ARTISTS
HEADLINE ACTS AT SERENATA 2010 INCLUDED
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THURSDAY EMMA JOHNSON |
FRIDAY RUTH PALMER |
SATURDAY BENJAMIN GROSVENOR |
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Other acts that performed at Serenata 2010 included:- Musicians from the Royal Academy of Music to include The Zilia String Trio, The Renard Ensemble and Veronika Shoot on piano, Impropera, Netnakisum, Tyler Rix, David Rees Williams Trio, String Fever, O Duo, Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra, Camera Obscura, Smallest Nightclub in the World, Bowjangles, The Fairly Famous Family, Creature Feature, Marina Stiltwalkers, Dukebox. |
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Katherine Jenkins has performed for The Queen, The Pope and The Prime Minister. From her breakout in 2003 where she signed the most lucrative classical deal in history, 30 year old Katherine has become the premiere ambassador for British Classical music, bringing the genre to a new mainstream audience. She is regarded as one of the finest welsh exports and cherished as one of Britain's favourite singers. |
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The story of Russell Watson is inspirational. It depicts the meteoric rise of a humble factory worker from Salford who was catapulted into international singing stardom. He has sold millions of records worldwide and has performed for some of the most influential people of our time including the King of Malaysia, The President of the United States, the Emperor of Japan, our very own Prime Minister Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Germany, various powerful Sultans, The Beckham's and even the late Pope John Paul II who requested a private audience with Russell at the Vatican in Rome. |
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2010 is looking to be a great year for the ‘classical Fab Four’. Classical group BLAKE, who are nominated for Album of The Year at the 2010 Classical BRITs in May, have now topped the Australian Aria Classical Music Chart. Since launching their current album Together last year, the boys have been touring internationally, including the U.S and Denmark, as they continue to be recognised as one of the standout acts in the classical crossover genre.
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Geoff Sewell Regarded as one of New Zealand's finest exports, Geoff Sewell is a qualified chartered accountant, an entrepreneur, motivational speaker, global CEO of entertainment specialists and music experts Incognito Artists based in London, trained professional tenor, an internationally renowned, multi-platinum selling recording artist with No. 1 albums and DVDs with classical crossover group AMICI, and a successful solo artist with SonyBMG and his own record label Sewell Music. |
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One minute, Faryl Smith was an ordinary schoolgirl with a talent, the next she was being told in front of a national television audience, “You are literally one in a million” and “super-talented”. This is how 13-year-old singing sensation Faryl Smith sang her way to the final of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent and into Britain’s front rooms. It was an endorsement worth its weight in platinum with Faryl having now signed the largest record deal ever awarded to a schoolgirl. |
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Widely regarded, at age 17, as one of the most gifted young pianists in the world, Benjamin first came to prominence as the outstanding winner age 11 of the Keyboard Final of the 2004 BBC Young Musician Competition. Enthusiastically received recital debuts at Wigmore Hall and St George's Bristol followed, with the Bristol Evening Post remarking that his Chopin D flat Nocturne "was given a rendition of such maturity that one was sometimes thinking of Rubinstein in his prime". |
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Emma Johnson is one of the few clarinettists to have established an international career as a soloist. She has performed across Europe, the USA and the Far East, as well as in Africa and Australia in venues such as the Kennedy Center, the Concertgebouw, the Louvre and the Barbican. In Britain she has achieved particular popularity- her two recent discs on the Universal label, "Voyage" and "The Mozart Album", spent many weeks at the top of the Classical Charts. |
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“Strident, shocking, imperious and beautiful, this was a riveting performance”was how Anna Picard described Ruth’s Wigmore Hall debut in the Independent on Sunday. Violinist Ruth Palmer brings glamour and engagement to the concert stage and is fast developing an international reputation for her intense physical performances, deeply sonorous sound and championing of new music. She won the Young British Classical Performer 2007 award at the Classical BRITs.
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Tyler Rix Saxophonist Tyler Rix first came to the public's attention when he appeared on BBC2 Classical Star aged 14. He was soon signed by Universal records and his debut album Ascent reached No.1 in the Classical Charts and was featured as Classic FM's Album of the Week. read more / website link / website link
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Veronika Shoot Acclaimed at just six years old by Lord Yehudi Menuhin as 'destined to become a great pianist', Russian-born Nika (Veronika) Shoot moved to England aged five and gave her first recital aged seven in the Dartington International Summer School. She went on to study at both the Yehudi Menuhin School and Purcell Schools of Music and she is at present in her forth year at the Royal Academy of Music where she is a recipient of the Christopher Rae award, studying with Tatiana Sarkissova. |
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Renard Ensemble The Renard Ensemble is a London-based wind trio with Emily Andrews on the flute, Katy Ayling on the clarinet and Sophie Fox on the bassoon. Drawn together both through friendship and through their admiration for each other as musicians, they formed this trio in the Summer 2009. |
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