Lunchtime Classical Recital | Alessandra Amorino and Sarah Paterson
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Friday 2nd May 2025 | 1:10 pm to 2:10 pm
A LIVE Event at the Lit & Phil | FREE
Friday 2nd May 2025 | 1:10pm
Alessandra Amorino (flute) and Sarah Paterson (harp)
Performing works by Ibert, Nielsen and Mouquet
Sarah Paterson | Image provided by promoterSarah Paterson began learning the harp with Anita Aslin and Frank Sternefeld, before studying at the Royal Northern College of Music with Eira Lynn Jones, graduating with Batchelor of Music (Honours). At the RNCM she was awarded the Dianne Bolton Prize for Salon Music, was selected for the BBC Philharmonic Professional Experience Scheme, and as Principle Harp in the resident orchestra at the Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte (Montepulciano).
As a member of the RNCM Harp Ensemble she performed at the Natural History Museum and the Baltic Art Gallery, and was honoured to be one of 60 harpists to play for the then Prince Charles’ 60th Birthday celebrations.
Alessandra Amorino | Image provided by promoter
Alessandra Amorino earned an MMus in Flute from the Conservatory of Cagliari (Italy) and a BA in Chamber Music from the Conservatory of Rome (Italy). She was awarded the Berio Prize at the “Severino Gazzelloni Fellowship Competition” 2002, for the best performance of Berio’s “Sequenza I”.
As an expert in contemporary music, she performs as soloist and plays flute(s) in two renowned Italian chamber ensembles: Imago Sonora and Piccola Accademia degli Specchi (PadS) participating in major music festivals across Europe (Rome, Perugia, Trieste in Italy; Kassel in Germany; Middelburg in Zeeland; Klagenfurt in Austria, Goriška Brda in Slovenia), giving several world and Italian premieres of dedicated scores. With PAdS ensemble she recorded four albums (Minimamachta, Centaur Record, USA, 2009; House of Mirrors, Zefir Records, The Netherlands, 2011 and Collision Point, Belarca Records, USA, 2019) She has an international standing and a distinctive track record which includes extensive experience working in orchestras and chamber ensembles (from duo to sextet), with a repertoire ranging from classical to contemporary music.
A LIVE Lit & Phil Event | FREE
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