SUNDAY EVENING  -  3rd MAY 2009

PROGRAMME

Mozart:
Symphony No.16 in C, KV128

Telemann:
Viola Concerto in G

Mozart:
Violin Concerto No.5 in A, KV219
Symphony No.41 in C, KV551



PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Location:

St James's Concert Hall
College Street, St Peter Port
Guernsey GY1 2NZ
Concert Time:
19.30pm
Tickets:
Tel 01481 711361
Email admin@stjames.gg


FEATURED ARTISTS

Jennifer Coombes viola
Berent Korfker violin
Nick Newland conductor

JENNIFER COOMBES  VIOLA

Jennifer Coombes began the viola when she was seven years old, and at thirteen started Junior Trinity with Professor Devorina Gamalova where she was lucky to receive a full Government Music and Dance Scholarship for her last two years. Whilst at Trinity she received numerous prizes including the Vivien Joseph String Quartet prize three years in a row.
 
She is currently a third year undergraduate at the Royal College of Music studying with Professor Andriy Viytovych. She performs recitals in Surrey and London, and has made concerto appearances with the Guildford YMCA Orchestra and The Orchestra of Situation Opera. She has participated in masterclasses with Lawrence Power, Jan Repko, Nicholas Pendlebury and the Wihan Quartet amongst others.

Jenny is a founder member of the Eilon Quartet which was formed at the RCM this academic year, and with whom she has several upcoming concerts and recitals. Her orchestral experiences include playing principal viola in the RCM's Opera Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonietta, the London Irish Symphony Orchestra, Surrey Mahler Orchestra and Surrey County Youth Orchestra, and this work has taken her to many European countries and to venues such as The Royal Albert Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Festival Hall and the Rudolfinum Concert Hall, Prague.

For the last two years, Jenny has also performed as a soloist and chamber musician at the Academia Internacional de Musica in Solsona, Spain. Upcoming concerts include chamber music performances with the RCM Martinu series, several solo recitals in Surrey, recitals with the Eilon Quartet in London and a slot in the RCM Rising Stars chamber music series at Cadogan Hall.


BERENT KORFKER  VIOLIN

Berent Korfker gave his first concert as soloist with orchestra at the age of 13. After winning prizes at the Wieniawski competition (Beethoven Prize) and the Oscar Back violin competition (2nd prize and Contemporary Music Award) he played throughout Europe, in Russia, Japan, the United States and Australia, both as soloist with orchestra and in recitals. He appeared in venues such as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, the Beethoven Saal in Bonn, the Palacio de Festivales in Santander and the Minato Mirai Hall in Yokohama and has performed concertos with orchestras like the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Lithuania, the Noord-Holland Philharmonic Orchestra and the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. In 2006, recitals in Chicago and Montpellier were broadcast on live radio and television. In January 2008 Korfker made his London debut playing the Tchaikowski Concerto with the London Irish Symphony Orchestra in Cadogan Hall.

Korfker has recorded 2 disks which were well received by the international press, naming the Sonata by Fauré on the first CD one of best recordings of this work. On the second CD he recorded the third violin concerto by Camille Saint-Saëns with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra under Rico Saccani.

Born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands in 1970, Korfker was first a student of the Dutch violin teacher Davina van Wely. After graduating as Performing Artist at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam he joined the class of the famous Russian violin teacher Zakhar Bron. Korfker graduated the Konzertexamen at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne. He took part in master classes with some of the great names of the old school. These include Igor Oistrakh, Herman Krebbers, Berl Senofsky, Ruggiero Ricci and Jaap Schröder. As well as being a respected performer, Korfker is also a professor of violin at the Royal College of Music in London. He has been invited to give master classes in Austria, Germany, Italy, the UK, Australia and the United States. Strings for Korfker and his class are kindly provided by Pirastro