Each of these events explores a different composer through talks and performances of renowned works. No prior experience of classical music is needed!

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COMING UP!

22 March 2022, 5.30pm , Aula Maxima, UCC

Liszt: Unparalleled virtuosity, musical prophet (David Syme, Piano)

28 March 2022, 5.30pm, Aula Maxima, UCC

Franck: His wedding gift par excellence - Sonata for Violin and Piano (David Syme, Piano, with Keith Pascoe, violin)

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ABOUT THE PERFORMERS

David Syme

David Syme is the new UCC/Ritmüller Classical Artist in Residence. An American concert pianist now residing in Ireland, he has toured internationally for decades, has been broadcast worldwide, and has recorded 2 dozen CDs as soloist with orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic and the Czech National Symphony. An alumnus of New York’s Juilliard School, he was given an honorary diploma by the Royal Irish Academy Of Music for his “contributions to Ireland’s cultural landscape”. He is best known in Ireland for his home concert series, West Cork Living Room Concerts, which attracts an international audience. http://symepiano.com

Keith Pascoe

Keith Pascoe is a renowned violinist who has toured and recorded worldwide with prestigious, prize-winning ensembles including Vanbrugh Quartet, Britten Quartet, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields. He has published critical editions. He is currently the violinist of the Vanbrugh, director of the Irish contemporary music ensemble Evlana and conductor of the Cork Fleischmann Symphony Orchestra. In 2016, he was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Concert Hall, Dublin.

PAST EVENTS

Rachmaninoff: Melancholy, hypnosis and triumph

David and Keith kick off 2022 with some fireworks! They will discuss and perform sections of Rachmaninoff’s renowned Piano Concerto No 2. Possibly one of the most-loved pieces ever written, it’s been used in multiple blockbuster films and as the basis for popular songs like All By Myself.

DID YOU KNOW? Rachmaninov was struggling with depression and this concerto came after three years of therapy: he dedicated it to his therapist!