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Emmanuel Back (Violin)
Emmanuel won the Royal Over-Seas League Strings Competition 2018 and has performed as soloist and chamber musician at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Wigmore Hall, De Montfort Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St James Piccadilly, St John’s Smith Square and St George’s Bristol. Maxim Vengerov described his playing of the Brahms Concerto as ‘a superb rendition…a very deep and emotional performance.’ He has performed as a co-soloist with Anne-Sophie Mutter in JS Bach’s Double Concerto and has performed live and been broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Formerly a Countess of Munster Trust Recital Artist, he regularly gives recitals and performs concerti across the UK and also abroad. Classical Music Daily praised his ‘deeply thoughtful musicianship.’
As a soloist, Emmanuel has performed numerous concerti in the UK and abroad, working with conductors including David Hill MBE, Jonathan Willcocks, Maxim Vengerov, Ken Woods and others. As a chamber musician he has performed at festivals in the USA, South Africa, Europe and the UK, including Norfolk Festival (USA), FynArts, Silver Mountain Music Festival and Johannesburg International Mozart Festival (South Africa), CreArt Box (Spain), IMUSE (Belgium), and Edinburgh Fringe, BBC World Music Day, Shute Festival and Beaminster Festival (UK). He won special prizes in the Premio Rodolfo Lipizer and the Concours International de Violon de Mirecourt and an English-Speaking Union Scholarship. Reconnecting with his roots, he has toured South Africa several times.
Emmanuel read Music at Magdalen College, Oxford, gaining a Double First. He studied with Natasha Boyarsky, receiving a Master’s from the Royal College of Music and the Artist Diploma, latterly studying with Radu Blidar. He has also studied with Dr Felix Andrievsky. He has received masterclasses from violinists including Miriam Fried, Shlomo Mintz, Maxim Vengerov and Pierre Amoyal. Emmanuel has recorded three CDs, most recently ‘Lennox In Paris’ (Willowhayne Records), described by Pizzicato as ‘an intense journey through time’.
For more information see:
www.emmanuelbachviolinist.com
Jenny Stern (Piano)
South-African-born pianist Jenny Stern has recorded for radio and television in Europe and her home country. She made her debut playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto K450, with the conductor Alberto Bolet. Following studies at the Royal College of Music with Lamar Crowson, she completed a Masters in South Africa, winning the prestigious Emma Smith Overseas Scholarship for further study.
She has performed extensively in the UK and abroad as a chamber musician, collaborating with principal players from orchestras including the English Chamber Orchestra and Royal Opera House Orchestra. In South Africa, her major performances include acclaimed live broadcasts of Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Concerto and the Grieg Piano Concerto, and concertos with the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, Natal Philharmonic and Bloemfontein Symphony Orchestra.
Jenny has been invited to give masterclasses at venues including Dartington Summer School of Music and Euro Music Academy in Vienna. She has given over 500 concerts and workshops at universities and schools. She currently teaches at Eton College and the Royal College of Music, Junior Department. Jenny also regularly performs with violinist Emmanuel Bach. Their most recent CD ‘Lennox In Paris’ was released by Willowhayne Records in 2022.