Join us for a recital by the SALWA String Quartet, senior musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, London
“Salwa comes from Arabic and connotes solace and comfort, sentiments we strive to spread through music making and our commitment to performing works that explore universal human experiences, bringing audiences together from all walks of life.”

SUNDAY 1st MAY, 4pm – 5.45pm
St Johns Church, Macaulay Road, Broadstone BH18 8AR
Tickets
Adults: £15
Under 18: £5
Ticket price includes tea/coffee and the return of Debra’s popular cake!

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We are delighted to welcome the SALWA string quartet from the Royal Academy of Music String quartet and continuing our association with Jon Thorne who facilitates these stunning musicians so that we can benefit from hearing and our young musicians can work with them in Broadstone. The quartet will present a chamber music workshop for our young musicians before the recital. This will be open to the public with a concert ticket. Time TBC

The SALWA String Quartet are all postgraduate students at the Royal Academy of Music. Passionate about ensuring music is passed on to the next generation, they are educators with teaching experiences at award-winning cross-disciplinary institutions for the performing arts. In the coming year, the musicians each look forward to giving a variety of recitals accessible both in-person in the U.K. and from around the world via live-streaming technology.

Programme:

String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135, Ludwig van Beethoven

Langsamer Satz, Anton Webern

-Interval-

Romanze from String Quartet in E flat Major, Fanny Hensel

String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80, Felix Mendelssohn

SALWA STRING QUARTET BIOGRAPHY:

Salwa Quartet met in the autumn of 2020 at the Royal Academy of Music. After the period of social distancing and isolation from the outbreak of the pandemic , they were keen to throw themselves into the intimacy of quartet playing and developing the unique shared language inherent to chamber music.

Soon after forming they were awarded a position on the Frost ASSET specialist strings chamber music training scheme on which they were closely mentored by Martin Outram with additional support from Jon Thorne, Levon Chillingirian, and members of the Doric Quartet.

Salwa Quartet are sought after for their adventurous programming and as advocates for contemporary music. Previous performance engagements have included the North York Moors Chamber Music Festival, the Royal Academy of Music Harp Festival, a special filming of Fanny Hensel’s Quartet in E flat Major at the National Television and Film Institute, as well as the world premiere of a quartet commissioned from London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Young Composer laureate Geoffrey King.

Violinist, Ilhem Ben Khalfa:
Ilhem is a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Music where she studied with Jack Liebeck. She is a passionate chamber music player and is keen to discover new music. She is currently a member of the Salwa Quartet with whom she performed in festivals and participated in many competitions. Apart from chamber music ensembles Ilhem plays with orchestras around the UK. 

Violinist, Caroline Heard:
Hailing from North Yorkshire, violinist Caroline has performed with the BBC Now Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the London Musical Theatre Orchestra and the English Touring Opera. She has enjoyed working with renowned conductors such as Marin Alsop, Edward Gardner, Sir Mark Elder and John Wilson. Caroline graduated in 2021 from the Royal Academy of Music with a Masters of Arts degree and further DipRam honours. She was the recipient of the Help Musician’s Parikian Award, a Countess of Munster Trust Award, and a Royal Academy of Music scholarship. She studied under the tutelage of Levon Chilingirian, having previously studied with Philippe Honoré and William Leary. She is very grateful to be the recipient of a 20th Century Bisiach Violin on loan to her from the Harrison Frank Foundation.

Violist, Cameron Howe:
A London based American violist, Cameron enjoys an eclectic performing career traversing a kaleidoscope of musical genres and performance spaces. Equally at home performing contemporary music from graphic scores and playing arrangements of viol consorts on historical instruments, his output explores the outer edge of musical possibilities through accessible and evocative programming. 
An advocate for equitable access to arts education, Cameron taught group classes and served as music department co-chair at Renaissance Arts Academy, a state funded performing arts charter school in central Los Angeles. The flourishing artistic community of students and teachers there inspired Cameron to pursue further training at the Royal Academy of Music in London where he studied viola with Jon Thorne and was a founding member of Salwa Quartet before graduating with first class honours in 2021 with support from the San Martino Award.Cameron is currently a fellow on the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group’s NEXT course and freelances with many London based ensembles.
Cellist: Garwyn Linnell
Born in Vancouver, Canada, Garwyn has also had the opportunity to perform as a soloist, and an orchestral musician in a wide range of venues and countries from small churches in Italy to concert halls in China. While classical music is his primary area of focus, he also has had the pleasure to collaborate and perform with various artists within the fields of dance, contemporary music, improvisation, jazz, and even poetry. After completing his bachelor’s degree in at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Germany, Garwyn studied at the Royal Academy of Music under the guidance of John Myerscough, the cellist of the Doric Quartet, and has recently finished his master’s degree.

Cellist, Garwyn Linnell:
Born in Vancouver, Canada, Garwyn has also had the opportunity to perform as a soloist, and an orchestral musician in a wide range of venues and countries from small churches in Italy to concert halls in China. While classical music is his primary area of focus, he also has had the pleasure to collaborate and perform with various artists within the fields of dance, contemporary music, improvisation, jazz, and even poetry. After completing his bachelor’s degree in at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Germany, Garwyn studied at the Royal Academy of Music under the guidance of John Myerscough, the cellist of the Doric Quartet, and has recently finished his master’s degree.

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