Iris Axon Series Resumes with Anna Vienna Ho
Hong Kong pianist and composer performing at Acton Hill Church
Picture: Anna Vienna Ho/Facebook
The new season of Iris Axon Concerts is set to begin with a performance by winning pianist Anna Vienna Ho.
She will be playing Liszt Liebesträume S. 541 and Ravel's Miroirs on Sunday 3 September at 4pm.
The organisers say, “This promises to be a fascinating concert giving ample scope for a multitude of colours from our lovely grand piano. “
Born in Hong Kong, Anna Vienna Ho is a versatile musician who has worked as a concert pianist, répétiteur, composer, opera singer and conductor for a number of music organizations, including Welsh National Opera, Birmingham Opera Company, Tête à Tête Opera Festival, Opera Novella, London Oriana Choir, London Gay Symphony Orchestra and Bel Canto Singers among others. She has been selected as a Du Vert a L'infini festival Artist, Syntropy Artist and the Montpelier Arts Center Classical Recital Artist.
Anna's compositions include instrumental, vocal, electroacoustic, multi-media, orchestral and operatic works, which were premiered around the world by various musicians.
Her opera "Buddha and the Monkey King" and "The Monk of the River" have been premiered at the Tête à Tête Opera Festival in 2020 and 2021.
Iris Axon Concert Series Schedule 2023/24
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September 3rd Anna Vienna Ho – piano
October 1st Hannah Shilvock – Bass Clarinet
November 5th Lewis Kingsley – piano
December 3rd Neus Perris Ferrer - piano
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January 7th Amber Emson – violin
February 4th Evgeny Soifertis - piano
March 3rd Alice Jones (cello),Tara Clifford (piano)
April 7th Joanna Kacperek –piano
May 5th Stavroula Thoma – piano
June 2nd Lance Mok – piano
July 7th Susie Gibbons – soprano
Now in its seventeenth year, the Iris Axon Concert Series is an annual season of short (60-70 minute) monthly recitals on Sunday afternoons at the Acton Hill Church. The series was started by Music Director Jane Schopf in 2004 to provide a venue for young musicians starting on their professional careers, many of whom have subsequently enjoyed international success in competitions and on the concert platform. The series has continued to grow and now attracts established international artists as well.
Originally called the Acton Classical Music Concert Series, it was re-named in 2009 in memory of one of its most loyal supporters, Iris Axon, who made possible the purchase of a concert grand, handmade by Clive Pinkham.
The church is deemed ideal for concerts as it has the largest unsupported wooden barrel-vault ceiling in London which brings out the middle harmonics, creating a luxuriously warm sound.
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August 22, 2023