Cellist Indira Grier has been performing as a concerto soloist since the age of twelve and has just completed a Masters degree with Alexander Chaushian at the Royal College of Music. Kumi Matsuo is the winner of the 5th Louisiana International Piano Competition in 2013.
Indira has performed across the UK and Europe and has participated in masterclasses with David Geringas, Frans Helmerson, Thomas Ades and Steven Isserlis. She is a keen chamber musician and has enjoyed working with artists including Simon Crawford-Phillips, Andrew Marriner, Clio Gould, Matthew Truscott and Rebecca Gilliver. She frequently performs across the UK as part of the Grier Trio.
Kumi graduated from the Toho Gakuen High School of Music and the Toho Gakuen University of Music in Tokyo. In 2007 she moved to London for her further study at the Royal College of Music where she gained an Artist Diploma and a Master of Music in Performance. Kumi studied piano with Jyoko Gondo, Mikhail Voskresensky, John Blakely and Ashley Wass and chamber music with Jan Repko.
Performance to include:
Cello Sonata in D minor op.40 - Shostakovich
Cello Sonata in A minor (1919) - Henriette Bosmans
The next lunchtime concert is on Thursday 30 October and will be performed by Nathan Amaral (violin) Jonathan Ware (piano)
Join the LSE Choir and Orchestra on Tuesday 9 December for the LSE Christmas Concert in the beautiful surroundings of St Clement Danes Church.
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Just economics and politics? Think again. While LSE does not teach arts or music, there is a vibrant cultural side to the School - from weekly free music concerts in the Shaw Library, and an LSE orchestra and choir with their own professional conductors, various film, art and photographic student societies and regular public exhibitions. For more information please visit LSE Arts and Music.
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