Lunchtime Recital - Pavel Basov – bass & Estelle Shircore Barker – piano

Programme:

1 Оpera “Boris Godunov”, 1869 (first edition) and 1872 (second edition)

Boris’s monolog, Prologue C min/C major

Pimen’s story, 1 act, 1 scene; D minor

Varlaam’s aria, 1 act, 2 scene F minor

Night on bold mountain 1886, D minor

2. The songs and dances of the death 4 pieces 1875–1877

3. *Bis "The Goat", 1870, G major

Biographies:

In 2019 Pavel Basov participated in the Jerusalem Opera Festival as a Count

Ceprano in G. Verdi's opera Rigoletto. In 2024 he graduated with honors from the

vocal faculty of the International Slavic Institute in Moscow, class of Professor

Elizaveta Novikova. During his studies, he performed as a soloist in operas by P.I.

Tchaikovsky; N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov; M.P. Mussorgsky; S. Rachmaninoff. During his

work, Pavel prepared and performed choral parts in masterpieces by G. Verdi; S.

Taneyev; Beethoven; S. Rachmaninov. Pavel won the international festival-

competition of accompanists and vocalists "Villahermosa" Mexico in 2025. From

09.2025 to the present, he is a postgraduate student at the Royal Academy of Music

in London in the class of Professor Mark Wildman. Pavel Basov is establishing a

growing reputation for artistic excellence and voice timbre and strength. He is a

very ambitious soloist interested in singing not only operas but also oratorios, songs

and romances.

Estelle Shircore Barker is an Australian pianist establishing a reputation for artistic

excellence as a soloist and collaborative pianist. She has performed extensively

across Europe, the United Kingdom, and Australia, and made her concerto debut

performing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Narva Symphony Orchestra in

Estonia. As a collaborative pianist, Estelle was awarded 2nd Prize at the Sydney

International Song Prize, and has received guidance from esteemed musicians such

as Malcolm Martineau and Wayne Foster-Smith. Following formative studies in

Munich, Estelle went on to become a prize-winning graduate of the Sydney

Conservatorium of Music. In 2023, she relocated to Spain to develop her

performance career under the guidance of Nikolai Demidenko, during which time

she also completed a Master of Musical Research. She is currently pursuing further

study at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Tatiana Sarkissova, supported

by the Tait Memorial Trust’s Eugenie White Award

Presented in association with the Royal Academy of Music.