The Sydenham International Music Festival
The sensational young Serbian cellist Maja Bogdanovich makes her British debut at the opening concert of the Sydenham International Music Festival this year, bringing her immense musical talent and much glamour besides. Fresh from her acclaimed debut recital at the Carnegie Hall, New York, Maja Bogdanovich will play the virtuosic and dramatic Shostakovich Cello Concerto.
“I have for a long time now, wanted to programme the Shostakovich Cello Concerto and last year on holiday in the south of France, I heard the sensational young Serbian cellist Maja Bogdanovich. Bringing her immense musical talent, and much glamour besides, to the Sydenham International Music Festival this year became a ‘must do’. She opens the festival on 24th May”, comments organiser and conductor Robert Trory. “Other festival favourites, and favourites of mine, return – the Endellion String Quartet, the Fidelio Piano Quartet and Florilegium. The Dolphin Pub continues to be an unbelievably popular venue and both those concerts are now sold out”.
The Festival also sees the return to Sydenham of the prize-winning virtuoso Russian violinist Sergey Dogadin who will perform the Beethoven Concerto. Sergey has already established a special place in the hearts of the Sydenham audiences, many of whom will remember his first visit at the age of fifteen. Now twenty years old, his international career is flourishing and his first recital CD has been issued and will be available to purchase at the concert.
Other festival favourites return and special attention is given in the programming to the four major centenaries being celebrated this year – those of Handel, Purcell, Haydn and Mendelssohn.
The usual mix of great music, popular venues and internationally renowned ensembles is offered and no price increases since last year!
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The Festival has been fortunate in keeping on board their sponsors. Property World is sponsoring the Dolphin concerts and the Lucille Graham Trust once again are the sponsors of the Children’s Concert. Additionally, Antoinette Costume Hire of 134 Kirkdale, are sponsors of the children’s Fancy Dress Competition at the Children’s Concert. Above all, without the continuing funding from the London Borough of Lewisham, the festival would not take place.
For a complete list of concerts and details please visit www.sydenhammusic.org or pick up a brochure from Lewisham libraries or the Kirkdale Bookshop, which is also the Box Office. Tel: 8778 4701.
