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James has aged fantastically well, it's 40 years since I played in YMSO! Clearly that sober righteous and Godly life he's always led has stood him in good stead 😉
James is looking amazing, his mum and dad lived down the road from me and I was always in his house xx his mum and dad hold a very special place in my heart x
Introducing the soloist for our concert on 26th March, Francisco Vilar! 🎹🇵🇹
Berlin-based concert pianist Francisco currently studies with Professor Mi-Joo Lee as a Konzertexamen student, a course reserved for highly-skilled young artists at the Berlin University of the Arts. He is a graduate of the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied with Professor Ian Jones, as well as with Professors Jianing Kong and Sofya Gulyak, completing his studies with First Class honours as an ABRSM scholar.
Francisco has had the pleasure of showcasing himself as a concerto soloist and recitalist, both in his native Portugal and around Europe. Following his success as First Prize Laureate of the Póvoa de Varzim Piano Competition, Francisco’s performances were streamed on the Portuguese national radio, Antena 2. As a soloist, he has interpreted many of the pieces within the Piano Concerto canon, including Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto no. 1 as part of his UK tour, Grieg Piano Concerto, Schumann Piano Concerto, with orchestras including the Orquestra do Norte, Cambridge Symphony, Croydon Symphony, amongst others.
In the summer of 2016, Francisco was hand-picked by pianist Angela Hewitt to take part in her masterclass in Perugia, Italy. He has also had the honour of working with prestigious pianists such as Boris Berman, Dimitri Alexeev, Luis Pipa and Yejin Gil, from whom he still receives regular guidance.
With chamber music being an important facet of his musical life, Francisco has had masterclasses with musicians from ensembles including the London Haydn Quartet, Barbican Piano Trio. He is sought-after as a collaborative pianist, having gained extensive experience working with emerging instrumentalists and singers in recitals and CD recordings.
Francisco is the artistic director and founder of the festival “Concertos de Outono – Ciclo Clássico”, occurring yearly since its foundation in 2019. Another passion of his is to create multi-disciplinary projects and performances across different artistic spheres. Examples of this include a collaboration with cinematographer Filipe Meunier on a short film of Chopin’s Polonaise-Fantaisie and his upcoming cinematography project with the performance of Debussy’s first book of Preludes.
Hear Francisco play the Schumann Piano Concerto with YMSO on Tuesday 26th March at Cadogan Hall 🎼
Parabéns Francisco!!! Muito sucesso em todos os seus projetos assim como em todos os seus concertos!! Que a vida te ofereça sempre muitos aplausos!!! Bjinhos
Muitos Parabéns Francisco. E à família que sempre te apoiou. Beijinhos para todos... muitas felicidades.
👏👏👏
Parabéns e MT sucesso sempre!
Q orgulho, Helena Quintas !!! 😘
Que orgulho!! 🙂
Parabéns e muito sucesso! 👏👏
Muitos parabéns pelo percurso e continuação de muito sucesso 👏
Parabéns, Francisco! Sempre a inovar! Muita sorte para dia 26! Beijinhos
Muitos parabéns!!!
Muitos parabéns e muitas felicidades.
Muitos parabens!
Parabéns e as maiores FELICIDADES.
Parabéns, parabéns Francisco Vilar. Que o Universo te traga tudo aquilo que és merecedor.
Parabéns à mamã Helena Quintas pelo excelente trabalho que tem feito.
Our next concert at Cadogan Hall is just one month away!
In the fourth concert of YMSO’s 2023-24 season, the Orchestra performs works by three of the great Romantic composers. The evening will begin with Dvořák’s exhilarating Carnival Overture. The spotlight will then shift to Portugese virtuoso Francisco Vilar, who is sure to mesmerize the audience with his performance of Schumann’s stunning Piano Concerto 🎹
Finally, the Orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony, a powerful and emotionally charged piece that takes listeners on a thrilling journey through the themes of fate and destiny 🎺
Last Thursday’s concert at Cadogan Hall was fantastic 😃 🎉
Thank you to everyone who attended and congratulations to everyone who played, especially Deniz Sensoy for her stunning rendition of the Bruch Violin Concerto 🎻
Here’s a few behind-the-scenes snaps of our rehearsal on the day 📷
You can next hear the Orchestra on Tuesday 26th March 🎼
We’re back at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama for the first time in 2024!🎵
Rehearsals are well underway for our concert this Thursday evening at Cadogan Hall 🎼 We’re so excited to welcome our soloist Deniz Sensoy later this evening 🎻
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It’s #ThrowbackThursday here at YMSO HQ, where we’ve discovered a brochure from the orchestra’s 1987/88 season 😮
What fantastic programmes and soloists! 🎼
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I’d just left, but Neil you must’ve played in all of these mate?
Best orchestral training I had as a student. Thank you James Blair and YMSO.
Good old days!!!!
What a fantastic concert that was!
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Fantastic as always to be back in Cadogan Hall rehearsing for our concert tonight! 🎼
There are still some tickets left if you haven’t booked already 🎻
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Day 2 of rehearsals are off to a great start 🎼
Looking forward to welcoming Francisco Vilar later for some more work on the Schumann Piano Concerto 🎹
We can’t wait to perform this programme at our concert tomorrow night in Cadogan Hall!
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Our first tutti rehearsal at Guildhall School of Music & Drama is off to an explosive start with Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony 💥🎺📯
There are still tickets available for our concert on Tuesday at Cadogan Hall! Don’t miss out on what promises to be a spectacular evening of music 🎼🎹
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Our Artistic Director James Blair with soloist Francisco Vilar after a successful rehearsal at Steinway & Sons yesterday 🎹
Hear Francisco perform the Schumann Piano Concerto with YMSO next Tuesday 26th March, 7.30pm at Cadogan Hall 🎼
TICKETS 🎫: cadoganhall.com/whats-on/young-musicians-symphony-orchestra-26-03-24/book/871034/ ... See MoreSee Less
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James has aged fantastically well, it's 40 years since I played in YMSO! Clearly that sober righteous and Godly life he's always led has stood him in good stead 😉
James is looking amazing, his mum and dad lived down the road from me and I was always in his house xx his mum and dad hold a very special place in my heart x
Looks like JB has a double halo.😇 #blessed
Love the double halo James!😘
We’re so excited to start rehearsals for our concert next week at Cadogan Hall 💥
Tuesday 26th March, 7.30pm
Dvořák - Carnival Overture
Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4
Get your tickets now and don’t miss out on this fantastic programme 🎼
TICKETS 🎫: cadoganhall.com/whats-on/young-musicians-symphony-orchestra-26-03-24/book/871034/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Don't get too excited James !!!
Introducing the soloist for our concert on 26th March, Francisco Vilar! 🎹🇵🇹
Berlin-based concert pianist Francisco currently studies with Professor Mi-Joo Lee as a Konzertexamen student, a course reserved for highly-skilled young artists at the Berlin University of the Arts. He is a graduate of the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied with Professor Ian Jones, as well as with Professors Jianing Kong and Sofya Gulyak, completing his studies with First Class honours as an ABRSM scholar.
Francisco has had the pleasure of showcasing himself as a concerto soloist and recitalist, both in his native Portugal and around Europe. Following his success as First Prize Laureate of the Póvoa de Varzim Piano Competition, Francisco’s performances were streamed on the Portuguese national radio, Antena 2. As a soloist, he has interpreted many of the pieces within the Piano Concerto canon, including Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto no. 1 as part of his UK tour, Grieg Piano Concerto, Schumann Piano Concerto, with orchestras including the Orquestra do Norte, Cambridge Symphony, Croydon Symphony, amongst others.
In the summer of 2016, Francisco was hand-picked by pianist Angela Hewitt to take part in her masterclass in Perugia, Italy. He has also had the honour of working with prestigious pianists such as Boris Berman, Dimitri Alexeev, Luis Pipa and Yejin Gil, from whom he still receives regular guidance.
With chamber music being an important facet of his musical life, Francisco has had masterclasses with musicians from ensembles including the London Haydn Quartet, Barbican Piano Trio. He is sought-after as a collaborative pianist, having gained extensive experience working with emerging instrumentalists and singers in recitals and CD recordings.
Francisco is the artistic director and founder of the festival “Concertos de Outono – Ciclo Clássico”, occurring yearly since its foundation in 2019. Another passion of his is to create multi-disciplinary projects and performances across different artistic spheres. Examples of this include a collaboration with cinematographer Filipe Meunier on a short film of Chopin’s Polonaise-Fantaisie and his upcoming cinematography project with the performance of Debussy’s first book of Preludes.
Hear Francisco play the Schumann Piano Concerto with YMSO on Tuesday 26th March at Cadogan Hall 🎼
TICKETS 🎫: cadoganhall.com/whats-on/young-musicians-symphony-orchestra-26-03-24/book/871034/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Parabéns Francisco!!! Muito sucesso em todos os seus projetos assim como em todos os seus concertos!! Que a vida te ofereça sempre muitos aplausos!!! Bjinhos
Muitos Parabéns Francisco. E à família que sempre te apoiou. Beijinhos para todos... muitas felicidades.
👏👏👏 Parabéns e MT sucesso sempre! Q orgulho, Helena Quintas !!! 😘
Que orgulho!! 🙂 Parabéns e muito sucesso! 👏👏
Muitos parabéns pelo percurso e continuação de muito sucesso 👏
Parabéns, Francisco! Sempre a inovar! Muita sorte para dia 26! Beijinhos
Muitos parabéns!!!
Muitos parabéns e muitas felicidades.
Muitos parabens!
Parabéns e as maiores FELICIDADES.
Parabéns, parabéns Francisco Vilar. Que o Universo te traga tudo aquilo que és merecedor. Parabéns à mamã Helena Quintas pelo excelente trabalho que tem feito.
Parabéns
Muitos parabéns
Parabéns Francisco e tudo de bom beijinhos
Que orgulho 💕. Beijinho
Francisco, parabéns e muito sucesso sempre Abraço
Muitos Parabéns e muito sucesso sempre!!! Saúde.
Muitos Parabéns e continuação de muito sucesso ❤️
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Our next concert at Cadogan Hall is just one month away!
In the fourth concert of YMSO’s 2023-24 season, the Orchestra performs works by three of the great Romantic composers. The evening will begin with Dvořák’s exhilarating Carnival Overture. The spotlight will then shift to Portugese virtuoso Francisco Vilar, who is sure to mesmerize the audience with his performance of Schumann’s stunning Piano Concerto 🎹
Finally, the Orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony, a powerful and emotionally charged piece that takes listeners on a thrilling journey through the themes of fate and destiny 🎺
TICKETS 🎫: cadoganhall.com/whats-on/young-musicians-symphony-orchestra-26-03-24/book/871034/ ... See MoreSee Less
Comment on Facebook
Last Thursday’s concert at Cadogan Hall was fantastic 😃 🎉
Thank you to everyone who attended and congratulations to everyone who played, especially Deniz Sensoy for her stunning rendition of the Bruch Violin Concerto 🎻
Here’s a few behind-the-scenes snaps of our rehearsal on the day 📷
You can next hear the Orchestra on Tuesday 26th March 🎼
Tickets are already on sale here!
🎫: cadoganhall.com/whats-on/young-musicians-symphony-orchestra-26-03-24/book/871034/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Tonight’s rehearsal is off to a great start with Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony 🎵
There are still some tickets left for what promises to be a showstopper of a concert tomorrow night at Cadogan Hall 🎼💥
Don’t miss out, get yours now! 🎻
TICKETS 🎫: cadoganhall.com/whats-on/young-musicians-symphony-orchestra-15-02-2024/book/866434/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Aidan Murphy… 👀
They were all showing unavailable earlier
We’re back at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama for the first time in 2024!🎵
Rehearsals are well underway for our concert this Thursday evening at Cadogan Hall 🎼 We’re so excited to welcome our soloist Deniz Sensoy later this evening 🎻
TICKETS 🎫: cadoganhall.com/whats-on/young-musicians-symphony-orchestra-15-02-2024/book/866434/ ... See MoreSee Less
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