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  WEB PRICE-£37.00   CONCESSIONS-£35.00   DOOR -£40.00
Saturday 24 July 2010
Doors Open: 7.30pm   Event Begins: 8pm   Event Ends: 11pm

Julian Lloyd Webber

Widely regarded as one of the most creative musicians of his generation and now leading England’s ‘In Harmon’y project, Julian Lloyd Webber won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music when he was sixteen and completed his studies in Geneva with the renowned French cellist, Pierre Fournier. Since then he has collaborated with an extraordinary array of musicians from Yehudi Menuhin, Lorin Maazel, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Georg Solti to Elton John and Stephane Grappelli.
Julian Lloyd Webber
Julian Lloyd Webber
Julian Lloyd Webber
Julian has won numerous awards for his services to music, including the Crystal Award (presented at the World Economic Forum in 1998) and the Classic FM Red Award in 2005. In 1994 he was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Music. As leader of In Harmony, the British Government's new music programme, Julian is working to promote personal and community development in some of England's most deprived areas, through orchestral-based learning and musical experiences. Julian has made many outstanding recordings including his Brit-Award winning Elgar Concerto conducted by Yehudi Menuhin (chosen as the finest ever version by BBC Music Magazine) the Dvoøák Concerto with Vaclav Neumann and the Czech Philharmonic, Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the London Symphony under Maxim Shostakovich and a coupling of Britten’s Cello Symphony and Walton’s Concerto with Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, which was described by Gramophone magazine as “beyond any rival”. Julian has also recorded several hugely successful CD’s of short pieces for Universal Classics including Made in England, Cello Moods and Cradle Song: “It would be difficult to find better performances of this kind of repertoire anywhere on records of today or yesterday” - Gramophone. Julian has premiered more than fifty new works for cello and has inspired new compositions from composers as diverse as Malcolm Arnold and Joaquin Rodrigo to James MacMillan and Philip Glass. Recent concert performances have included three further works composed for Julian - Michael Nyman’s Double Concerto for Cello and Saxophone on BBC Television, Gavin Bryars’ Concerto in Suntory Hall, Tokyo and Philip Glass’s Concerto at the Beijing International Festival. His recording of the Glass concerto was released on the Orange Mountain label in September 2004. Recent recordings – both for EMI Classics - include Unexpected Songs and Phantasia , the double concerto based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera and featuring violinist Sarah Chang. In 2009 – in recognition of his lifelong devotion to Elgar’s music – Julian was elected President of the Elgar Society. Julian is also a passionate supporter of Leyton Orient football club and was London Underground’s first official busker. Julian Lloyd Webber plays the ‘Barjansky’ Stradivarius cello of c.1690. ------------------------------------------------- PAM CHOWHAN Born in India, Pam studied music at Cambridge University, and at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. She has performed and/or recorded with a diverse range of musicians including Lesley Garrett, Michael Ball, Catrin Finch, Adrian Sherwood (On-U Sound System), Skip MacDonald (Little Axe), Squid (Asian Dub Foundation), Steve Sidelnyk (Madonna), DJ Smadj, Pete Lockett, Doug Wimbish (Living Colour), Youth (Killing Joke), Steafan Hannigan, Tony K, Asian fusion group Shiva Nova, and rock band Symphony of Pain. Live performances include the Sud Ouest Festival in Portugal, Festival Vinha D’Areia in the Azores, the South Bank Show, Soho Jazz Festival, ‘Richard and Judy’ and the Classical Brit Awards and Classic Response at the Royal Albert Hall. She has been involved in arranging popular classics for string quartet (Boosey & Hawkes), Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese folk tunes for cello / piano for Phillips Classics, and further works performed by the Nash Ensemble, the BBC Concert Orchestra and the RPO. Recording projects include re-mixes with multi-percussionist Pete Lockett on the MELT2000 label, and tracks with the Sanscapes ‘Bushmen of the Kalahari’ project, with whom she also performed live. Pam combines her musical career with arts management at the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank. She has a fondness for horror movies, foxes and cashew nuts. Julian Lloyd Webber

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