Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Mozart

Yulia Chaplin is an internationally acclaimed concert pianist, winner of seven international piano competitions, including the Gold Medal at the Tchaikovsky International Competition for Young Musicians. She has performed at leading venues worldwide, including London's Wigmore Hall and Southbank Centre, Berlin Philharmonie, the Moscow Conservatoire and Bunka Kaikan Hall in Tokyo. Her acclaimed recording of Russian piano music for Champs Hill Records was praised by the American Record Guide as "an outstanding disc."A graduate of the Berlin University of the Arts and the Royal College of Music, Yulia studied with distinguished musicians including Mstislav Rostropovich, András Schiff, Mitsuko Uchida and Paul Badura-Skoda. An experienced educator, she has given masterclasses internationally, recorded for ABRSM and Trinity College London, served on competition juries and examination panels, and is Artistic Director of the Prokofiev Festival in London. She also writes for leading music publications and presents the interview series Pianist Platform.

James is a London-based clarinettist and enjoys a varied international performing career. James majors in performing with orchestras across the UK and has regularly appeared as Guest Principal with ensembles such as the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Performing extensively in London with these and other orchestras, James has been fortunate to tour around the world to the USA, Europe and Japan. As a recipient of the Musician’s Company Award and ‘Making Music’s’ Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artist Award, James has been invited to perform solo recitals and concertos for some of the UK’s most established music clubs and amateur orchestras, taking him all over the country to such places as Dolgellau, Snowdonia all the way to Penzance, Cornwall. James is a proponent of contemporary music performance and has enjoyed working alongside many of the foremost current and upcoming composers.

Michael Bochmann, MBE, is an internationally acclaimed British violinist and conductor, founder and Artistic Director of the Lenthall Concerts. Educated at Burford School he went on to study violin at the Royal Academy of Music. He was a participating pupil on Menuhin’s Master classes on BBC2 TV. In February 1990 Michael partnered Sir Yehudi Menuhin in the Bach Double Violin Concerto in a most successful tour of 16 concerts throughout the USA and Canada. He formed the Bochmann Quartet in 1977 with which he made over 50 broadcasts within their first 10 years. During this period, he also performed with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields directed by Neville Marriner and the English Chamber Orchestra. He directed the English String Orchestra until 2016. He is very active as a teacher and is Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at Trinitylaban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. .