CONCERT PROGRAMMES

Italian pianist Sofia Sacco has played extensively throughout Europe, Asia and South America. She appeared as soloist in more than 100 recitals in Italy, Germany, Spain, Belgium, China and Mexico. She is a first prize winner of the Bach International Music Competition and A. Baldi International Piano Competition. Sofia received her Master's degree at the Royal Academy of Music and for 2024-26 is a City Music Foundation Artist. Shostakovich features extensively in her repertoire and her first CD is of the composer's Preludes and Fugues Op.87.

Winner of the 2024 Musicians' Company Tina May Young Jazz Artist Award, pianist Nico Widdowson graduated from Leeds Conservatoire in 2018. Since then he has made a huge impression on the jazz scene with his skills in the Harlem stride style of the 1920s and the free improvised music of today. He makes frequent appearances on radio and at jazz festivals throughout the UK.