Time out for a cultural weekend to mark the run up to the passing of another year for me!
Mairi and John gave me the chicken watering can along with the irises. The card is from Bob and Kate and it is "just me"! After morning coffe and scones (and exchanging our FT newspaper for his Sunday Times book reviews) with Bill this morning, I spent the day in the garden. At tea-time Iain and I enjoyed a barbecue meal with Mairi, John and gang after which I left early to attend this concert at Glasgow Cathedral.
As it has been literally months since I have been to a concert (I miss Helensburgh for that!) I really enjoyed this one! It was nice to meet a few folk that I knew plus several who were new to me. But the surprise of the evening was discovering this lass:
ANNA MAVROMATIDI
Wow! Can that gal play! She played the piano for the Beethoven Choral Fantasia and it was absolutely wonderful! There is very little on the web about her except that she is on the staff of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. No photos anywhere!
So I thought I would help things along by posting the programme notes:
"Anna Mavromatidi was born in Russia. She studied the piano at the State Saratov College of Music and the State Saratov Music Conservatoire, specialising in teaching accompaniment and chamber music. In 1996 her family moved to Greece where Anna taught and performed extensively. Anna's further education took her to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama where she obtained her Postgraduate Diploma in Performance (Solo) in 2001 and a Masters Degree in Performance (Chamber Music) in 2002. Throughout her time at the RSAMD, Anna has been heavily involved with Chamber music. She has won numerous prizes and awards, including The John D Miles Prize (Accompaniment) and the The Ian D Watt Award (Chamber Music)."
So I thought I would help things along by posting the programme notes:
"Anna Mavromatidi was born in Russia. She studied the piano at the State Saratov College of Music and the State Saratov Music Conservatoire, specialising in teaching accompaniment and chamber music. In 1996 her family moved to Greece where Anna taught and performed extensively. Anna's further education took her to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama where she obtained her Postgraduate Diploma in Performance (Solo) in 2001 and a Masters Degree in Performance (Chamber Music) in 2002. Throughout her time at the RSAMD, Anna has been heavily involved with Chamber music. She has won numerous prizes and awards, including The John D Miles Prize (Accompaniment) and the The Ian D Watt Award (Chamber Music)."
Everyone agreed that the Cathedral was a wonderful place to hear this work. She fairly made the music soar sitting at the grand piano bringing to her playing all the freshness and vitally of youth!
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