15 October 2011 - Smetana, Grieg and Shostakovitch
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Soloist
- Lara Melda (Piano)
Conductor: Brian Wright
Smetana - Vltava
Grieg - Piano Concerto
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5
Lara Melda, formerly known as Lara Omeroglu, is the current BBC Young
Musician and she plays Grieg's every popular Piano Concerto.
Smetana's tone poem Vltava, better known by its German title of
Moldau, vividly charts the course of the river that runs through Prague.
We end with Shostakovitch's powerful 5th Symphony, a cris de
coeur against the Russian Stalinist regime.
The Concert starts at 7.30pm in Mote Hall, which is within the
Maidstone Leisure Centre, Mote Park, Maidstone.
For ticket details click here or phone 0845 1552277
and welcome to our website.
Lara Melda began learning the piano in January 2000 with Emily Jeffrey
and viola soon after with Sarah Barrett. She was awarded a place at the
Royal College of Music Junior Department in 2004 where her full musical
training commenced, then continuing her viola studies with Jon Thorne. She
joined the Purcell School in 2006, holding a full Scholarship under the
Government's Music and Dance Scheme, and furthering her viola studies there
with Ian Jewel.
Maidstone Orchestral Society
Registered Charity No. 287986
Soloist
- Lara Melda (Piano)