Lunchtime Recital: Amber Emson (Violin) & Leah Nicholson (Piano)

Standard: £8

Leah Nicholson began studying with Galina Sandovskaya in St Petersburg, Russia, before continuing her musical education in the UK at Chetham’s School of Music with John Gough and Dr Murray McLachlan and at the Royal Academy of Music London with Professor Tessa Nicholson. She has won top prizes at competitions internationally and throughout the UK, amongst those the International Chopin Festival in Mazovia, Polyphonica International Competition in St. Petersburg, the Scottish International Youth Piano Competition, the Loretto James Waterhouse Piano Competition and Chetham’s Bösendorfer Piano Competition. 

Leah is also the youngest ever winner of the Keldwyth Young Musicians Award. Leah has performed in many venues across Europe including the Wigmore Hall, Steinway Hall, Sage Gateshead in Newcastle, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Petrikirche in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Kadriorg Palace in Tallinn, Estonia. She has also played under the baton of conductors such as Ryan BancroZ, David ChaUertonn and Leon Reimer. 

Amber Emson won first prize at International Competition Hohenpriesnitz and second prize at International Competition ‘Szymon Goldberg’. She performed in halls at Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Berliner Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall, Singapore Victoria Hall, ANAM Quartethaus Melbourne and Rheingau Musikfestival. 

A passionate chamber musician, she attended projects at Stauffer Center for Strings, Yellow Barn, ‘Mit Musik – Miteinander’ at Kronberg, Saline Royale Academy, Festival Resonances, Maiastra, International Summer Academy Salzburg, Rome Chamber Music Festival, IMS Prussia Cove, Carl Flesch Akademie and Kronberg Masterclasses with professors Gerhard Schulz, András Keller, Mauricio Fuks, Pavel Vernikov, Barbara Doll and Kolja Blacher. She was a member of LGT Young Soloists playing Phillip Glass’s Echorus on their recent album. Amber studies at Royal Academy of Music with So-Ock Kim. She also plays viola and has a strong interest in historical performance.

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