Lizzie Ball - recent and future performances
2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08
APRIL 2009
1st Mestizo recital in Rothamsted Manor, Harpenden, 7.30pm
23rd ECLECTICA recital in Plympouth
OCTOBER 2008
4th Winkleigh Parish Church, Devon, 7 30pm. Recital with Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello), Kodaly, Mozart, Villa Lobos.
26th ECLECTICA at Ronnie Scotts, doors open at 6pm, More info coming soon.....
AUGUST 2008
3nd-10th 4 Strings 88 Keys Festival in Ferreirola, Granada, Spain with Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello) and Yolande Wrigley (piano)
Alexander Technique from Cat Jary, and workshops/masterclasses to be given by performers.
To include performances of Haydn/Beethoven piano trios, violin and cello duos by Kodaly, and works by De Falla and Piazzolla.
More information coming soon at www.alexandermusicschool.com
JULY 2008
4th Recital with Classico Latino 7 30pm, Grange over Sands, Lake District
10th Buxton International Festival Recital with Eclectica!
3pm in Palace Hotel, Buxton.
www.buxtonfestival.co.uk
JUNE 2008
1st 9 15pm Recital with James Pearson (piano) works to include Ginastera, traditonal Brazilian chorros, and Elgar at The Little Proms Series, Spice of Life , 37-39 Romilly Street, Soho
W1D 5AN tel: 02074377013
8th Recital with James Pearson (piano) works to include Ginastera, Britten, and Elgar, at the Chelsea Arts Club, 6pm. Entrance is by invitation only, please contact Lizzie if you are interested in coming along.
15th Concordia recital with piano and guitar at St Georges Bloomsbury Church , 4pm. see website for listings
19th Spitalfields Festival, Christ Church, City of London , 6 30pm, GSMD Contemporary Music Ensemble, Leader and Solo Violinist, works by Magnus Lindberg and Hindemith www.spitalfieldsfestival.org.uk
21st Exhibition Road Music Festival, Classico Latino will perform at 7pm in the Goethe Institute in South Kensington.
25th Music Hall Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Silk St. Lizzie's Final Year Recital at the GSMD, accompanied by James Pearson (piano)
MAY 2008
8th and 9th Daytime, Wiltons Music Hall. Concordia Foundation Children’s Workshops “The Rhythm of Life” www.concordiafoundation.com
8th Recital violin, and Mestizo, Ginastera for the Colombian Embassy. Canning House, SW1, 7 30pm for more info/tickets contact Helen Glaisher on 07762 731010
15th Private Recital for Concordia Foundation at the Fishmongers Hall, 7 30pm. Mestizo Duo in collaboration with Cuban Dancers from the Rambert Dance Company. For more info and tickets go to www.concordiafoundation.com
16th-22nd NEW YORK CITY:
17th Recording with New York Polyphony and Malcolm Bruno (Producer), includes Bartok Songs and Medieval Polyphony with improvisation
18th Concert with New York Polyphony (venue TBC)
23rd Business workshop for the Judge Business School of Cambridge, with Martin Outram and Ben Chappell, for Britten Sinfonia.
27th Royal Festival Hall, James Pearson plays Rhapsody in Blue, 7 30pm
28th 10-12.30 Wigmore Hall Workshop with Mestizo Duo
APRIL 2008
3rd Mestizo Showcase for Musician Inc Agency London, Venue tbc
9th -April 21st SOLO AND CHAMBER MUSIC TOUR TO MEXICO with Machaca, (Morgan Szymanski-guitar, Gemma Rosefield-cello, O Duo-percussion, Al Mobbs-bass)
6 concerts including Mexico City Festival. Sponsored by British Airways.
MARCH 2008
4th/6th/7th Overseas League with Mestizo, Piazzolla, Judith Weir, De Falla, Poulenc, Ravel.
6th 1.15pm Mestizo Recital Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, (same rep as above)
7th 1.05pm Mestizo Recital St. James Piccadilly, London
8th Leader/Soloist for Brandenburg Sinfonia, St. Matthew Passion, St.Giles in the Fields Church, Central London.
22nd-30th Tour of CUBA with Mestizo, solo and duo repertoire. This tour has been made possible by the generous sponsorship of the Concordia Foundation, Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Havana Holdings. This tour will include Mestizo recitals, and numerous masterclasses for the young musicians in Havana.
FEBRUARY 2008
7th 11am Wigmore Hall short performance and workshop with Ahmed Dickinson (Mestizo Duo)
8th RCM Conference for students, guest speaker on professional skills
24th Mozart Private performance at The Coliseum, ENO with Heather Hoyle (sax) performance
26th Mestizo Recital Southwark Cathedral 3 15pm (guitar and violin) Piazzolla, de Falla, Poulenc, Ravel, Judith Weir. NB note time!
28th The It Girls Showcase for Young Guns Agency Private Event
JANUARY 2008
2nd at 1pm St Mary the Virgin Church, times Square, New York City with New York Polyphony Performance of The Morimur Project - Bach's Chaccone for solo violin with vocal accompaniment, first developed for Christoph Poppen and the Hilliard Ensemble.
2nd at 7pm Repeat performance in Greenwich (venue TBC)
18th International Conference of the UK Associated Board of Orchestras
Brighton, 10-6pm.
Lizzie has been invited as the only musician present at this conference of managing directors of the country's top orchestras to speak about her experiences in South America both as a performer and a teacher, and will be representing the Britten Sinfonia.
26th It-Girls Showcase, The Rex Cinema & Bar, Leceister Square, free - please email Lizzie or Tracey at the It Girls for Guest List www.theitgirls.co.uk
28th - February 1st co-leader for Philharmonia/Elastic Band England Tour. Sponsored by Classic FM and Yamaha
DECEMBER 2007
13th Raddisson Hotel, Central London, Private Corporate Recital with Classico Latino
14th Recital, Astor Theatre, Deal, Kent with Eclectica! 7 30pm
For more info and tickets please call 01304 363972 or www.astor.freewebspace.com
15th Recital, Holywell Music Room, Oxford with Eclectica! 7 30pm
For more info and tickets please call call The Oxford Playhouse on 01865 305305 or www.ticketsoxford.com
December 27th-January 3rd In New York City, for lessons with Joey Corpus. www.joeycorpus.com
with Britten Sinfonia and Imogen Cooper
Nov 30th Concert in Wiltshire Music Centre Bradford on Avon 7 30pm
Dec 5th Concert in Dartington House 7 30pm
Dec 7th Concert in Norwich 7 30pm
Dec 8th Concert in West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge 7 30pm
NOVEMBER 2007
Oct 31st - November 10th with Britten Sinfonia and the Michael Clark Dance Company, every night during these dates except Nov 4th, in the Barbican Hall, 7 45pm, programme all Stravinsky to include an arrangement of Rite of Spring.
2nd Wigmore Hall, 10am and 11 30am: "Chamber Tots" Workshops for children between the ages of 2 and 5. Lizzie will be performing works by classical Latin composers, Piazzolla and De Falla for guitar and violin with Cuban born guitarist Ahmed Dickinson. There are two sessions for an hour each beginning at 10 and 11 30 in the Wigmore Hall. More details and booking at www.wigmore-hall.org.uk More dates to follow for 2008.
23rd Lyndhurst Music Society Recital with Hilary Ford (piano) 7 30pm
OCTOBER 2007
September 21st-October 4th As a guest with Ensemble Modern. Project with Pierre Boulez, tour of Europe, including Paris Salle Pleyel, Concertgebouw Hall Amsterdam, Berlin Konzerthaus, and the Frankfurt and Essen Concert Halls.
5th October Lizzie will begin a year of intensive study with David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music. Her studies are generously supported by a Guildhall School Scholarship, The Making Music Foundation, and the Kathleen and Margery Elliot Trust.
24th 8pm, Venue tbc, Leader, Brandenburg Sinfonia, Orchestral Concert www.brandenburg.org.uk
29th British Museum: Private Performance for Samsung, with The It Girls www.theitgirls.co.uk
SEPTEMBER 2007
1st Recital in Salta, Northern Argentina, 7 30 pm. Venue: Theatro Fundacion, Salta. For more info please go to www.infovipsalta.com.ar
Programme to include a mixture of classical, latin and folkloric music of Argentina.
14th-16th with Eclectica! Recital for Dartington Arts Series www.dartington.org/arts
28th Recital with Classico Latino, 1 Whitehall Place, London, 7 30pm.
AUGUST 2007
4th with Classico Latino Recital in Church Stretton Music Festival, 7 30pm
5th at 3pm Performance of Strauss Metamorphosen, Cheltenham Ladies' College, 3 choirs festival,
24th/25th concerts in Sao Paulo with Swami Junior-guitar, (Musical Director of Omara Portundo's Band) programme to include Piazzolla, and traditional Bossa Nova arranged by us.
MAY –JULY 2007
Lizzie has been travelling between Brazil, Argentina, and Chile experiencing a mixture of music, concerts, and new life and musical experiences.
JUNE - JULY
Santiago de Chile. Trial for Guest Leader of Chilean Philharmonic Orchestra, performances of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. Masterclasses with the young talents of Chile in Vina del Mar (another city).
MAY - JUNE
Argentina-Buenos Aires and other provinces of Argentina. learning Spanish, learning more tango music, giving masterclasses in local schools.
APRIL 2007
12th-14th with Britten Sinfonia , concerts in Norwich and Cambridge
16th-18th with Britten Sinfonia, sessions, and concert
20th-21st with Manning Camerata, concert in St.Albans
APRIL 30TH-MAY 9TH : with Britten Sinfonia on tour in South America
for more details see www.brittensinfonia.co.uk
MARCH 2007
14th GMTV with Il Divo
16th Awarded Making Music Harrison Professional Development Award 07/08 following audition and interview
21st Wired Strings Session for Beatles Cover Album, Abbey Road Studios
23rd-25th with Britten Sinfonia in Lisbon, PORTUGAL. James Macmillan, BBC
Singers, Gulbenkian Theatre Lisbon.
30th with Brandenburg Sinfonia, St.Martin in the Fields
FEBRUARY 2007
29th Jan-2nd Feb with Britten Sinfonia and Pekka Kuusisto (violin) tour of East Anglia
9th Feb co-leader, with Brandenburg Sinfonia, St. Martin in the Fields
22nd-12th March Sao Paulo, Brazil
JANUARY 2007
3rd It girls –soloist in swan lake type show for major pharmaceutical company
17th Completed Recording of Elgar Sonata ( go to Listen Page to hear!)
19th Scunthorpe Music Club Recital: Mendelssohn and Enescu Octets with London Concertante
25th co-leader, Brandenburg Sinfonia, St.Martin in the Fields
NOVEMBER 2006
7th Chamber Recital with London Concertante Nottingham, 7 30pm
9th Classico Latino Recital DEBUT, St.John’s Smith Square, 7 30pm
Sponsored by Friends of Colombian Social Aid. Tickets £15, Book Now online www.sjss.org.uk
15th World Music Awards , Earls Court, Performance with Enya, 7 30pm
Performances with Omara Portuondo-the legendary Cuban singer of The
Buena Vista Social Club.
One of the few surviving legends of the Latin American
Musical Canon:
17th Cadogan Hall, London 7 30pm.
Nov 18th Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 7 30pm.
20th Evening Recital with Classico Latino, Clacton Music Society, 7 30pm
24th ECLECTICA! Debut, with Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello), Pete Oxley and Luis
d’Agostino (guitars), Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 7 30pm
Programme includes
works by Kodaly and Chick Corea.
OCTOBER 2006
5th with City of London Chamber Orchestra, Chipping Camden Festival,
with guest appearance by Alfred Brendel (piano)
15th Performance of Chausson’s Poeme with I Maestri Orchestra, St John’s
Waterloo Church, Waterloo Road , SE1
16th Performance with rock legend Meatloaf , Royal Albert Hall, 8pm. SOLD OUT
21st with London Concertante, Evening Chamber Concert, Bath 7 30pm
22nd with Philarmonia Elastic Band-Family Concert.
28th with London Concertante, Evening Chamber Concert, Dorking Halls, 7 30pm
Lessons and masterclasses with Joey Corpus in Manhattan, New York
City www.joeycorpus.com
SEPTEMBER 2006
9th/10th private performance, for Richard Branson and family. To include Lizzie's
IPANEMA duo (see ensembles page for details) with Heather
Hoyle (saxaphone), and a guest appearance with THE IT GIRLS www.theitgirls.co.uk
14th London Musical Arts chamber concert, St.Martin in the Fields, 7 30pm
17th Session with London Concertante, contemporary music recording.
23rd performance of Bach Double Violin Concerto, with Magnus Johnston(violin)
for the wedding of Gabi Swallow and Mark Anthony Turnage
with CLASSICO LATINO
8th Recital St.John’s College, Cambridge 7 30pm
15th recital Squerry's Hall, Sussex 7 30pm
16th Recital Hartfield House, Sussex 7 30pm
26th Recital Windsor Festival 1pm
27th September, Recital, Peterborough Cathedral, 7 30pm (tbc)
AUGUST 2006
4th with the Britten Sinfonia at Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings Concert
Hall,
7 30pm
5th with London Concertante, Evening chamber recital, Enescu Octet, Wallingford
Festival, Oxford 7 30pm
17th with London Concertante: Chamber recital, St.Martin in the Fields 7 30pm
19th with Britten Sinfonia, BBC Proms, Cadogan Hall , 3pm. Shostakovich
premiere of film scores alongside the screening of the original films. Broadcast
live on BBC Radio 3.
August 27th-Sept 3rd with Band Art, chamber orchestra directed by Gordan Nikolic
(LSO) Festival to include chamber and orchestral concerts in Andalucia, Spain
JULY 2006
1st with London Musical Arts Chamber Orchestra, St.Martin-in-the Fields 7 30pm
programme to include Vivaldi Four Seasons
9th-19th Leader of Opera Group's production of "The Nose" by Shostakovich
Performances in Buxton Festival:
9th Buxton Opera House, 7 30pm
14th Buxton Opera House, 7 30pm
19th Buxton Opera House, 7 30pm
and performance at the Lichfield Festival:
11th Garrick Theatre, 7 30pm
JUNE 2006
CHAMBER MUSIC
8th with Chilingirian quartet, Boxgrove Festival includes Mendelssohn Octet 7
30pm
Sayat Nova Ensemble directed by Levon Chilingirian:
10th Boxgrove Festival 7 30pm
11th Conway Hall, Red Lion Square WC1R , 7 30PM
programme to include Shostakovich
Quartet no.10 and Mozart Divertimento in D.
With CLASSICO LATINO
17th Recital Hartfield House, Sussex 7 30pm
ORCHESTRAL
24th with London Concertante, directed by Chris Grist, Douai Abbey, Berkshire
7 30pm
Strauss Four Last Songs, Tippett Child of our Time
26th De Montford Concert Hall, Leicester, 7 30pm
with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Mahler Symphony No 1, Shostakovich Violin
Concerto No 1
27th Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank ,London 7 30pm
with Philharmonia Orchestra see above for programme details
for more information please visit www.philharmonia.co.uk
MAY 2006
CHAMBER MUSIC
9th Kerem Quartet Recital: St Martin in the Fields 1pm includes Mozart and Shostakovich
21st Leader I Maestri ensemble, Mendelssohn Octet venue tbc , 7 30pm
ORCHESTRAL:
With BRITTEN SINFONIA
2nd-7th with Britten Sinfonia and Henri Oguike Dance Company, Bradford on Avon
and Queen Elizabeth Hall.
24th Bury St.Edmonds Cathedral 7 30pm
APRIL 2006
CHAMBER MUSIC
23rd recital with Morgan Szymanski (guitar) for Friends of Buxton Festival
ORCHESTRAL
5th National Symphony Orchestra with Katherine Jenkins, Royal Albert Hall
8th with the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra, Fairfield Halls, Croydon
9th leader for I Maestri orchestra, St John’s Smith Square 7 30pm,
programme
includes Shostakovich 9
10th leader Elastic Band, workshops Redhill
22nd with London Musical Arts Orchestra, St.Martin in the Fields
MARCH 2006
CHAMBER MUSIC
3rd-7th Kerem quartet mini tour to Finland, recitals in Loimaa, inc Tchaikovsky,
Mozart, Shostakovich quartets
12th- Kerem quartet recital Ukrainian House, including Tchaikovsky, Mozart quartets
ORCHESTRAL
10th-11th with the Philarmonia Madrid Tour
with CLASSICO LATINO
16th-27th TOUR to Colombia. Including recitals at Theatro Colon, and Shakespeare
Institute, Bogota. Masterclasses given to the students of Ibague Music Academy
sponsored by the British Council. Appearances on National TV, Radio and Newspapers.
OCT –DEC 2005
Principal Violin: Simply Red European Tour, 7 countries, 36 Shows including Royal
Albert Hall, biggest audience 36,000 people.
0CTOBER 2005
With CLASSICO LATINO
1st Recital Windsor Festival 1pm
20th Classico Latino recital, St.James Picadilly 7 30pm for Friends of Colombian
Social Aid.
Other performances:
6th Kerem Quartet recital Hyde Park Chapel 1pm, Prokoviev and Haydn
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