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RNCM Artist of the Year: Classical Final

Thursday 18 June 2026, 7.00pm

RNCM Concert Hall

©Robin Clewley

Performers

7pm / Letizia Palmieri piano
7.30pm / João Luís saxophone
8pm / Interval (15 minutes)
8.15pm / Rhys Nicholson cello
8.45pm / Liana Storey piano
9.15pm / Interval (10 minutes)
9.25pm / Alvin Wong saxophone
10pm / Winner Announcement

Please note that there will be no late entry after each recital begins.

Programme

Letizia Palmieri piano:

Stephen Hough Sonatina Nostalgica
Cécile Chaminade Caprice-Impromptu Op 153
Claude Debussy Etude No 7: Pour les degrés chromatiques
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No 8 Op 84 (movements two and three)

João Luís saxophone:

Robert Muczynski Sonata for alto saxophone and piano Op 29
Tomaso Antonio Vitali Chaconne in G minor
Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Schwanenlied Op 1 No 1

Rhys Nicholson cello:

Ludwig van Beethoven 7 Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’ WoO 46
Richard Wagner Wesendonck Lieder WWV 91: ‘Träume’ and ‘Der Engel’
Gaspar Cassadó Suite for cello solo

Liana Storey piano:

J S Bach Prelude in G major BWV 861
Charles-Valentin Alkan Prelude in E flat major Op 31 No 7
Alexander Scriabin Prelude Op 37 No 1
Lera Auerbach Prelude No 20
Dmitri Shostakovich Prelude No 4 in E minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff Prelude Op 32 No 4
Frédéric Chopin Prelude in F sharp major Op 28 No 13
Claude Debussy Prelude from Pour le Piano L 95
Alberto Ginastera Prelude No 3 from 12 American Preludes
George Gershwin Prelude No 1

Alvin Wong saxophone:

Jean Denis Michat Back to Bach: Allegro
Dorothy Chang Afterlight
Marc Mellits Dark Matter
Karen Tanaka Night Bird
Pierre Max Dubois Sonatine: Allegretto

About

RNCM Artist of the Year is the College’s highest individual award and celebrates outstanding artistry, creativity, and musical excellence.

In this final, soloists perform an individually curated programme, giving audiences the chance to discover the remarkable emerging artists who are shaping the future of music.

Photo credit: Robin Clewley

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Tickets

Full Price £13
Students / Under 26s £8

Promoted by RNCM.

This event will have two intervals and finish at around 10.30pm.


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