Music Chamber

Gagliano Ensemble: Galya Bisengalieva (violin) Robert Ames (viola) Colin Alexander (cello) Petr Limonov (piano) play:

Mozart: Divertimento in E Flat Major (String Trio)
Bach: Toccata in E minor (Piano)

The Gagliano Ensemble is a multinational group founded by four young, London-based soloists and chamber musicians. The group has played extensively throughout the UK and abroad as Duo, String Trio, Piano Trio and Piano Quartet performing works by Bach, Bartok, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Mozart, Schubert and Schumann. The ensemble keeps a busy performance schedule and has forthcoming performances in London, Aylesbury, Northampton and a tour in Kazakhstan. Galya, a gifted violinist of Kazakh origin, has recently appeared as a soloist with orchestras in both Europe and Asia, performing concertos by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Bernstein and Bruch. She appears as both soloist and Concertmaster on disk2disk, EMI, Sony BMG, and Toccata Classics labels. She plays on an Antonio Gagliano violin and gratefully acknowledges its loan from Norman Rosenberg. Polish born Agata has performed with all the major Lithuanian Orchestras and as a soloist and chamber musician across Europe including the Chamberfest in Manchester, 'Mostly Mozart Festival' in Istanbul and the 'Lamp of Lothian Festival' in Scotland. Agata performed the Beethoven Triple concerto with the Royal Tunbridge Wells orchestra and recently performed solo at the Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of the LPO’s Alfred Schnittke festival. Robert performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician. Recent highlights include a critically acclaimed performance of Colin Matthew’s Four Moods at the BBC Proms, John Woolrich’s Ulysses Awakes at the Roundhouse and a performance of Morton Feldman’s The Viola In My Life II at The Old Vic Tunnels. Recent projects for Colin have included Brahms' Double Concerto at St James Piccadilly, Principal 'Cello in the London Telefilmonic Orchestra, performances with the London Contemporary Orchestra. Born in Moscow Petr’s notable appearances included the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, Southbank Centre, Salle Cortot, Royal Opera House, and a recital in Duke's Hall in presence of HRH Prince Charles, broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and France Musique.