Lunchtime Violin & Piano Concert ft. Basil Alter & Tiffany Qiu

presents a free lunchtime concert featuring violinist Basil Alter and pianist Tiffany Qiu. This concert is in a relaxed space, and all are welcome to attend.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, K. 305

Elliot Teo - Two Pieces for Violin: 'Confessions' and 'Scherzo'

Claude Debussy - Sonata for Violin and Piano

Violinist Basil Alter began violin lessons with his mother at age 3. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, he began schooling at University of Memphis’ Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, where he was the violinist of the Contemporary Chamber Players and concertmaster of the schools symphonic and opera orchestras. He later moved to New York to study at Manhattan School of Music, where he led their orchestras on several occasions, performing under the batons of Leonard Slatkin, Kent Tritle, Rob Kapilow, and George Manahan.

He appears on the NAXOS recording label’s “Slatkin Conducts Slatkin” with Alec Baldwin, and was privileged to lead a live “What Makes It Great” concert with Rob Kapilow at the Kaufman Center in New York. Presently he is pursuing an MMus at the Royal Academy of Music with Robin Wilson, where he has had the privilege of performing under Edward Gardner and John Wilson.

Tiffany Qiu is a pianist from Ireland and a recent graduate from the Royal Academy of Music where she studied with Professors Ian Fountain (piano), Michael Dussek (chamber music) and Dr Ruth Byrchmore (composition).

Ever since making her solo recital debut with the Dublin Philharmonic Society at the age of 13, Tiffany has regularly won prizes both nationally and internationally, including both the Irish Heritage Performance and Accompaniment Bursaries, the Harriet Cohen Bach Piano Competition and RAM Mozart Concerto Competition (best original cadenza and highly commended for best collaboration), and the Cesar Franck International Piano Competition in Belgium. As a soloist, she has appeared with orchestras under the batons of Uri Segal, Paolo Ponziano Ciardi, James Cavanagh and Finghin Collins.

Along with receiving a First Class in her BMus in 2023, Tiffany was also awarded the Andrew S Sykes Award for her studentship and contribution to her conservatoire, and currently serves as their Students’ Union President, a trustee and member of the Governing Body.

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