
 t: Die Entführung aus dem Serail\, Beethoven: Fidelio\; Clarke: The Seal 
 Man\; Debussy: Préludes Book I\; Édouard Lalo: Le roi d'Ys\; Chopin: Maz
 urka in a Minor Op. 17 No. 4\; Ciprian Porumbescu: Balada for violin and p
 iano\; Puccini: Tosca\; Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro (In the Style of 
 Pugnani)\; George Butterworth: Six Songs from a Shropshire Lad\; Mozart: L
 e Nozze di Figaro\; Sondheim: Follies\; Bernstein: West Side Story and Edu
 ardo di Capua: O sole mio\n\nAntonia Thwaites is a classical soprano and s
 inging teacher based in London. She studied for five years at Trinity Laba
 n Conservatoire of Music and Dance\, gaining a Bachelor of Music with Firs
 t Class Honours in classical vocal performance. Prior to this\, she traine
 d at the specialist music school\, Chetham’s School of Music in Manchest
 er. Antonia is also an Associate of Trinity College London with a diploma 
 in vocal performance. In 2021\, she studied abroad at the Conservatorio di
  Musica G.B.Martini in Bologna (Italy)\, where she learnt the ‘Bel Canto
 ’ style\, and in Kandersteg (Switzerland)\, performing in Puccini’s Su
 or Angelica with the Berlin Opera Academy. Recently she performed the role
  of Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart at The National Liberal Club\,
  London\, in an abridged adaptation that she arranged and directed herself
 . In the summer of 2023\, Antonia will perform title role of Suor Angelica
  by Puccini.\n\nSwiss-British tenor Lars Fischer holds an MMus with Distin
 ction from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. He has performe
 d throughout Europe including Ireland\, Switzerland and France. Recent rol
 es include: Perlimpinpin (Le Dernier Sorcier\; UK Premiere) with Gothic Op
 era\, Remendado (Carmen) for Longborough Festival Opera\, Remendado/Morale
 s with Opera Loki in France and the UK\, Mr Williams (The Trilobite\, Jone
 s) and Gronw (Her Face was of Flowers\, Jones) at Tête-à-tête Opera Fes
 tival and at Chamber Music on Valentia\, Achille (La Belle Hélène) with 
 Blackheath Halls Opera\, Monostatos (Die Zauberflöte) with Hurn Court Ope
 ra\, King of the West and Sun (The Enchanted Pig\, Dove) with Hampstead Ga
 rden Opera\, Marley’s Ghost (A Christmas Carol\, Musgrave) and Lucano (L
 ’Incoronazione di Poppea) with Trinity Laban Opera. In June 2016\, he cr
 eated the role of Tommy in the world premiere of Stephen McNeff’s opera 
 Banished. Lars has worked with directors such as Elaine Kidd\, Mathilde Lo
 pez\, Harry Fehr\, Stuart Barker\, Chris Lane and James Hurley. He made hi
 s debut as Director for Uncovered Opera’s abridged versions of Der Rosen
 kavalier and Ariadne auf Naxos and assisted Laura Attridge for Trinity Lab
 an Opera’s The Rape of Lucretia. He is also training as a Feldenkrais pr
 actitioner.\n– www.larsfischer.com\n\nChiara Naldi is an Italian classic
 al pianist based in London. She first started learning the piano at the ag
 e of six and at thirteen she was admitted to the Conservatoire G.B.Martini
  in Bologna to study with Professor Mauro Landi.\nChiara holds a Master’
 s Degree with Honours in Piano Performance from the Bologna Conservatoire 
 and a Postgraduate Advanced Diploma at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Musi
 c and Dance where she studied with Professor Sergio de Simone as a Trinity
  Scholar.\nShe has been twice awarded the Magone piano prize. She has also
  studied with Professors Deniz Arman Gelenbe\, Eileen Aviss\, Eugene Asti\
 , Martino Tirimo\, Margaret Fingerhut\, Peter Tuite\, Pascal Rogé\, Jonat
 han Plowright\, Derek Aviss on interpretation and chamber music\, Professo
 r Douglas Finch for improvisation and Professors Carlo Mazzoli and Silvia 
 Rambaldi for historically informed performance on fortepiano and harpsicho
 rd.\nShe has performed in numerous concerts in Italy (Cappella Farnese\, A
 ccademia Filarmonica\, Istituto Liszt\, Oratorio di S. Cecilia and Circolo
  degli Ufficiali in Bologna\, Palazzo Vecchio in Florence\, Sala Fellini i
 n Faenza)\, France (Salle Varèse\, CNSMD in Lyon) and London (The Chapel 
 of the Old Royal Naval College\, Peacock Room in Trinity Laban\, Blackheat
 h Halls\, The Polish Hearth Club\, York Hall at Spitalfield Music Festival
 ). www.chiaranaldi.com\n\nMartha-Maria Mitu is a classical violinist\, int
 erdisciplinary performer\, composer\, and music educator. Alumna of the Lu
 cerne School of Music Switzerland\, and Bern School of Music - Martha has 
 performed and showcased her work in various prominent international stages
  (both classical and contemporary) all over Europe\, Asia\, and the UK. Ma
 rtha is currently a 1st violin member of the prestigious BBC Concert Orche
 stra where her most recent performances include - Royal Albert Hall\, Wemb
 ley Stadium\, Snape Malting BBC Proms\, the Nevil Holt Opera and new recor
 dings with internationally acclaimed soprano Barbara Hannigan\; Martha has
  also performed recitals at Wigmore Hall with Effra String Quartet and has
  been Concertmaster within the Lucerne Festival Switzerland.\nAlso an avid
  composer\, Martha has composed and performed a series of interdisciplinar
 y works\, often designed for classical instruments\, electronic music\, an
 d visual arts (paintings\, interactive video projections\, and dance). Mar
 tha’s compositions have been showcased in festivals such as HSLU New Mus
 ic Days Festival – Lucerne\, Switzerland\; Perceptions Festival at the A
 pt Gallery in London\, and others.\n\nSandeep Gurrapadi is an Indian-Ameri
 can operatic tenor\, educator and composer with experience in the UK\, Eur
 ope\, India\, China and America. He's been invited to perform as a soloist
  in venues ranging from the Beijing National Stadium\, the Royal Opera Hou
 se of Mumbai and the Southbank Centre in London to name a few. In 2022\, S
 andeep made his debut with the Welsh National Opera in the production'Shoe
 maker' and was artist in residence with the prestigious Benjamin Britten/P
 ears foundation at Snape Maltings. Sandeep then covered the role of 'Clock
 keeper' in the acclaimed opera Violet for the Aldeburgh Festival with the 
 London Sinfonietta (produced by ROH - Covent Garden) and originated leadin
 g roles in The Aspern Papers by Pegasus Opera Company\, Witchfinder by Coh
 ere Arts\, Meal One by 509 Arts [6 City - UK wide tour] and Silver Spoon b
 y Keynote Opera [Beaumaris Festival].\nAs a contemporary classical music s
 pecialist Sandeep has been highly sought after and has premiered works in 
 festivals such as Tete a tete\, Grimeborn\, Beaumaris and London Festival 
 of American Music. Alongside performing Sandeep is also a Doctoral Researc
 her on full-scholarship with the Guildhall School of Music. Please visit: 
 www.sandeepgurrapadi.com\n\n\n\n
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LOCATION:Mazda Hall\, Sardar Dastur Hoshang Boys High School\, Pune\, India
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