Maxim Calver (cello) and Kumi Matsuo (piano)

Venue
United Reformed Church on Tuesday 10th October 2023 at 7:30 pm

Programme
Beethoven :  12 Variations on “Ein Madchen oder Weibchen” from The Magic Flute Op. 66
Beethoven :  Cello Sonata No 3 in A major Op. 69
Schumann :  Fantasiestücke Op. 73
Mendelssohn : Sonata No 2 for Cello and Piano in D major Op 58

Artists
Maxim Calver – Cello
Kumi Matsuo – Piano

Finalist in the BBC Young Musician Competition in 2018 (winner of the Strings category), Maxim started the cello at the age of 4 with Maja Passchier before moving to the Yehudi Menuhin School to study with Thomas Carroll aged just 8 years old. He currently studies at the Royal College of Music with Professor Melissa Phelps, where he is proud to be an ABRSM Scholar for his postgraduate studies. He has received masterclasses from many of the worlds leading cellists including Heinrich Schiff, Guy Johnston, Julian Lloyd Webber, Paul Katz and most recently with Gary Hoffman as an ‘active participant’ at the Kronberg Academy cello masterclasses and with Steven Doane at the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, Cornwall.

Maxim is supported by the Countess of Munster Recital Scheme.