🎉𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐖!🎉A Portrait of Chopin is yours, dear listeners ♥️ The @CarducciQuartet & I poured our hearts into creating this and we truly hope you love it as much as we do. Own it, stream it, add it to your playlists… but above all, please enjoy it 🎹🎻💿

@LaraMelda Love your new release!! "Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21, B. 43 (Arr. for Piano & String Quartet by Bartłomiej Kominek, Lara Melda & Carducci String Quartet): I. Maestoso" was played on Accent 4 in Strasbourg, France!

Read our Piano Music Round-Up for Spring 2025! Matthew Ash shares some of his highlights from the wealth of piano recordings released over the past three months, covering an intriguing range of repertoire. @LaraMelda 📖 Read here: https://t.co/WtSwM8SA9P

And a Portrait of Chopin with @CarducciQuartet reminding us of what finely honed quartet playing is all about- and introducing me to @LaraMelda - a pianist of depth and distinction. Hurrah! A splendid afternoon.

What a joy it was to perform at the beautiful @Bechstein_Hall! With a rich history dating back to the late 1800s, it’s inspiring to see the Bechstein name return to this historic location. Thank you to everyone who came and made the evening so memorable! 🎹♥️ 📸 @racingfranco

A magical evening at the @OxfordUnion, surrounded by history, music & the warmth of a lovely audience. Honoured to have brought the gorgeous @ShigeruPianos to life in this timeless setting. Thank you to everyone who shared this special night with me & @KawaiPianosUK 🎹🌹✨

A little late posting this, but it was such a pleasure to be back at @imperialcollege earlier this month with the fabulous @CarducciQuartet, always a wonderful audience - thank you @oliver_gooch for having us! 🎶🎹🎻 📸 @racingfranco_

What a lovely audience we had at @OxCoffeeConcert! 🎶 Catch the @CarducciQuartet and I performing some more Chopin together tomorrow, Thursday 5th December, 13:00 at @imperialcollege. More details here: https://t.co/aCoDE8H2pq. See you there! 🎹🎻 📸 @racingfranco_

Some photos of the @CarducciQuartet & I rehearsing ahead of our concert for @OxCoffeeConcert in the lovely Holywell Music Room which is said to be the oldest purpose-built music room in Europe, and hence Britain’s first concert hall 🎶 📸 @racingfranco_

✨ Thank you to @katyaapekisheva and @charlesowenpiano for a 9th edition of the amazing @LondonPianoFest, feat @LaraMelda, Kit Armstrong, Michael Wollny, Reinis Zariņš, Rose MacLachlan, Susan Tomes and strings with @carducciquartet. Until next year! 💛 📸 Viktor Erik Emmanuel

It’s always such a joy to make music with the incredible @CarducciQuartet & it was a special treat to have that extra bit of bass with Stacey Watton’s double bass for our Mozart Gala at @KingsPlace. What a perfect way to kick off the @LondonPianoFest! 🎹🎻🎶 📸 @racingfranco_

Mozart with the wonderful @CarducciQuartet & lovely @staceywatton on double bass (with special mention to his fabulously bedazzled mute 💎) ahead of the @LondonPianoFest opening night at @KingsPlace 🎹🎻🎶 The acoustics plus these world-class musicians are just *chef’s kiss*👌🏼✨

A great start to @LondonPianoFest @KingsPlace - 3 Mozart concertos, 3 pianists, 5 string players adding up to a full house! Congratulations @KatyaApekisheva @owenpiano @CarducciQuartet @LaraMelda & @staceywatton

Bravo ⁦@LaraMelda⁩ ⁦@KatyaApekisheva⁩ ⁦@owenpiano⁩ ⁦@CarducciQuartet⁩ ⁦@staceywatton⁩ a brilliant opening concert of ⁦@LondonPianoFest⁩ 2024 🎹 Don’t miss the rest of the programme at ⁦@KingsPlace⁩ this weekend! ⁦@IP_mag⁩

Tonight, @LondonPianoFest kicks off @KingsPlace with Mozart from festival co-directors @owenpiano + @KatyaApekisheva (w/ @LaraMelda & @CarducciQuartet) 🎹 and continues throughout the weekend with recitals, talks and jazz improvisations. https://t.co/KmloVQR56t @IP_mag

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Very excited about my upcoming concert at @KingsPlace 🎶 Join me, @owenpiano, @KatyaApekisheva & the @CarducciQuartet for a Mozart Gala at the opening night of the @LondonPianoFest on Friday 4th October, where we’ll be celebrating Mozart’s finest early piano concerti 🎹🎻

Do you know who is @LaraMelda 's musical hero? 🎶 It is the legendary Alfred Brendel! Lara will be performing on in our Opening Night Gala we cannot wait 🤩 Thanks for giving us a shoutout @MusicMagazine Lara! Tickets: https://t.co/APcKvaSkud @KingsPlace @IP_mag

Writing this was such a pleasure, thank you @MusicMagazine 🎶

Our opening night will be dedicated to none other than Mozart 🤩 @owenpiano , @KatyaApekisheva and @LaraMelda will be performing Mozart concerti with the Carducci Quartet 🎻 Listen to Katya and Charles talk about Mozart here: https://t.co/2qVsed3gAq @KingsPlace @IP_mag