Our next concerts will be held in cooperation with The Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust, which helps young musicians at the start of their careers. The venue is located at 22 Mansfield St, London W1G 9NR. All concerts start at 7.30pm with drinks from 7pm.
Upcoming Concerts
Kasparas Mikužis
13 February 2025
Programme to be announced
Please book your place at the concert by email to NBoasTrading@gmail.com or phone 07734 054 404. You will receive a confirmation by e-mail, and your name will be placed on the list and checked on your arrival.
The price of a ticket is £35 which includes a drink on arrival and drinks and canapès following the concert. If you are a student, the price of a ticket is £10.
Payment in advance may be made via bank transfer or cheque.
Bank transfers should be made to The Nicholas Boas Trading Co, RBS Cavendish Square, Sort Code 160030, A/C 1016 7670. reference the date of the concert.
Please post cheques to Flat 79 Harley House, Marylebone Road, NW1 5HN
If you would like to pay on arrival at the concert, only cash will be accepted. Please put the payment in an envelope with your name on it and give it to Bob Boas. We are not able to take credit card payments.
Giulia Contaldo
9 April 2025
Programme to be announced
Previous Concerts
On Friday, 4 October 2024 Rachel Breen performed for The Trust at the Razumovsky Academy. She was a student of the late Lars Vogt at Hannover's Hochschule für Musik and is the recipient of the First Prize Hans von Bülow International Competition, 2023; First Prize Bosendorfer International Competition, 2023; Finalist, Honens International Piano Competition, 2022; Finalist, The Beethoven International Competition Vienna, 2021.
Programme
Beethoven, Piano Sonata in E Major No. 30, op 109
Stravinsky, Three Movements From Petrushka
Schumann, Fantasy in C, op 17
On Sunday 21 April, 2024 our concert series continued at the Razumovsky Academy with Adèle Charvet and Florian Caroubi. Florian won the First prize, International Competition of Montrond-les-Bains (France), and First prize, The Nuits Pianistiques competition. Adele won the Mélodie prize of the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Competition, the grand prize of the IVC Competition of 's-Hertogenbosch as well as four special prizes. She participated in the Académie du Verbier Festival where she won the Yves Paternot Prize, honoring the most promising musician at the academy.
The concert was preceded by a fascinating talk about Hugo Wolf by the leading Lieder expert Richard Stokes, creating the atmosphere for a most wonderful performance.
PROGRAMME "Vers la flamme" (Brahms, Mahler, Wolf, Strauss)
Hugo Wolf/Goethe - Frühling übers Jahr
Johannes Brahms/Mörike - An eine Äolsharfe
Gustav Mahler/Rückert -Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft , Liebst du um schönheit
Johannes Brahms/F. Schumann - Meine liebe ist grün
Johannes Brahms-Intermezzo op. 117 no 2 (piano solo)
Hugo Wolf/Mörike - An die Geliebten
Richard Strauss/Mackay - Morgen
Richard Strauss/Dehmel - Befreit
Johannes Brahms Intermezzo op. 117 no 3 (piano solo)
Richard Strauss/von Glim - Allerseelen
Hugo Wolf/Mörike - Verborgenheit
Johannes Brahms/Daumer - Unbewegte laue luft
Johannes Brahms-Intermezzo op. 117 no 1 (piano solo)
Gustav Mahler/Rückert - Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Johannes Brahms/Candidus - Lerchengesang
Hugo Wolf/Goethe - Ganymed
On Wednesday 10th April, 2024 Anthony Ratinov performed at the Razumovsky Academy, having had his study week with Imogen in Eygalières the previous week. Anthony won Second Prize at the prestigious 64th Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, First Prize at the 2023 Ricard Viñes International Piano Competition and Second Prize at the 2022 Olga Kern International Piano Competition.
His programme was a preview of his first round programme for the Montreal International Piano Competition that would take place at the beginning of May. The audience loved the programme. Anthony said thank you by playing an early Chopin Nocturne.
PROGRAMME
Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53
Schubert - "Wanderer" Fantasy in C Major, D. 760
Schumann - Kreisleriana, Op. 16
On Sunday, 25th February, our concert series continued at the Razumovsky Academy with Alim Beisembayev, the winner of The Leeds International Piano Competition September 2021, the winner of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society Prize, and a BBC New Generation Artist 2023-2025. Alim performed to a packed concert hall and after much applause, he treated the audience to a beautiful encore of Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in G major, Op. 32 no. 5.
PROGRAMME
Scriabin 4 Preludes op. 22
Ravel Gaspard de la nuit
Debussy Images (book 1)
Rachmaninoff Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor op. 36
On Wednesday, 15th November, the Autumn concert series continued with soprano Iryna Kyshliaruk and pianist Keval Shah (both pictured at their recital). They performed a programme of exquisite mélodies and lieder.
Programme
Henri Duparc L’Invitation au voyage
Chanson triste
Extase
Franz Liszt Oh! Quand je dors
Claude Debussy Ariettes Oubliées
C’est l’extase langoureuse
Edvard Grieg Six Songs, op.48
Richard Strauss Heimliche Aufforderung
Epheu
Ständchen
Breit über mein Haupt
Morgen
On Sunday, 8th October, our the Autumn concert series was opened by American Pianist Evren Ozel. His programme included three giants of the repertoire: Debussy, Beethoven and Chopin. Click here to read what Evren has written about his programme.
Programme
Claude Debussy: Images II (1907)
Ludwig van Beethoven : Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 (1822)
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 17; Mazurkas, Op. 50 (1834; 1842)
Frédéric Chopin Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise in E-flat Major,
Op. 22 (1830-1834)
On Monday 15 May London-born pianist Keval Shah joined the South Korean bass-baritone Jeeyoung Lim to inaugurate our new venue. They performed a programme entitled "L’heure exquise: songs by Schubert, Hahn, Mahler, Britten, Yun and Kim”, a selection of art and folk songs written or arranged by composers who have been inspired by poetry, including the Korean composers Isang Yun, a lover of traditional Korean music, and Sung-Tae Kim .
Programme
Franz Schubert
Sehnsucht D636
Der Wanderer an den Mond D870
An den Mond D296
Fischerweise D881
Reynaldo Hahn
Trois Jours de Vendange
Two mélodies from Etudes Latines
Gustav Mahler
5 Rückert-Lieder
Benjamin Britten
The Foggy Foggy Dew
Down by the Salley Gardens
The Last Rose of Summer
Isang Yun
The Swing
Sung-Tae Kim
Memories
Concerts 2020-2022
Ariel Lanyi making a video recording at 30 Pavilion Road, May 2021.
Through the generosity of Anne Machin, The Trust’s patron, the Scholars’ concerts and recording sessions were held in the elegant setting of 30 Pavilion Road, Knightsbridge. The recital room was the home of our fine Yamaha C7 grand piano purchased with donations from our friends and supporters. A stream of memorable recitals and recordings delighted musicians and audiences alike. The Trust was fortunate to have this London home from October 2020 to December 2022. The venue was sold and the Trust has moved on with many happy memories.
Imogen Cooper, pianist Eric Lu and patron Anne Machin at the opening recital in October 2020
The Mithras Trio, Dominic Degavino (piano), Ionel Manciu (violin) and Leo Popplewell (cello) record Beethoven and Smetana trios during the lockdown in March 2021.
Samson Tsoy records a Chopin Scherzo in March 2021.
Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo soprano) spanned five centuries of songs when she performed with guitarist Dimitrios Soukaras in November 2021.
Welsh soprano Sarah Gilford was partnered by pianist Michael Pandya in December 2021. Sarah will make her Royal Opera House debut in Werther in Summer 2023.
Mishka Rushdie Momen won critical acclaim during lockdown for her series of streamed Wigmore Hall concerts with cellist Steven Isserlis. Her long-delayed debut recital was postponed until March 2022.
Anna Geniushene, having fled from Russia to Lithuania, made a 24-hour round trip from exile in order to perform a run-through of her programme for the Cliburn competition in Fort Worth, where she was awarded 2nd prize. Brava!
Aidan Mikdad performed Liszt's famous B-minor Sonata in October 2022.
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ARIEL LANYI (piano),CHARLIE LOVELL-JONES (violin),YOANNA PRODANOVA (cello)
19th December 2022
HAYDN, Piano Trio No. 44 in E major, Hob.XV:28
WEINBERG, Piano Trio in A minor, op 24
SCHUMANN, Piano Trio No. 2 in F major, op 80 -
IMOGEN AND FRIENDS
Imogen Cooper (piano) Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone)
In Aid of The Trust
3 December 2022
A programme of Lieder by Schumann, Mendelssohn and Brahms set to poems by Joseph von Eichendorff
Introduced by Richard Stokes -
AIDAN MIKDAD
5th October 2022
SCRIABIN, Selection of Preludes
LISZT, Sonata in B minor S.178
BEETHOVEN, Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat major op 110
SCRIABIN, Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor op 23 -
WILL BRACKEN
14 September 2022
BEETHOVEN, 6 Bagatelles op 126
BEETHOVEN, Sonata op 27 No. 1
LISZT, Années de Pelerinage book 2: Italie -
VICTOR BRAOJOS
14 June 2022
BRAHMS,Three Intermezzi op 117
GRANADOS, Goyescas Suite, Quejas o la maja y el ruiseñor (the Maiden and the Nightingale), El amor y la murte (Love and Death)
MARC MIGÓ, Epitafi
BEETHOVEN, Sonata No. 32 in C minor op 111 -
ANNA GENIUSHENE
18 May 2022
HAYDN, Sonata in D major Hob. XVI:37
RACHMANINOV, Etudes-Tableaux op 33
BRAHMS, Ballades op 10
BARTOK, Piano Sonata Sz.80 -
PAUL LEWIS
In Aid of The Trust
25 April 2022
BEETHOVEN, Sonata in C minor op 13 “Pathétique”
MENDELSSOHN, 5 Songs without Words
SIBELIUS, 6 Bagatelles op 97
CHOPIN, Polonaise-Fantasie op 61 in A flat major
BEETHOVEN, Sonata in F minor op 57 “Appassionata” -
WOUTER VALVEKENS
7 April 2022
SZYMANOWSKI, Sheherazade from Masques op 34
CHOPIN, Three Mazurkas op 59
CHOPIN, Barcarolle in F sharp op 60
SCHUMANN, Fantasie in C major op 17 -
MISHKA RUSHDIE MOMEN
9 March 2022
J.S. BACH, Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV846
CHOPIN, Ballade No. 2 in F major op 38
BYRD, Fantasia in A minor MB13
PROKOFIEV, Visions Fugitives op 22
LIGETI, Etude No. 10 “Der Zauberlehrling”
SCHUBERT, Fantasie in C major D760 “The Wanderer” -
MARK PADMORE (tenor) and IMOGEN COOPER (piano)
In Aid of The Trust
12 February 2022
SCHUMANN, Songs composed in 1840 - his ‘year of song’
HAHN, Chansons Grises
FAURÉ, La Bonne Chanson -
MARIA HEGELE (mezzo soprano) and HAMISH BROWN (piano)
3 February 2022
Lieder from the German and French Romantic repertoires: Robert and Clara Schumann, Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc -
IGNAS MAKNICKAS
11 January 2022
DEBUSSY, Estampes
CHOPIN, Ballade No. 4 in F minor op 52
REMESA, Stigmatas – five miniatures for piano
CHOPIN, Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, op 35 -
SARAH GILFORD (soprano) and MICHAEL PANDYA (piano)
2 December 2021
A programme of Spanish inspired songs for voice and piano by Rodrigo, Wolf, Judith Weir, Debussy, Pauline Viardot and Walton -
LOTTE BETTS-DEAN (mezzo soprano) and DIMITRIOS SOUKARAS (classical guitar)
11 November 2021
Songs for voice and guitar including works by Dowland, Walton, Tsalahouris, Hadjidakis, Debussy, De Falla and Jobim -
ARIEL LANYI
14 October 2021
DEBUSSY, Images, Book II
BARTÓK, Out of Doors Sz. 81
BEETHOVEN, Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major op 106 ‘Hammerklavier’ -
CRISTIAN SANDRIN
23 September 2021
CHOPIN, Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor op 58
C.P.E. BACH, Sonata for keyboard in C minor Wq 65/31
BEETHOVEN, Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor op 111 -
ELISABETH PION
16 July 2021
MOZART, Sonata no. 12 in F major K 332
LILI BOULANGER, Prelude in D flat major, Trois Morceaux pour piano – D’un jardin clair, D’un vieux jardin, Cortège,
MESSIAEN, Vingt Regards sur L’Enfant Jésus No. 15 Le baiser de L’Enfant-Jésus
RAVEL, Gaspard de la suit No. 1 Ondine, in C sharp major
BEETHOVEN, Sonata No. 23 in F minor op 57 -
DMITRII KALASHNIKOV and ARIEL LANYI
9 June 2021
DMITRII KALASHNIKOV
BEETHOVEN, Sonata in A flat major op 110 CHOPIN, Études from op 10 (1, 2, 6, 10, 11, 12)ARIEL LANYI
HAYDN, Sonata in C minor Hob.XVI/20 SCRIABIN, Sonata No 3 in F sharp minor op 23 -
IGNAS MAKNICKAS and MAXIM KINASOV
21 May 2021
IGNAS MAKNICKAS
MOZART, Sonata in F major K 332
BACH-BUSONI, Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: Chaconne in D minorMAXIM KINASOV
RACHMANINOV, Étude-tableau No. 2 in C major op 33, Étude-tableau No. 3 in C minor op 33, Étude-tableau No. 9 in C-sharp minor op 33
RACHMANINOV, Prelude in F-sharp minor op 23
LISZT Après une lecture du Dante (Fantasia quasi sonata) -
ANNA SZAŁUCKA
29 October 2020
RAVEL, Sonatine
GERSHWIN, 3 Preludes
SZYMANOWSKI, 3 Masques op 34
BRIDGE, The Hourglass Suite -
ERIC LU
18 October 2020
MOZART, Sonata No. 13 in B flat major K333
SCHUBERT, Sonata No. 20 in A major D959