{"id":6,"date":"2026-02-14T19:02:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T19:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farleymusic.org.uk\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-02-14T19:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T19:13:20","slug":"farley-music-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/farleymusic.org.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Farley Music 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Please be prompt for all events you are attending. 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Sonata in E minor for flute and basso continuo,  BWV 1034<br \/>\nI. Adagio ma non tanto<br \/>\nII. Allegro<br \/>\nIII. Andante<br \/>\nIV. Allegro <\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">Franz Schubert (1797-1828) &#8211; Introduction and Variations for flute and piano in e-minor D.802 Op. posth. 160 <\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">Sergey Sergeevich Prokofiev (1891-1953) &#8211; Sonata for flute and piano n.1 in D- major Op. 94<br \/>\nI. Moderato<br \/>\nII. Scherzo<br \/>\nIII. Andante<br \/>\nIV. Allegro con brio<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog-sponsor\">\n<div>Sponsored by:<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evansandpartridge.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/EP_Logo_280119_V1_Colour_PRINT-Thumb-1.jpg\"><\/img><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  onclick=\"toggleDetails('June10')\" onmouseover=\"this.style.cursor ='pointer'\"><i id=\"June18-Arrow\" class=\"fa-solid fa-angle-down fa-2xl\"><\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"June10\" class=\"flex-details\" style=\"display:none\">\n<div>\n<p><b>Ruta Vaytkute<\/b> is a professional flutist based in London.<br \/>\nRuta\u2019s musical life began in Kaliningrad, Russia at the Glier music school where her teacher was Lebedeva Tatiana. Later she continued her studies at the Central music school under Moscow state Tchaikovsky conservatory with professor Alexander Golyshev, graduating from it with honor degree. In 2024 Ruta has completed her bachelor degree at the Royal academy of music and today she is a final year student of a master degree at the Royal academy of music, London. Ruta\u2019s teachers at the Academy were William Bennett, Samuel Coles, Keith Bragg, Lisa Beznosiuk.<br \/>\nBesides Ruta\u2019s professional musical education she also attended many masterclasses with world famous musicians such as Denis Bouriakov, Julie Stewart-Lafin, Julien Beaudiment, Felix Renggli, Marina Piccinini, Silvia Careddu, Emily Beynon, Stefan Hoskuldsson, Emmanuel Pahud, Lorna McGhee, Paul Edmund-Davies, Vincent Lukas. Ruta was lucky to be chosen by sir James Galway to be his student for more than 6 years since her age of 12.<br \/>\nToday Ruta is a successful freelance musician performing in world famous venues as a soloist and in chamber collaborations too. During past 6 years Ruta performed in The Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Musicverein (Vienna, Austria), Berliner Philharmonie (Berlin, Germany), Mariinsky Theatre (St.Petersburg, Russia), Zaryadye Concert Hall (Moscow), the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Big Hall, Moscow Philharmonia (Moscow,Russia), Kaunas Philharmonia (Lithuania). Ruta is travelling a lot with the concerts across major cities of Russia such as Nizny Novgorod, Volgograd, Yekaterinburg, Perm, Tula, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok. Performed also in Shanghai and Beijin (China), Singapore, Seoul (South Korea), Virginia (USA), Rome (Italy), Brussels (Belgium), cities of Germany, England (the UK) and more.<br \/>\nRuta was passionate about orchestra playing since her early age. That is why at the age of 14 Ruta successfully auditioned for Youth Symphony Orchestra of Russia under the direction of Yuri Bashmet and spent there 6 years of her professional orchestra playing development. Later Ruta had an experience of playing within professional orchestras such as Novaya Rossiya state orchestra and London Sinfonietta.<br \/>\nSince Ruta moved to London, she started working with contemporary composers and performing world premieres. Highliting her latest projects, she recorded a premiere of \u201cGemmayze\u201d written for the special occasion of 200 years jubilee of the Royal academy of music by Joanna Marsh. Ruta also toured to Canary Islands (Spain) as a member of Manson Ensemble and premiered works by Phillip Cashian. Last year Ruta released a graphic scores project recording for October House Records as a member of Riot Ensemble.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-06-10-long.jpg\"><\/img><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nichaolas-2.jpg\"><\/img><\/div>\n<div>Hailed by the London Evening Standard as a &#8216;prodigy, of awesome technical fluency backed by exceptional artistry&#8217;, <b>Nicholas Walker<\/b> possesses a rare combination of talents combining sensitivity with &#8216;the flair of a full scale virtuoso and a sparkling intelligence&#8217; (BBC Music Magazine).<br \/>\nHe studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won all the major awards for both piano and composition, and subsequently at the Moscow Conservatoire.<br \/>\nWhile still a student in Moscow, he won the First Newport International Piano Competition and has since played with many British Orchestras, including the City of Birmingham and National Symphony Orchestras, the Royal Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, the London Festival and New Queen&#8217;s Hall Orchestras, the Philharmonia and the BBC National Symphony Orchestra of Wales. As well as performing in all the major London concert halls, he has played in North and South America, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Scandinavia, Australia and Russia. He has recorded for BBC Radio 3, Cirrus, ASV, BMG Arte Nova, Chandos, Toccata Classics and Naxos Grand Piano. Equally at home in chamber music, he is sought after as an imaginative and sensitive accompanist, and his CD with Lydia Mordkovitch of Russian violin music was Daily Telegraph CD of the week.<br \/>\nAlthough Walker\u2019s performances of Beethoven have brought him special notice, and his performances of the lyrical and late romantic piano music have also been singled out for the highest praise, it is for his championing of the cause of the neglected leader of \u2018The Mighty Handful\u2019, Mili Alexei Balakirev, that he is best known. Described by the Financial Times as \u2018the nearest thing to a natural Balakirev performer\u2019, Walker\u2019s two discs of Balakirev piano music for ASV (CD DCA 940 &#038; 1048) received great critical acclaim, and he has also received high praise for his performances of other Russian composers, including his live recording of the Liapunov Sonata on Danacord (DACOCD 539), described by Jeremy Nicholas as &#8216;thrilling\u2026 a tour de force&#8217;<br \/>\nHis now complete series for Naxos Grand Piano is however unique, in that it introduces music that has never before been performed or published, including a substantial sonata and works that Nicholas has finished off himself. All the CDs garnered enthusiastic reviews, and CD3 was CD of the week on Musiq3. James Harrington of the American Record Guide has called them the \u201creference set\u201d; Damian Thompson, writing in the Spectator, said that the series \u201chas to be heard to be believed\u201d, while Jeremy Nicholas in the Gramophone described the playing as \u201cbravura with integrity\u201d.<br \/>\nNicholas\u2019s next recording project is a double CD of all the Liszt etudes and the Sonata in B minor. The Wigmore Hall has programmed a Balakirev Day on 27th April, 2024 and invited Nicholas to give a lunchtime recital and an evening concert that day.\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><!--WEDNESDAY--><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex\" >\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-06-10-small.png\"><\/img><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"prog-date\">Wednesday 11th June 2025, 7:00pm<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog-artist\">Mih\u00e1yi Berecz (piano)<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">Various including including: Beethoven&#8217;s Diabelli Variations, Op. 120<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog-sponsor\">\n<div>Sponsored by:<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/bluestonevineyards.co.uk\/products\/farley-music-festival-pre-order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BluestoneLogo.png\"><\/img><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  onclick=\"toggleDetails('June11')\" onmouseover=\"this.style.cursor ='pointer'\"><i id=\"June19-Arrow\" class=\"fa-solid fa-angle-down fa-2xl\"><\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"June11\" class=\"flex-details\" style=\"display:none\">\n<div>\n<p>Winner of the Liszt-Bart\u00f3k Prize at the 15th Concours G\u00e9za Anda 2021 <b>Mih\u00e1ly Berecz<\/b> was born in Budapest in 1997 and began to learn the violin at the age of six. Later, in parallel with his work in various orchestras, he began to devote himself to the piano with Edit Major and Erzs\u00e9bet Bel\u00e1k.<br \/>\nHe obtained his First Class Honours Bachelor of Music degree at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Christopher Elton, however. Winner of the Debut Berlin International Concerto Competition, Mih\u00e1ly performed for the first time at the Berlin \u201cPhilharmonie\u201d in June 2017.<br \/>\nPrevious awards include the Golden Prize of the 2nd Manhattan International Music Competition and the Harriet Cohen Bach Prize of the Royal Academy of Music. At the 2013 Young Euro Classic Festival he performed Liszt\u2019s \u201cHungarian Fantasy\u201d at the Konzerthaus Berlin. Also in 2013, and upon the invitation of Zolt\u00e1n Kocsis, he made his debut at the B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k National Concert Hall, Budapest.<br \/>\nAt the Liszt Academy, where he frequently performs, he recently played Mozart\u2019s \u201cJenamy\u201d concerto under the baton of Mikhail Pletnev. Mih\u00e1ly\u2019s interest in historical interpretation has led to performances of fortepiano concertos with renowned orchestras playing on period instruments, such as the Orfeo Orchestra. Between 2020 and 2022, as part of a scholarship from the Hungarian Academy of Arts, he performed B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k\u2019s complete solo works of in eight concerts at the Hungarian Radio\u2019s Marble Hall.<br \/>\nMih\u00e1ly Berecz has won first place at the 2023 Kissingen Piano Olympics (Kissinger Klavier Olymp).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-06-10-long-1.jpg\"><\/img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><!--THURSDAY--><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex\" >\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-06-12-small.png\"><\/img><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"prog-date\">Thursday 12th June 2025, 7:00pm<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog-artist\">Joanna Krauze (piano and hopefully organ)<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">J. S. Bach &#8211; French Suite no. 5 in G-major BWV 816<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">J. S. Bach &#8211; French Suite no. 5 in G-major BWV 816<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">L. van Beethoven &#8211; Sonata A-flat major op. 110<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">D. Shostakovich &#8211; Prelude and Fugue no. 24 in d-minor op. 87<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog-sponsor\">\n<div>Sponsored by:<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesburtonconstruction.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/JamesBurton-2.png\"><\/img><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div  onclick=\"toggleDetails('June12')\" onmouseover=\"this.style.cursor ='pointer'\"><i id=\"June21-Arrow\" class=\"fa-solid fa-angle-down fa-2xl\"><\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"June12\" class=\"flex-details\" style=\"display:none\">\n<div>\nPolish pianist and organist, Joanna Krauze has performed both as a soloist and a chamber<br \/>\nmusician in Poland, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland and Canada. In Saison 2023\/24 she has<br \/>\nperformed in both concert halls of Tonhalle Zurich \u2013 Grosse and Kleine Tonhalle \u2013 on piano and<br \/>\norgan. She has won main prizes in several piano competitions, including two special prizes and<br \/>\nthe title of the Finalist in the 10. International Bach Piano Competition in W\u00fcrzburg, one of the<br \/>\nlargest piano competitions devoted to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. In 2017, she won the<br \/>\nsecond prize in the Sterndale Bennett Prize Piano Competition, which takes place at the Royal<br \/>\nAcademy of Music in London. In 2016, she also received the Mark James Piano Prize from the<br \/>\nprestigious London Philharmonia Orchestra to support her musical development. As the winner of<br \/>\nHarriet Cohen Bach Prize 2016 from London\u2019s Worshipful Company of Musicians, one of the<br \/>\noldest music institutions in England, Joanna was invited to join their \u201cYeomen\u201d programme, which<br \/>\nsupports a selected group of young artists in England. She also won the first prize in the 1st<br \/>\nInternational Chopin Competition for Young Pianists in Rzesz\u00f3w and was awarded a Special Prize<br \/>\nfor the best performance of a work by Chopin in the 15th International Chopin Festival in<br \/>\nSochaczew, a Special Prize in the 16th Piano Competition in \u017baga\u0144 and a Special Prize in the 2nd<br \/>\nPiano Competition in Piotrk\u00f3w-Trybunalski in Poland.<br \/>\nIn June 2024 Joanna graduated with distinction from the University of Arts in Z\u00fcrich with a<br \/>\nMaster\u2019s degree programme in Organ Performance, where she was developing her second<br \/>\nmusical passion which is organ playing, under the guidance of Andreas Jost. At the same<br \/>\nUniversity, in 2022, she obtained a Master of Arts in Specialized Music Performance &#8211; Soloist,<br \/>\nbeing a piano student of Konstantin Scherbakov. In 2020 she also received her Master\u2019s degree in<br \/>\nPiano Pedagogy at the Music Academy in Basel. Her music studies in Switzerland have been<br \/>\ngenerously supported by various Institutions, among others by the Swiss Confederation and their<br \/>\n\u201cSwiss Government Excellence Scholarship\u201d. In 2018 she obtained a first-class Bachelor\u2019s degree<br \/>\nin Piano Performance from the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she studied under the<br \/>\nguidance of Tessa Nicholson. While studying at the Royal Academy of Music, Joanna was<br \/>\nselected three times to be a recipient of Greta Parkinson, Doris Ethel Blake and Francis Simms<br \/>\ndiscretionary prizes for chosen students. In the academic year 2016-2017 she also studied as an<br \/>\nErasmus scholarship holder at the University of Music and Theater in Leipzig, under the guidance<br \/>\nof Gerald Fauth.<br \/>\nJoanna has developed her passion for music by participating in piano masterclasses with<br \/>\nrenowned pedagogues, such as Pascal Devoyon, Christopher Elton, Pavel Gililov, Krzysztof<br \/>\nJab\u0142o\u0144ski, Andrzej Jasinski, Kevin Kenner, Robert Levin, Joanna MacGregor, Katarzyna Popowa-<br \/>\nZydro\u0144, Yevgeny Sudbin, Dang Thai-Son and Arie Vardi, as well as organ masterclasses with<br \/>\nMichael Bouvard and Pier Damiano Peretti.\n    <\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-06-12-Long.png\"><\/img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><!--FRIDAY--><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex\" >\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-06-13-small.jpg\"><\/img><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"prog-date\">Friday 13th June 2025, 7:00pm<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog-artist\">Isabelle Oehmichen (piano)<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">Schubert &#8211; Klavierst\u00fccke D.946, no. 2<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">Mozart &#8211; Sonata in F major, K.332<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">Liszt &#8211; Un Sospiro  and Liszt &#8211; Saint Fran\u00e7ois de Paule marchant sur les flots<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog-interval\"><i>Interval<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">Baraige &#8211; Godchildren<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">Baraige  &#8211; Cellawina<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">Chopin &#8211; Fantaisie impromptu<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">Chopin &#8211; 4 mazurkas Op 24<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">Borkiewicz &#8211; 4 Lamentations et consolations Op 17 (N\u00b05, 6, 7 et 8)  <\/p>\n<div class=\"prog-sponsor\">\n<div>Sponsored by:<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog-artist\">Mr and Mrs S Payne<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div  onclick=\"toggleDetails('June13')\" onmouseover=\"this.style.cursor ='pointer'\"><i id=\"June20-Arrow\" class=\"fa-solid fa-angle-down fa-2xl\"><\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"June13\" class=\"flex-details\" style=\"display:none\">\n<div>\n<b>Isabelle Oemichan<\/b> \u2013 \u201c\u2026something of the passion of Horowitz and the power of Ogdon\u201d (CD Review) &#8211; has performed recitals, concertos with orchestra, and chamber music in her native France and many other countries. Although she originally studied classical ballet, a serious fall at the age of 17 changed her path in life and she returned to her piano studies, subsequently taking up a position as accompanist for the ballet at the Paris Opera. Encouraged by her teachers, she began working seriously at the piano from the age of 18, receiving advice from such prestigious performers as Milosz Magin and Gyorgy Cziffra \u2013 the first of whom studied with a student with a direct connection to Chopin, and the second with a connection to Liszt &#8211; also from Victoria Melki and from Jacqueline Eymar, a student of Cortot and Yves Nat.  She won the First Grand Prize at the 1989 Milosz Magin International Competition in 1989, and in 1993 was made Laureate of the Cziffra Foundation.  She joined the Artistic Committee of the Foundation and was their Artistic Director until 2019. As Artistic Director of the Franco-Hungarian Musical Association in Paris, in 2002 Isabelle founded the Summer Academy of Chamber Music in Budapest.<br \/>\nShe has recorded 13 CDs both as a soloist and with orchestra, including concertos by Weiner, Wissmer, Mozart, and Dhon\u00e1nyi, and unpublished piano works by Henri Collet and Henri Sauguet.  Her CDs also include the world premiere of Czerny\u2019s Nocturnes, as well as works by Chopin and Liszt. Last season, after recording pieces by the French composer Alain Baraige, she gave recitals and toured with the Budapest Orchestra, conducted by Roberto Benzi.<br \/>\nIsabelle is a passionate teacher, and is regularly invited to give master classes, and to sit on juries in international competitions.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Isabelle-Oehmichen-2-scaled.jpg\"><\/img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><!--SATURDAY--><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex\" >\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Oksana-Lepska-soprano-thumb.png\"><\/img><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"font-weight:bold\">Saturday 14th June 2025, 7:00pm &#8211; <i>Opera Gala<\/i><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog-artist\">Julia Klimek (piano), Edwin Kaye (bass), Martins Smaukstelis (tenor)<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog-artist\">Oksana Lepska (soprano), Alexandra Kenenova (mezzo soprano)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog-interval\"><i>Performing:<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">A selection of some of the best known and some less well-known Arias from across the Opera World<\/div>\n<p>        <!--\n\n<div class=\"prog-interval\"><b>Further details to follow<\/b><\/div>\n\n--><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog-sponsor\">\n<div>Sponsored by:<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfumutual.co.uk\/agent-offices\/salisbury\/?utm_source=wessex-agency&#038;utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_campaign=farley music festival 2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Salisbury-and-Wareham-logo5-yp.jpg\" width=\"150px\"><\/img><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div  onclick=\"toggleDetails('June22')\" onmouseover=\"this.style.cursor ='pointer'\"><i id=\"June22-Arrow\" class=\"fa-solid fa-angle-down fa-2xl\"><\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"June22\" class=\"flex-details\" style=\"display:none\">\n<div>Polish pianist <b>Julia Klimek<\/b> was described by The Guardian as \u201cflamboyant\u201d after her debut at the world-renown Wigmore Hall performing Clara Schumann\u2019s Song Cycle.  She marked the Weinberg Centenary at the University of Manchester and has performed alongside cellists Adrian Brendel and Mats Lindstrom. She has been invited to give recitals in Warsaw, Lvov and in Calgary in Canada.<br \/>\nJulia recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with Distinction, in addition to winning two institutional prizes &#8211; DipRAM for outstanding performance in a final recital and the Regency Award in recognition of a consistently exceptional level of achievement with Prof James Baillieu.  While at the Academy, she initiated the Student Union Choir which she conducted in both classical and jazz repertoire, championing works by Ola Gjeilo, Bob Chilcott and John Rutter.<br \/>\nShe has appeared in masterclasses with Maxim Vengerov, Steven Isserlis, Julius Drake, Helmut Deutsch, William Bennett, Brindley Sherratt, Roger Vignoles and at the Penderecki European Music Center.<br \/>\nAside from her concert career as an international chamber musician based in London, she is honoured to hold the Artistic Advisor and Head of Piano Adjudication position at the Rococo Elite Musicians Competition in Hong Kong. She is a successful and devoted teacher to her exclusive piano class and regularly gives piano masterclasses. She is also the founder of \u201cISH Concerts\u201d series at the International Students House in London.<br \/>\nA special sensitivity to music making is supported by her passion for painting, poetry, and ballet, which enriches her as a chamber musician, pianist and conductor.  She is a passionate advocate of late 19th and 20th-century repertoire, Polish repertoire and women composers such as Grace Williams, Lili Boulanger and Clara Schumann.\n    <\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/jULIA-KLIMEK-pianist-for-opera-gala.jpg\"><\/img><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ALEKSANDRA-KENENOVA-MEZZO-SOPRANO-scaled.jpeg\"><\/img><\/div>\n<div>Russian mezzo soprano <b>Aleksandra Kenenova<\/b>, was worn in Moscow> In 2020 finished Russian Institute of Theatre Arts ( opera theatre faculty). For three years worked at the GITIS theatre (Moscow, Russia), where you can hear her Olga (Eugene Onegin), Zelatrice, the Abbess, Principessa (Suor Angelica) and many others.<br \/>\nIn 2021 with support and guidance  of Dennis O\u2019Neill gained a full sponsorship  for a MA course in Wales International  Academy of Voice (Cardiff, Wales) from American Trust and Dennis O\u2019Neill\u2019s Foundation . In autumn 2022, sung Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor in Normansfield Theatre , London with Instant Opera Company. Aleksandra was lucky enough to take part in a unique  art song project made by Linda Kitchen (Wales opera Works, Detective Notes,Cardiff, March\/April 2023)<br \/>\nIn August 2023  sponsored by Music Community (NY, USA) participated in Michael Chance\u2019s Opera School SienAgosto (Siena , Italy). In October 2023 as part of the R.A.C.H. project, she recorded a CD with composer and pianist Fydor Biryuchev at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios.\n    <\/div>\n<div>Latvian soprano <b>Oksana Lepska<\/b> made her Carnegie Hall concert debut when she was only twelve years old. She has since performed in concert halls all across Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States.<br \/>\nOksana moved to London in 2015 after receiving an offer to study at the Royal Academy of Music, where she successfully completed her Bachelor of Performance Degree. Her studies continued at the Royal College of Music, where she was fully supported by the Bruce-Payne Vaseppi scholarship. Under the tutelage of Patricia Bardon, she completed a Master of Performance Degree with Distinction in 2021.<br \/>\nOksana\u2019s most notable achievements to date include: first prize in the National Mozart Competition in London and second prize in the Pendine International Voice of the Future Competition in Llangollen, the role of Mim\u00ec in Giacomo Puccini&#8217;s La Boh\u00e8me for Hurn Court Opera in the United Kingdom and the role of Alcina in Handel\u2019s Alcina for Saluzzo Opera Academy in Italy, participation in the Oxford International Song Festival and the Life Victoria Barcelona Lied Festival and nine solo recitals including the most recent at the National Liberal Club in London.\n    <\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Oksana-Lepska-soprano.jpg\"><\/img><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/EdwinKaye.jpg\"><\/img><\/div>\n<div><b>Edwin Kaye<\/b> works as a freelance opera soloist for various companies in the UK and Europe. A winner of the Fulham Opera Robert Presley Verdi Prize, he mostly sings dramatic roles and recently has performed as Soldat\/Jude in Salome, Opera di Roma; Raphael in The Creation, Scherzo Ensemble; Angelotti in Tosca, Opera Holland Park; Ceprano\/cover Sparafucile in Rigoletto, English National Opera; cover Hagen in G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung, Regents Opera; and Mayor\/Quercus in the world premiere of Jonathan Dove\u2019s Uprising, Glyndebourne and the Royal Scottish Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>Edwin has previously held soloist positions with State Opera Stara Zagora and State Opera Ruse in Bulgaria, performing for them roles such as Colline in La Boheme, Il Re d\u2019Egitto in Aida or Banco in Macbeth. He has also worked as a soloist with companies such as The Grange Festival, Le Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Gen\u00e8ve, Scottish Opera, Welsh National Opera, Hunedoara Lirica Festival and many more. He also performed extensively as a concert soloist in works such as Mozart\u2019s or Verdi\u2019s Requiems, The Messiah, passions and oratorios.\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<div><b>Martins Smaukstelis<\/b>\u00a0is a Latvian born tenor who completed his Master of Arts degree at the Royal Academy of Music with Neil Mackie and Jonathan Papp. He was awarded a full entrance scholarship, which was made possible by the Leverhulme Trust Postgraduate scholarship.<br \/>\nHe had the opportunity to sing in public masterclasses with Dennis O\u2019Neill at the Academy and Roger Vignoles at the Leeds Lieder Festival as well as David Butt Philip and Della Jones.<br \/>\nMartins recently debuted as\u00a0Prince\u00a0in Dvorak&#39;s\u00a0Rusalka\u00a0with New Opera Singapore where he previously appeared as\u00a0Lucano\u00a0in\u00a0L\u2019incoronazione di Poppea\u00a0as well as\u00a0Spoletta\u00a0in\u00a0Tosca (Devon Opera). He has performed as\u00a0Adrian\u00a0in\u00a0Hopes and Fears\u00a0with music by Debussy (The Opera Makers),\u00a0Basilio\u00a0and\u00a0Don Curzio\u00a0in\u00a0La Nozze di Figaro,\u00a0Schoolmaster\u00a0in\u00a0Cunning Little Vixen\u00a0as well as the title role in\u00a0Cavalli\u2019s\u00a0L\u2019Egisto\u00a0(HGO). He has also sang the role of\u00a0Distiller\u00a0in Rimsky-Korsakovs\u00a0May Night\u00a0(RAO),\u00a0Prince Charming\u00a0in multiple adaptations of\u00a0Cinderella\u00a0(St Paul&#39;s Opera and Merry Opera) as well as a fully staged\u00a0Messiah\u00a0(Merry Opera) and the role of\u00a0Heinrich\u00a0in concert performance of Ethel Smyth\u2019s\u00a0Der Wald.<br \/>\nMartins also has sung with Glyndebourne Festival, Garsington, Wexford and The Grange Festival operas among others and has a busy concert life appearing in concerts and oratorio performances all around the UK.<br \/>\nPast performances include Mozart\u2019s\u00a0Requiem\u00a0at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Beethoven\u2019s\u00a09th Symphony\u00a0and Mozart\u2019s\u00a0Coronation mass\u00a0with the Buckingham Choral Society.<br \/>\nMartins is also generously supported by the Josephine Baker Trust, Drake Calleja Trust and Countess of Munster Musical Trust.\n    <\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Martins-Smaukstelis-2-Tenor.html.jpg\"><\/img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex\" >\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.farleymusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Jeremy_Davies_3524988b.webp\"><\/img><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"font-weight:bold\">Sunday 15th June 2025 &#8211; <i>Free Entry<\/i> Evensong, 6:00pm<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog-artist\">Sung  Evensong with the choirs from Bishop Wordsworth and Godolphin<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"prog\">The sermon is going to be delivered by  Jeremy Davies on the role of music in his life and in the church.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"prog\"><b>Jeremy Davies<\/b> had a musical background. He was brought up in Cardiff, as a Welsh-speaking Baptist until the age of seven, when he was baptised into the Anglican church. He became a chorister at Llandaff cathedral, followed by Hurstpierpoint College, a public school he readily acknowledges as elitist, but where he gained a first-class education and the opportunity to develop his passions for music, drama and rugby. From there, he read English literature as a choral scholar at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.<br \/>\nHe was the Canon precentor of Salisbury Cathedral for 25 years before retiring to Farley.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"prog\">Choirs from Bishop Wordsworth&#8217;s School and Godolphin School<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  onclick=\"toggleDetails('June17')\" onmouseover=\"this.style.cursor ='pointer'\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"facebook\">We are on facebook. 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