Horn Trio December 7, 2012

Venue/Location: Peel Hall, Peel Building, University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT
Event type: Music
Description:

Fergus Kerr, French Horn
Andrea Gajic, Violin
Lauryna Sableviciute, Piano

For this concert we are delighted to welcome to the University of Salford: Fergus Kerr, Andrea Gajic and Lauryna Sableviciute. They will perform works by Stephen Davismoon, the University of Salford’s Director of Music, alongside pieces by postgraduate music students as well as the masterpiece by Brahms for the medium.

An evening of refined music performance is guaranteed.

Having originally embarked upon a career in electronics, Fergus Kerr is now a freelance French horn player based in Scotland. He is a frequent player with all of the Scottish orchestras, in particular the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and he also regularly travels to Gateshead to play at The Sage with the Northern Sinfonia.

Lauryna Sableviciute commenced her specialist music studies at a very young age upon entering the M.K. Ciurlionis School of Arts in Vilnius (Lithuania); following on from this she graduated from the Music Academy of Lithuania under Professor Birute Vainiunaite. In 1998, Lauryna moved to Scotland after winning the scholarship for accompaniment at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RSAMD). She eventually graduated from the RSAMD with a Masters degree in Music Performance having studied with Professor Fali Pavri. Lauryna has accumulated several international piano prizes over the years: Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Scotland and continues to maintain a busy recital schedule as a soloist and chamber musician, giving countless solo recitals throughout the UK and Lithuania.

Andrea Gajic began her musical training at St. Mary’s Music School, Edinburgh. Between 1990 and 1995 Andrea studied with Khalida Akhtiamova in Moscow at the Russian Gnesins Academy of Music, gaining her Master’s Degree and Diploma in Solo Performance. She subsequently pursued postgraduate study with Felix Andrievsky at the Royal College of Music in London.

Andrea has performed as soloist in the UK, the United States of America, Russia, Lithuania, Finland, Germany and France. She currently teaches violin at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Music School of Douglas Academy in Glasgow and St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh. Pop culture icon, Madonna, is one of Andrea’s past violin pupils.

Admission: Free

This event is being run by the University of Salford’s Arts Development team. You can keep up with all the latest exhibitions, concerts and other events on their website or on Twitter @UoSArts

Official Website: http://www.salford.ac.uk/home-page/events/events/horn-trio