In a change to our previously advertised programme, the second concert in our autumn season will now be given by South Korean born pianist Yoon Seok Shin.
Yoon’s programme for his début concert here includes famous pieces by Haydn, Schubert, Chopin and Nikolai Kapustin.
As ever the church will be open for an hour before the concert begins, with volunteers from the pop-up café team offering lots of home made sweet and savoury treats as well as hot and cold drinks.
The concert will begin promptly at 1pm. Admission is free, but those who are able to afford it are asked to make a donation. The suggested amount is £5.
Programme:
Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in C major, Hob:XVI/50
i) Allegro
ii) Adagio
iii) Allegro molto
Franz Schubert: Allegretto in C minor, D.915
Frédéric Chopin:
Mazurka in G sharp minor, Op.33 No.1
Mazurka in A minor, Op.17 No.4
Nocturne in B flat minor, Op.9 No.1
Nocturne in B major, Op.32 No.1
Nikolai Kapustin: Sonatine, Op.100
About Yoon Seok Shin:
Following success at several major international and national competitions and awards, notably the 3rd Prize in the 2nd Manchester International Concerto Competition (2009), South Korean born British pianist Yoon Seok (John) Shin is much in demand. With over fifty performances per year, at venues across Europe, Asia and the UK, Mr. Shin has developed a busy international career as a solo recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician. Praised by many acclaimed critics with his poised, polished and innovative performances, Mr. Shin is currently a Young Steinway Artist and an official artist of T&B Entertainment (South Korea).
Mr. Shin has appeared at the Steinway Hall, St. John’s Smith Square, the Southbank Centre, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St James’s Church Piccadilly, the Regent Hall, The Reform Club, Foundling Museum in London, Cheltenham Town Hall, the Master Musicians International Recital Series in the North East UK, Konserthuset – The Nobel Prize Award Hall in Sweden, Korean Catholic Concert Hall in Moscow, Russia, Seoul Sejong Center Chamber Hall and Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall in South Korea.
Mr. Shin graduated from the Royal College of Music, London after completing the prestigious Artist Diploma (ArtDip) Performance Doctorate and the Master of Music (MMus) in Advanced Performance under the tutelage of Prof. Andrew Ball. Previously he gained his Bachelor of Music, BMus (Hons) in Performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (Trinity College of Music), London where he studied with Prof. Philip Fowke and was awarded 1st Class Honours as well as being the recipient of the City Livery Club Prize (2009).
Alongside his performing career, Mr. Shin has also been much in demand as a highly reputed teacher and regularly gives workshops and master classes. Many of his students have excelled in both exams and competitions and he currently holds a teaching post at the Holy Cross Catholic Secondary Girl’s School in New Malden and the Nonsuch High School for Girls, Cheam, as well as being a member of assistant & staff in Chetham’s International Summer School and Festival for Pianists in Manchester. He is also an official ballet répétiteur (in collaboration with Royal Academy of Dance, London) at Thomas’s London Day Preparatory Schools where Prince George and Princess Charlotte, the children of William, Prince of Wales were former students.
St John's CIC, Peterborough 