BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – CREWKERNE

FRIDAY
5 NOVEMBER
11.30AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – BRIDPORT
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
5 NOVEMBER
8PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – ILMINSTER
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
6 NOVEMBER
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View
North Street – CREWKERNE – TA18 7AL

RIYAD NICOLAS

piano

Ilminster & Crewkerne programme:
SCHUBERT	Sonata in A major D664
SCHUBERT	Impromptu in F minor No1, D935
SCHUBERT/LISZT	2 Lied-(Song) transcriptions
SCHUBERT	Sonata in G major D894
SCRIABIN	Etude No 9, Op 8
Bridport: Schubert – Sonata D894 & 2 Lied transcriptions
REVIEW

We are delighted to welcome RIYAD NICOLAS to Concerts in the West for the first time.

Riyad was born in Aleppo, Syria, in 1989. Through music he has been promoting peace and raising awareness for the plights of the Syrian people and performing for many organizations such as UNHCR.

Riyad has given solo recitals in many prestigious venues in London and the USA. He made his first appearance as a soloist with an orchestra at the age of ten in Aleppo. Since then, he has performed with many orchestras. Riyad has been selected recently to be a Tillett Trust Young Artist and an artist at the Countess of Munster Trust Concert Scheme at the UK. Riyad has won numerous international prizes and awards. Besides solo performances, Riyad is also a keen chamber music player, and has performed regularly in duos with violin and flute, collaborating with artists including the eminent flautist Wissam Boustany. Riyad first came to London in 2005 when he was awarded a two-year scholarship to study at the Purcell School of Music with Sulamita Aronovsky, continuing to work with her at the Royal Academy of Music, where he graduated in 2011. In June 2015, Riyad graduated with a distinction in a Master of Performance course at the Royal College of Music when he won the Gold Medal at the prestigious Chappell Piano Competition. Riyad also teaches piano at the Junior Department of Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Finchley Music School and Beethoven Music School.