Christina Lawrie, Piano
Wednesday 23 March 2011
"Christina Lawrie is a young pianist of formidable intellect and boundless technique...Fantastic playing"
The Observer
"Christina Lawrie is a wholly natural musician."
London Evening Standard
Programme
Sheep May Safely Graze Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (Arr. Egon Petri)Five Bagatelles Carl Vine (b1954)
Fantasy in C major, Op. 15, D. 760, 'Wanderer-Fantasie' Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
interval
Ballade No. 4 in F
minor, Op. 52 (1833 - 1897) Frédéric Chopin
(1810-1849)
Seven Fantasies op. 116
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Selection from Morceaux de Fantaisie, Morceaux de Salon and
Moments Musicaux Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 -
1943)
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Hailed as a rising star by
International Piano Magazine, Scottish pianist Christina
Lawrie made her debut with the RSNO in 2009, playing the
Grieg Piano Concerto. As a Park Lane Group Young Artist
Christina has given solo recitals at Wigmore Hall, the
Purcell Room, St. Martin-in-the-Fields and on BBC Radio 3.
She also loves touring Scotland, and had the honour of
giving the inaugural recital on Music Nairn's new Steinway.
Christina’s debut solo CD will be released at her PHAS
recital (23rd March 2011) on the new PHAS label. with the
support of a Dundee Musicians’ Award, the Larg Trust and
the Scottish Arts Council. For this CD she collaborated
with the award-winning team of John Fraser (ex-EMI
producer) and Philip Hobbs (chief sound engineer, Linn
Records).
Christina was a finalist at Marsala International Piano
Competition, the National Mozart Competition, Madrid
International Piano Competition “Compositores de España”,
and the Royal Overseas League Piano Competition. She has
also held several Scottish Arts Councils awards as well as
a Dewar Award.
After reading Music at Trinity College, Cambridge,
Christina was awarded a Leverhulme Postgraduate Scholarship
by the Royal College of Music, enabling her to study with
Yonty Solomon. She has also studied with Sergei Babayan,
Joan Havill, Jean Hutchison and Vanessa Latarche.
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