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1/5/2006
Park Lane Group
Young Artist Series 50th Anniversary Season
Simon Thacker solo guitar
Melissa Doecke & Mary Callanan flute & piano duo
Friday 13th January, 7.45pm
Part of the PLG New Year Series, 9-13 January
Purcell Room
South Bank Centre, London
Tickets: �12, �10, �8
Concessions: 50% off (limited availability)
PLG Friends �4 off
0870 382 8000 &
http://www.rfh.org.uk/main/events/129159.html (�1.50 telephone & online transaction fee)
The Park Lane Group�s prestigious Young Artists New Year Series returns to the South Bank for its annual display of highly gifted young artists in wide ranging and imaginative programmes of contemporary music.
The final concert in the series features three exciting young musicians, including Scottish guitarist Simon Thacker who will perform After Night by Edinburgh University Reid Professor Nigel Osborne, the world premiere of a new work by Irish composer David Fennessy, lecturer at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow as well as works by Roberto Gerhard (Spain), Leo Brouwer (Cuba) and Edino Krieger (Brazil). The evening is shared with Australian flute and piano duo Melissa Doecke and Mary Callanan playing music by Giles Swayne (England), Carl Vine (Australia), Julian Anderson (England) and Henri Dutilleux�s Sonatine, to be performed in the presence of the composer, whose 90th birthday is being commemorated this season. .
Simon Thacker (b. Edinburgh) was awarded an MMus with Distinction from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2003. Performances include: a series of concerts in Havana, Cuba; premi�re of Kenneth Dempster's Mary's Lament for guitar and orchestra at the Queens Hall, Edinburgh; Edinburgh International Festival with the Paragon Ensemble, broadcast on BBC Radio 3; BBC Radio 3 In Tune and Ambassadorial Concert at Malta's National Theatre with �Canto vivo!, in duo with soprano Claire Debono. www.simonthacker.com
Melissa Doecke (b. Queensland, Australia) studied in Brisbane and Canberra before being awarded the prestigious Stanley Picker Trust Award for a Postgraduate Diploma course at the RAM in London. She has given solo recitals in Brisbane, Canberra, the Gold Coast and throughout South Australia. Melissa has performed as Principal Flute with various RAM orchestras under such conductors as Sir Colin Davis and Lutz Koehler and performed at music festivals worldwide including in Prague as a prize winner in the 2005 Anglo-Czech Music Trust Competition.
Mary Callanan (b. Queensland, Australia) completed studied in Queensland before coming to London in 2002. Mary received a scholarship to the RAM and commenced studies there with Christopher Elton. She completed her MMus in 2004 and is now continuing with Doctoral studies. In Australia Mary has performed regularly as solo and chamber musician, been successful in several competitions and broadcast in solo recital on ABC FM and 4MBS Radio. Recent London highlights include chamber performances at the South Bank Omaggio Berio Festival, Australia House and Duke�s Hall.
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1/05/2006 06:38:00 PM
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