Iona McDonald & Simon Callaghan

Programme: Prokofiev Violin Sonata no.2 Amy Beach Romance MacMillan from Ayrshire Chausson Poeme

Iona McDonald is a Scottish violinist recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London where she obtained her Undergraduate and Postgraduate degree studying with Maureen Smith and Michael Foyle. Graduating her Masters with a Distinction, she was additionally awarded a Postgraduate Diploma (DipRAM) for an outstanding Final Recital as well as a Regency Award for distinguished studentship and the Sir John Barbirolli Prize for outstanding studentship.

Simon Callaghan performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, in parallel with a highly successful career as a recording artist. A favourite performer at the internationally-renowned Husum Festival of Piano Rarities in Germany, Callaghans recent sell-out concert was praised by VAN Magazine as a cleverly curated recital full of discoveries and by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as technically brilliant. Callaghan has developed a wide following and appears on a regular basis in the UKs major concert halls, and on tours to Asia, North America and Europe.

Includes Arrival Drink & Canapes