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The Busch Ensemble

Mathieu van Bellen- Violin

Liisa Randalu-Viola

Jonathan Bloxham-'Cello
Omri Epstein- Piano

Saturday 10th March 2012

at Holy Trinity Church, Hinckley

7.30pm
Mathieu was born in the Netherlands and started studying the violin when he was 4. he became Laureate of Yehudi Menuhin Competition, Wieniaski Competition, Princess Cristina Competition and Oskar back Competition. He is also a recipient of MBF, RPS Emily Anderson Prize, Philharmonia Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Awards and Making Music Awards. He was also awarded the Bach Prize and the String Player of the Year 2008 at the Royal College of Music. As part of the Busch Ensemble, Mathieu plays the "ex-Adolf Busch" JB Guadagnini violin (Urin, 1783) which is on loan to him thanks to private sponsorship.

Liisa was born in 1986 in Tallinn (Estonia) and raised in Karlsruhe (Germany). She has worked with Sebastian Schmidt (Mandelring Quartet) and Christine Busch (Musikhochschule Stuttgart) and is currently studying at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt with Roland Glassl. As a soloist, Liisa has performed with the Karlsruher Chamber Orchestra and the Tallinin Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, and in Germany, France and Venezuala. She has also been a member of the German National Youth Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Liisa is also a scholarship holder of the Gemeinnützige Hertie Stiftung and the Villa Musica Foundation in Germany, where students have the oportunity to perform chamber music as partners of internationally renowned musicians. She has won prizes at the International Mendelssohn Summer School, Hamburg in 2008 and the Musikpreis Schloss Waldhausen Competition in 2009.

Jonathan, who is originally from Newcastle, began his 'cello studies with John Finnon and James Craig. From 2004 he studied with Thomas Carroll, first at the Yeudi Menhuin School and then at the Royal College of Music.
In 2006 he was awarded the prestigious Guilhermina Suggia Gift and a Pierre Fournier Award Grant. In May 2008, during his first year at the  Royal College of Music he won the Vioncello competition incorporating the Ivor James, Helen Just, Thelma Reiss, Mrs Will Gordon and Stuart Knussen Prizes. Jonathan has recently been complementing his instrumental pursuits with conducting, and in Summer 2010 won the Weiz International Conducting Competition.

Omri was born in Israel in 1986. He won the Israeli Conservatory junior and senior piano competitions and was the recipient of the prestigious America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship. Subsequently he has given concerts in France, Germany, Switzerland, Israel, UK  and the USA. In September 2002 he moved with his family to the UK and was accepted to study at the Purcell School with Ronald Smith.
In the UK omri went on to win further prizes in competitions. Having won the Purcell School concerto competition, he performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.3 conducted by Damian Iorio at the  Royal College of Music. He also played with the Israeli Symphony Orchestra and broadcast on Israeli Radio. In 2010, Omri was accepted at the Royal Academy of Music on a MA postgraduate course

 

 
 

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