The Brahms Sonatas for Violin and Piano | TU Dublin, East Quad

The Brahms Sonatas for Violin and Piano are at the cornerstone of the chamber music repertoire and are rarely performed as a set. Conservatoire lecturers Gillian Williams (violin) and Andreas Ioannides (piano) take to the stage to perform some of the greatest and most challenging music for violin and piano. When: Monday, March 10th @ 19:30 Where: TU Dublin Concert Hall, East Quad, Grangegorman D07 XFF2 ProgrammeJohannes Brahms (1833-1897) Violin Sonata no. 1 in G major, op. 78 Violin Sonata no. 2 in A major, op. 100 Violin Sonata no. 3 in D minor, op. 108 ANDREAS IOANNIDES Cypriot pianist Andreas Ioannides seeks to share his passion for great music and music-making through a multifaceted career dedicated to performance, interpretation, and teaching of the piano. He has made concert appearances throughout Europe, Asia, North and South America, including performances at Boston Symphony Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Berlin Konzerthaus, the Seoul Arts Center, the Temppeliaukio Kirkko in Helsinki and the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro. As soloist he has performed under such maestros as Neil Varon, David Effron, Paul Nadler and Roberto Tibiriçá. A devoted chamber musician, he has collaborated with esteemed artists including John Sharp, Joseph Swensen, Atar Arad, Mark Kaplan, Peter Stumpf, the Fry Street Quartet, and composer PQ Phan. Andreas has received enthusiastic reviews by the Boston Globe and his performances have been broadcast on television and radio across three continents. Having been a prize winner in the BNDES International Piano Competition in Rio de Janeiro and the Hastings International Piano Competition in the UK, he has more recently turned his attention to recording projects, including a 2-disc album released by NAXOS in 2020 in honor of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. Andreas is currently Lecturer of Piano and Chamber Music at the Dublin Conservatoire (Technological University of Dublin) and has previously served as Lecturer of Piano at Munster Technological University in Cork, Ireland and at Indiana State University, USA. He is also the founder and Artistic Director of ChamberFest Brown County, a chamber music festival that seeks to inspire audiences in rural Indiana with classical music performance and education of the highest caliber. He holds a Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University, mentored by legendary pianist Menahem Pressler. Additional teachers include Vladimir Viardo and Natalya Antonova. GILLIAN WILLIAMS One of Ireland's most accomplished violinists, Dublin-born Gillian Williams studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London under Professor David Takeno. In 1991 she successfully completed her postgraduate studies. As a student,she won all major competitions in Ireland, as well as the Louis Pesckai Memorial Prize at Guildhall for virtuoso playing.
Commanding a wide-ranging repertoire, her characteristic warmth,intensity and clarity of tone have won her praise from audiences and critics alike.She has performed extensively throughout Ireland,as well as Britain,America and Italy while her numerous solo performances at the NCH,Dublin,St James'Piccadilly etc, have included concerti by Mozart,Vivaldi, Bruch, Tchaikovsky with conductors Colman Pearce,Gerhardt Markson and David Seaman.
In her many recitals and broadcasts she has collaborated with renowned pianists Roger Vignoles, Philippe Cassard, Bernard Lansky (complete Brahms Sonatas at the National Gallery of Ireland-2005) and singers Regina Nathan and Mary Sheridan de Bruin. She regularly appears with her husband, cellist Arun Rao as the DUO CHAGALL. The duo gave World Premieres of works by Raymond Deane and Rhona Clarke (2000,2001) and is one of Ireland's longest running chamber group, also performing concerto repertoire (Brahms, Delius, Mozart) with the NSOI and other Irish orchestras. Ms Williams was leader and co-leader of the NSOI, RTE CO and ICO as well as festival and sessions orchestras. She is permanent leader of the Orlando Chamber Orchestra with whom she also featured as soloist in the 2006 MOZART Celebrations at the NCH and National Gallery of Ireland under its director Ite O'Donovan.

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