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The International Artist Diploma (IAD) represents the highest level of performance achievement at the RNCM, welcoming a select group of exceptional artists each year who are poised to embark on international careers.

In this series each artist designs a carefully curated programme to highlight their unique talent and artistic vision.

6.30pm | Kryštof Kohout (violin)

Czech violinist Kryštof Kohout, soon to make his Carnegie Hall recital début, has established himself as a rising talent on the international stage. Recently, he performed Berg’s Violin Concerto at Barbican Hall and, as a laureate of the Bartók World Competition in Budapest, played Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in the Grand Hall of the Liszt Academy with the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Kohout’s recent projects include a new recording of George Walker’s rarely performed Violin Sonata No 1, created in collaboration with the Barbican Centre and BBC Radio 3 for their Total Immersion series.

Programme to include:
Luboš Fišer Sonata for violin and piano ‘The Hands’
Roxanna Panufnik Hora Bessarabia
György Kurtág ‘Doloroso‘ from Signs, Games and Messages
Maurice Ravel Tzigane

Kryštof Kohout violin
Edward Leung piano

Photo credit: Olivia Da Costa

8.15pm | Findlay Spence (cello)

Described by The Guardian as ‘exciting, engaging and profoundly musical,’ Scottish cellist Findlay Spence has performed worldwide as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral principal. Recent chamber highlights include appearances at Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Saal.

As a concerto soloist, Findlay has performed major works with leading British orchestras, alongside contemporary concertos by John Bevan Baker and Tom David Wilson. He has also participated in prestigious residencies, including the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, Musethica, and the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival.

Pàdruig Morrison Fadhail
Aaron Jay Kernis Air for cello and piano
Simon Holt feet of clay
Anna Thorvaldsdottir Hvolf
James MacMillan Cello Sonata No 1

Findlay Spence cello
David Palmer piano

Tickets (includes admission to both performances):
Full Price £13
Student/Under 26 £8

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This event will include an interval and will end at approximately 9.30pm.