Why do women choose the musical instruments they do? A person in a good place to answer this question is Emily Pailthorpe.Ìý At 17 She became the youngest-ever winner of the Gillet International Oboe Competition and the American equivalent of the 91Èȱ¬ Young Musician of the Year.Ìý
Jenni talks to Emily and chamber music pianist, Susan Tomes, to discuss their relationship with their instruments.
On Tuesday 8 June Emily Pailthorpe makes her Wigmore Hall debut recital (entitled War and Innocence) which launches her debut CD on the Oboe Classics label: Though Lovers be Lost.Ìý The proceeds of her concert are going to Save The Children.
Susan Tome’sÌý Beyond the Notes: Journey’s with Chamber Music is published by Boydell and Brewer.
The Florestan Trio concert is on 8 June asÌýpart of Spitalfield Festival andÌýwill be broadcast live on Radio 3 at 7.30pm. It includes the world preimere of Piano Trio 2 by Judith Weir, which has been written especially for the Trio.
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