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Upcoming concerts

Past concerts

15th December 2021

Leader London New Wind Festival

Regent Hall, London

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10th December 2021

Solo Violinist 21st Century Icon Awards, House of Lords

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3rd December 2021

Violin Recital Debussy Sonata and Brahms Sonata No 3 with Gina Kruger - Piano,

Potters Bar

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20th November 2021

North London House Concerts

Violin Recital Debussy Sonata and Brahms Sonata No 3 with Gina Kruger - Piano

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12th November 2021 - Piano Trio Recital

Beethoven Archduke Trio Op 97

Schubert Piano Trio No 1 in Bb Major Op 99


St John's Church, Notting Hill

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1st October 2021 - A Celebration of Freedom Concert

World Premier - Espressivo for Solo Violin

Orfeas String Quartet

Rozanna Madylus - Mezzo Soprano

Alla Sirenko - Piano & Composer

www.ucauk.com


St John's Church, Notting Hill

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18th September 2021 - Celebrating The Bicentennial of Greek Independence

Eleni Xanthouthaki - Soprano,

David Farrell - Piano

Orfeas String Quartet - Hilton West End, Glasgow

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8th July 2021 - A Midsummer Feast of Music

The Musicians of St John's Notting Hill

The Choral & Organ Scholars of St John's

Orfeas String Quartet

Big Smoke Brass

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2nd July -  Celebratory Summer Gala Concert

Paganini, Tchaikovsky, Lysenko, Sirenko

with Alla Sirenko Piano - Composer


St John's Church, Notting Hill

www.ucauk.com

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Chamber Music Concert
Alberto Portugheis & Friends  
Friday 28th May - 7.00 pm 

St Joh
n's Church, Notting Hill, Lansdowne Crescent, London, W11 2N
Programme
BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata in A Major Op 69
BEETHOVEN  Violin Sonata in F Major ‘Spring’ Op 24
Interval

SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in Eb Major Op 44

Featuring
Alberto Portugheis - Piano
Orpheus Leander & Ayako Yamazaki - Violins
Yohei Nakajima - Viola    George Cooke - Cello

 

Postponed Performances

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Monday 30th March 2020, 7 30 pm

Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre

Bellini & Rossini

Conductor - Brian Wright

Orpheus Leander - orchestral leader

Goldsmiths Choral Union

Musicians of London - postponed

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Saturday 16th May 2020, 7 30 pm

Bruch Violin Concerto No 1

Bournemouth Philharmonic

Orpheus Leander - soloist

Conductors Sam Newgarth MBE &

Richard Cross - postponed

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1st June to 14th June 2020

Baltic Capital Cities Solo Tour

Orpheus Leander - postponed

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24th July to 2nd August 2020

Orfeas String Quartet Norwegian Tour postponed

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Saturday 9th November 2019, 7 pm

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Saint John’s Church, Notting Hill

Landsdowne Crescent

London W11 2NN

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CHOPIN CONCERTO COMPETITION
Featuring young talented pianists selected from the Masterclasses led by Maestro ALBERTO PORTUGHEIS
at Steinway Hall


A distinguished Jury will select the winner of the "Concerto Prize" offered by

The Thomas Harris International Piano Foundation

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Masterclasses details -  www.apion.org.uk/tapsim

www.thethomasharrisinternationalpianofoundation.com

 
accompanied by the Orfeas String Quartet

 

Tickets available at the door or from Eventbrite
£10 Concessions and EPTA Members £8
www.eventbrite.com/e/chopin-concerto-competition-tickets-75513176945

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Monday 16th September 2019

Orfeas String Quartet, Alberto Portugheis Piano

St Martin-in-the-Fields (Trafalgar Square) 1 pm

Free Entrance

Programme: Piano Quintet by César Franck

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www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whatson-event/free-lunchtime-concert-alberto-portugheis-piano-orfeas-string-quartet/

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Thursday 9th May 2019, 7.30 pm

Great Music at the Notting Hill May Fest
St John’s Church Notting Hill
Lansdowne Crescent
W11 2NN

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Schubert  Sonatina in D Major
Beethoven  Sonata in A minor Op 23 
Ginastera  Pampeana No 1
Franck  Sonata in A Major

 

Orpheus Leander - Violin
Alberto Portugheis - Piano     

 

Tickets - £10 & £8 Concessions
Available at the door and from
Eventbrite - www.eventbrite.com/e/60644982776

 

www.nottinghillmayfest.org.uk   

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Friday 22nd February 2019, 7.30 pm
Mozart, Shostakovich & Piazzolla

 

St John's Church, Notting Hill,
Lansdowne Crescent, London W11 2NN

Mozart - Dissonance String Quartet
Shostakovich - String Quartet No 8 in C minor
Puccini - Crisantemi
Astor Piazzolla (arr José Bragato)
Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

 

Alberto Portugheis - Piano         
Orfeas String Quartet
Orpheus Leander & Ayako Yamazaki violins
Yohei Nakajima viola - Corinna Boylan - cello

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Tickets: £15, concessions £10
Available at the door & from Eventbrite for Early bird specials

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www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mozart-shostakovich-piazzolla-tickets-55199088961

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St Martin in the Fields

Tuesday 15th January 2019, 7 30 pm

Romantic and Gypsy Strings

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Music by Tchaikovsky, Sarasate, Haydn, Brahms, Dinicu & Monti

Elgar Serenade and Introduction and Allegro

Orfeas String Quartet

Orpheus Leander - Solo Violin

Bridget Cunningham - Conductor/Harpsichord

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www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whatson-event/romantic-and-gypsy-strings/

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Saturday 17th November 2018 , 7 pm 

Piano Competition - Beethoven Piano Concerti

Artistic Direction - Alberto Portugheis

Supported by the European Piano Teachers Association & Opus Musica

Conductors - Dr Patrick Noronha & Luke Cleghorn

Leader - Orpheus Leander

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St John’s Church, Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill,

London W11 2NN

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Tickets: £15, concessions £10
Available at the door &
from Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beethoven-piano-concertos-competition-tickets-51815134462

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Friday 26th October 2018 - 7 30 pm
St John's Church, Notting Hill, W11 2NN

Alberto Portugheis - Piano

Orfeas String Quartet

Orpheus Leander violin

Ayako Yamazaki violin

Yohei Nakajima viola

Idlir Shyti - cello

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Franck - Piano Quintet in F minor

Turina - La Oracion del Torero

Astor Piazzolla - Las cuatro estaciones porteñas

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Tickets: £15, concessions £10
Available at the door &
from Eventbrite for Early bird specials

www.eventbrite.com/e/concert-tickets-51075432995

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Memorial Concert for Naresh Sohal

Saturday 13th October 2018 - 7 30 pm
St John's Church, Notting Hill, W11 2NN

Orpheus Leander - Violin

Alberto Portugheis & Konstantinos Destounis - Piano

Program of Naresh Sohal and Franz  Schubert 
Tickets £15 & £10
www.eventbrite.com/e/tribute-concert-naresh-sohal-composer-tickets-48937807299

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Rome Debut Recital! 

Wednesday 23rd August 2018 -8 30 pm

TEATRO DI MARCELLO  - Roma

Orpheus Leander - Violin 

Rimantas Vingras - Piano

Perform Vivaldi, Mozart, Paganini & Piazzolla

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Excited and honoured to be have a recital at the historic Teatro Marcello.

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For Further details  - http://www.romeguide.it/?pag=musica&lang=it&tm=&tab=spettacoli&id=30632

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Summer Gala Concert

Saturday 7th July 2018 - 7 30 pm

Greek and Ukrainian Music

21A Binney Street, Mayfair, London W1k 5BQ

Alla Sirenko - Elena Xanthoudakis - Criton Tomazos - Orfeas String Quartet

Suggested donation - £20 including reception

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Special Concert for Conductor Dr Patrick Noronha
Concert Wednesday 4th July 2018 at 7 30 pm
St John’s Church Notting Hill, W11 2NN

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Program
Bach - Double Violin Concerto
in D minor
Bach - A minor Violin Concerto
Sirenko - Spring Ballad
Skalkottas - 5 Greek Dances
Theodorakis - Syrtaki from Zorba


Orpheus Leander violin

George Hlawiczka violin
Ayako Yamazaki violin
Yohei Nakajima viola
Idlir Shyti - cello

Orfeas String Quartet

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Tickets available at the door - £15
Early bird special from Eventbrite - £14
www.eventbrite.com/e/special-concert-for-conductor-dr-patrick-noronha-tickets-47142426266

www.facebook.com/events/180341672624537/

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Recital - Notting Hill Mayfest
Thursday  24th May 2018 - 7 30 pm
St John’s Church Notting Hill, Lansdowne Crescent, London, W11 2NN

 

Orpheus Leander -Violin
Alberto Portugheis - Piano

Ginastera - Pampeana, Op.16 (Rhapsody for violin & piano)
Spohr - Barcarole and Scherzo (from Six Salon Pieces, Op.135)
Bach - Ciacconna Solo violin & Bach/Busoni - Chaccone Solo Piano
Brahms - Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108

 

Tickets available at the door - £15 & £10 Concessions
For your Early Bird Discount go to
Eventbrite - https://www.eventbrite.com/tickets-45393655646

www.nottinghillmayfest.org.uk

 

 


Opus Musica series
Wednesday 23rd May 2018 - 1.10 pm - Lunchtime  Recital
St James’s Church, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL


Orpheus Leander -Violin
Alberto Portugheis - Piano

Program - Ginastera - Spohr - Brahms

Free Entry with a retiring collection

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Friday 2nd March 2018, 7 30 pm -  Chamber Music Masterpieces

St John’s Church,

Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill,

London W11 2NN

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Bach Keyboard Concerto
A Major BWV 1055

Mozart Dissonance String Quartet
C Major K465

Shostakovich Piano Quintet
G Minor Op 57

      Orpheus Leander - Violin
      Ayako Yamazaki - Violin
      Yohei Nakajima - Viola
      Lowri Preston - Cello   
      Rimantas Vingras - Piano

Tickets available at the door
£14 & £10 Concessions

For your early bird discount go to
www.eventbrite.com/e/chamber-music-masterpieces-tickets-41872563966

 

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Friday 2nd February 2018, 7 30 pm - Violin & Piano Soirée

St John’s Church,

Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill,

London W11 2NN

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Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Sarasate, Piazzolla

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Orpheus Leander - Violin
Rimantas Vingras - Piano

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Tickets available at the door
£14 & £10 Concessions

For your early bird discount go to
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/violin-piano-soiree-tickets-41871810713

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Friday 24th November 2017, 7 30 pm

Violin and Piano Recital

Works by Mozart, Brahms and Ginastera

Violin - Orpheus Leander

Piano - Alberto Portugheis

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St John’s Church,

Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill,

London W11 2NN

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Tickets available at the door

£13 & £10 Concessions and EPTA Members 

 

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Friday 17th November 2017, 7 pm 

Piano Competition - Mozart Piano Concerti

Artistic Direction - Alberto Portugheis

Supported by the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe &

European Piano Teachers Association

Conductors - Dr Patrick Noronha & Luke Cleghorn

Leader - Orpheus Leander

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St John’s Church,

Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill,

London W11 2NN

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Tickets available at the door

£20 & £15 concessions also for members of EPTA and BPSE

Tickets available online at  -  www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/37402385542

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28th October 2017 Remembrance Day Concert, 7 pm

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst,

Haig Rd, Royal Military Academy, Camberley GU15 4PQ

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Works by Ralph Vaughan Williams - 'The Lark  Ascending',

Elgar, Barber,Haydn, Svendsen, Mantas


Orpheus Leander - Violin
Patrick Noronha & Santiago Mantas - Conductors

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Tickets - £25 available from www.sandhursttrust.org/events

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Wednesday 27th September 2017, 7 30 pm

St John’s Church,

Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill,

London W11 2NN

 

East meets West A Concert for Peace

Yair Dalal - Oud, Violin, Composer
Orpheus Leander - Violin
Dr Patrick Noronha & George Hlawiczka - Conductors

Works by Yair Dalal, Saint - Saëns, Rimsky - Korsakov ‘Scheherazade’

 

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Saturday 1st July 2017, 7 30 pm

St John’s Church,
Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill,
London W11 2NN

Lord Mereworth Birthday Concert
Mozart, Beethoven and Glinka

Featuring Conductors - Dr Patrick Noronha & Bridget Cunningham

Jennifer Keesey - Piano 

Orpheus Leander - Violin

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Friday 26th May 2017, 7 30 pm part of the Notting Hill Mayfest

St John’s Church,
Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill,
London W11 2NN

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Handel and Friends
Glorious Music for the Spring!

Including Handel's Water Music & Summer from Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Featuring internationally acclaimed Conductor and  Harpsichordist Bridget Cunningham

Dr Patrick Noronha

Soprano Anna Gorbachyova
Violinist Orpheus Leander

2.03.2018

Chamber Music Masterpieces Concert | 7:30 pm Bach, Mozart, Beethoven | St John's Church |  Notting Hill, W11 2NN

2.02.2018

Violin & Piano Soirée | 7:30 pm  Mozart, Beethoven, Sarasate, Piazzolla  | St John's Church |  Notting Hill, W11 2NN

27.09.2017

East Meets West Concert | 7:30 pm Rimsky Korsakov, Saint - Saëns, Yair Dalal |
St John's Church |  Notting Hill, W11 2NN

1.07.2017

Lord  Mereworth Birthday Concert | 7:30 pm Glinka, Mozart, Beethoven | St John's Church |  Notting Hill, W11 2NN

26.05.2017

28.03.2017

Handel and Friends Music for the Spring | 7:30 pm Handel, Vivaldi, Haydn | Notting Hill Mayfest St John's Church |  Notting Hill, W11 2NN
St Martin in the Fields | 1 pm Lunchtime Concert | Solo Violin Recital | JS Bach, Sadikova and Piazzolla 

03.03.2017

Birthday Concert | 7:30 pm Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss | St John's Church |  Notting Hill, W11 2NN

30.01.2017

St Martin in the Fields | 1 pm Lunchtime Concert | Debussy Violin Sonata & Ravel Piano Trio

22.10.2016

Searching for the unattainable |   St John's Church   |   Notting Hill, W11 2NN

14.09.2016

Debut Concert Vienna | Mozart, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams| Klavier Galerie, Wien

10.09.2016

Debut Concert Graz | Mendelssohn, Mantas, Vivaldi, Dinicu, Dvorak | Barocksaal, Graz

09.07.2016

Beethoven Masterpieces | St John's Church   |   Notting Hill, W11 2NN

11.06.2016

Queens Birthday Concert | World Premier Alla Sirenko, Grieg, Dvorak, Skalkottas | Ukranian Cathedral

17.03.2016

Charity Concert for the 5th anniversary of the Japanese Tsunami | Bach, Shostakovich and Takemitsu | Princess Alexandra Hall Royal Overseas League 

23.01.2016

Dal Pianto Alla Gioia | Monteverdi, Handel, Vivaldi, Tartini and Traditional Tarantelle | Top Studio, Study Society
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