Thank you to the lovely audience at Ilminster Arts Centre 🎶✨

Our opening night will be dedicated to none other than Mozart 🤩 Charles Owen , Katya Apekisheva and Lara Melda will be performing Mozart concerti with the Carducci Quartet 🎻 Listen to Katya and Charles talk about Mozart here: youtu.be/qCjq02Z0lKg?si… Kings Place International Piano

Writing this was such a pleasure, thank you BBC Music Magazine 🎶

Do you know who is Lara Melda 's musical hero? 🎶 It is the legendary Alfred Brendel! Lara will be performing on in our Opening Night Gala we cannot wait 🤩 Thanks for giving us a shoutout BBC Music Magazine Lara! Tickets: kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/class… Kings Place International Piano

Tonight, LondonPianoFestival kicks off Kings Place with Mozart from festival co-directors Charles Owen + Katya Apekisheva (w/ Lara Melda & Carducci Quartet) 🎹 and continues throughout the weekend with recitals, talks and jazz improvisations. londonpianofestival.com International Piano

Bravo ⁦Lara Melda⁩ ⁦Katya Apekisheva⁩ ⁦Charles Owen⁩ ⁦Carducci Quartet⁩ ⁦Stacey Watton⁩ a brilliant opening concert of ⁦LondonPianoFestival⁩ 2024 🎹 Don’t miss the rest of the programme at ⁦Kings Place⁩ this weekend! ⁦International Piano⁩

A great start to LondonPianoFestival Kings Place - 3 Mozart concertos, 3 pianists, 5 string players adding up to a full house! Congratulations Katya Apekisheva Charles Owen Carducci Quartet Lara Melda & Stacey Watton

Mozart with the wonderful Carducci Quartet & lovely Stacey Watton on double bass (with special mention to his fabulously bedazzled mute 💎) ahead of the LondonPianoFestival opening night at Kings Place 🎹🎻🎶 The acoustics plus these world-class musicians are just *chef’s kiss*👌🏼✨

It’s always such a joy to make music with the incredible Carducci Quartet & it was a special treat to have that extra bit of bass with Stacey Watton’s double bass for our Mozart Gala at Kings Place. What a perfect way to kick off the LondonPianoFestival! 🎹🎻🎶 📸 @racingfranco_

✨ Thank you to Katya Apekisheva and @charlesowenpiano for a 9th edition of the amazing LondonPianoFestival, feat Lara Melda, Kit Armstrong, Michael Wollny, Reinis Zariņš, Rose MacLachlan, Susan Tomes and strings with Carducci Quartet. Until next year! 💛 📸 Viktor Erik Emmanuel

Some photos of the Carducci Quartet & I rehearsing ahead of our concert for Oxford Coffee Concerts in the lovely Holywell Music Room which is said to be the oldest purpose-built music room in Europe, and hence Britain’s first concert hall 🎶 📸 @racingfranco_

What a lovely audience we had at Oxford Coffee Concerts! 🎶 Catch the Carducci Quartet and I performing some more Chopin together tomorrow, Thursday 5th December, 13:00 at Imperial College London. More details here: imperial.ac.uk/events/180963/…. See you there! 🎹🎻 📸 @racingfranco_

A little late posting this, but it was such a pleasure to be back at Imperial College London earlier this month with the fabulous Carducci Quartet, always a wonderful audience - thank you Oliver Gooch for having us! 🎶🎹🎻 📸 @racingfranco_

A magical evening at the Oxford Union, surrounded by history, music & the warmth of a lovely audience. Honoured to have brought the gorgeous Shigeru Kawai to life in this timeless setting. Thank you to everyone who shared this special night with me & Kawai Pianos UK 🎹🌹✨

What a joy it was to perform at the beautiful Bechstein Hall! With a rich history dating back to the late 1800s, it’s inspiring to see the Bechstein name return to this historic location. Thank you to everyone who came and made the evening so memorable! 🎹♥️ 📸 @racingfranco

🎉𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐖!🎉A Portrait of Chopin is yours, dear listeners ♥️ The Carducci Quartet & I poured our hearts into creating this and we truly hope you love it as much as we do. Own it, stream it, add it to your playlists… but above all, please enjoy it 🎹🎻💿