Lunchtime Concert - Elif Cansever (violin) & Misha Kaploukhii (piano)

Programme

J. Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108

S. Prokofiev – Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80

J. Brahms – F.A.E. Sonata (Scherzo)

Biography: Elif Cansever 

Elif Cansever is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma under the guidance of Professor Alexander Gilman at the Royal College of Music. She has received several prestigious scholarships throughout her studies, including the Bowerman Charitable Trust Scholarship, the Stanbridge Drake-Brockman Scholarship, and the Countess of Munster Award.

In 2017, Elif made her solo debut performing J. Sibelius’ Violin Concerto with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra. Since then, she has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall London, KonzerthausBerlin, Tonhalle Zurich. She has also had the privilege of working with renowned conductors such as Nicholas Collon, Martyn Brabbins, and Vasily Petrenko. Elif is a member and soloist of the LGT Young Soloists, performing across Europe and Asia and recording under the Naxos label.

Elif began studying violin at the age of six at BilkentUniversity with Rasim Bagirov and later continued her studies with Lutsia Ibragimova at the Royal College of Music. She has participated in masterclasses with renowned musicians and professors such as Maxim Vengerov and Ana Chumachenco.

Elif plays on a fine violin by Joseph Rocca, ca. 1848, on loan from the Royal College of Music, and since 2020, has been using a Hill & Sons bow, funded by the Wolfson Instrument Foundation. Her debut solo album, Beethoven and Brahms Violin Sonatas, was released under the Champs Hill Records label.

Biography: Misha Kaploukhii

Born in 2002, Misha Kaploukhii is an alumnus of the Moscow Gnessin College of Music. He has recently completed his undergraduate studies at the Royal College of Music and is an ABRSM award holder generously supported by the Razumovsky Trust,Eileen Rowe Trust, Talent Unlimited Charity, The Keyboard Charitable Trust, and The Robert Turnbull Foundation. He is now studying for a Master of Performance with Professor Ian Jones and was incredibly honoured to receive the LSO Conservatoire Scholarship 2024/25. His recent prizes include RCM Concerto Competition, International Ettlingen Piano Competition, Hopkinson Gold Medal at the Chappell Medal Competition and the 1st and Audience prizes at the 2024 Sheepdrove Piano Competition.

Misha has gained inspiration from lessons and masterclasses with musicians such as Claudio Martínez Mehner, Dmitri Bashkirov, Jerome Lowenthal, Dinara Klinton, Konstantin Lifschitz, Dame Imogen Cooper. His performances with orchestras in UK include debuts in Cadogan Hall playing Rachmaninov’s 1st Concerto with YMSO and James Blair, Liszt’s 2nd Concerto with RCM Symphony orchestra with Adrian Partington and very recently, Rachmaninov’s 4th Concerto performed with the Albion Orchestra.

He has performed in the UK, Italy and France at the venues including St Mary’s Perivale, Razumovsky Recital Hall, Leighton House, Cadogan Hall, Sala dei Notari and Giardini La Mortella with a wide range of solo and chamber repertoire.

Misha’s future engagements include solo recitals in St Mary Le Strand, 1901 Arts Club, British Institute in Florence and Steinway Hall in Milan. In February he will perform Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto in Cadogan Hall with James Blair.

Entry

Not ticketed. Free Entry. Retiring collection - suggested donation £5