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Topsham Music Festival

Three day event features instrumental music by upcoming professional solo and chamber ensemble artists.

Leigh Curtis

A festival of instrumental music by upcoming professional solo and chamber ensemble artists is taking place in Topsham from Friday 5 to Sunday 7 April.

The event aims to showcase and support young musicians from across the UK by bringing them and their work to audiences in Devon.

The festival is led by artistic director and pianist Nina Savicevic, who was born in Exeter in 2001. Following studies at Wells Cathedral School she performs across the UK and abroad and is the winner of a number of piano competitions.

Bridget Yee Pianist Bridget Yee

The festival opens on Friday lunchtime with a performance by award-winning international classical guitarist Sam Rodwell at Topsham Methodist Church. He will play pieces by John Dowland, Luigi Legnani, Bach and others.

Also on Friday pianist Vincent Ling, winner of multiple international competitions, will play arrangements of music by Carl Vine, Beethoven, Albéniz, Wagner and Liszt at St Margaret’s Church.

On Saturday, harpist Jess Hughes and trumpeter Cameron Chin-See, who met during their studies at the Royal Northern College of Music, will perform Soirée de St Petersburg by Oscar Böhme, and Elegy by Aaron Jay-Kernis.

Later that day Sam Lightwing and Max Rosen, a jazz duo from Manchester, will play at Matthews Hall.

On Sunday afternoon pianist Bridget Yee, winner of numerous international piano competitions, will perform pieces by composers Haydn, Liszt and Chopin at St Margaret’s Church.

The Hygge Trio, featuring clarinetist Tomomi Kubota, cellist Hey Chit Wong and pianist Helen Meng, will bring the festival to a close on Sunday evening with pieces by Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch and Frühling.

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The Topsham Music Festival will take place from Friday 5 to Sunday 7 April 2024 as follows:

For more information and to view the full programme visit the Topsham Music Festival website.

Tickets for afternoon performances cost £5 and evening performances £10. They can be purchased via the TicketSource website.

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