The Tale - a concert down memory lane

An intimate journey through a museum of memories, where music and images resonate in a shared space co-created with audience.
About this Event

to build our museum of memories

Memories live through our senses — and among them, what we see and hear often leave the deepest traces.

After its sold-out debut showcase, Ensemble Pohádka returns to the historical St Pancras Clock Tower and invites you to The Tale — a concert down memory lane: an intimate journey through a museum of memories, where music and images resonate in a shared space co-created with the audience.

As part of the concert experience, we invite you to share a photograph or image that holds a meaningful memory for you. These images will be printed to build our museum of memories in which the concert takes place.

• No restrictions on content — a person, place, object, event, drawing or painting ... as long as you are willing to share.
• These images will be printed to build our museum of memories in which our concert unfolds.
• Participation is optional but highly encouraged.
• Share your photo through link. Alternatively send to the organizer [email protected]

PROGRAMME

Prologue

Debussy — Images oubliées

Dialogue

Debussy — Cello Sonata
Piazzolla — Le Grand Tango

Interlude

Poulenc — Mélancolie

Monologue

Scriabin — Fantasy Op.28

The Tale

Janáček — Pohádka

Epilogue

Pärt — Spiegel im Spiegel


PIANIST | Andy DENG

Andy is a London-based pianist whose work spans solo, concerto, collaborative and orchestral projects. He has performed across the UK and internationally. He made his London Wigmore Hall debut in 2024 and Sydney Opera House debut in 2021. Recent highlights include performances of Prokofiev’s Concerto No.2 with the Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra and Mozart’s Concerto K.414 in Northern Ireland. Andy has appeared with the Hallé at the Steve Reich Festival, given a solo recital for Juventudes Musicales Granada at Manuel de Falla Auditorium in Spain, and won Le Foyer des Artiste Concerto Award and several Sydney Eisteddfod prizes including the Recital Award. He is a regular guest pianist in Sinfonia Smith Square, appearing in a series of concerts including London Festival of Chamber Music, working closely with world-leading musicians. Previously studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Andy completed Postgraduate Diploma and Master of Performance in Distinction and with scholarships. He is a Benedetti Foundation Ambassador with more than 10 years of experience in teaching, accompanying, and adjudicating, and currently serves as the Musician in Residence at Merchant Taylors’ School. Andy is dedicated to shaping creative concert ideas and programmes. After several regional premieres of rarely performed works, he now looks ahead to founding Ensemble Pohádka — an artistic identity under which his future projects will unfold, curating distinctive concert experiences for a wider audience.

CELLIST | Hanwen FENG

From Qiqihar, China, Hanwen began studying the cello in 2012 and has since gained extensive performance experience across China, the UK, Spain, Slovakia, and beyond. She completed her master’s degree as a scholarship recipient at the Royal Northern College of Music, studying with Cecilia Radic, Edvard Pogossin, and Gillian Thoday. Prior to that, she earned her undergraduate degree at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where she studied under Associate Professor Xiaoqi Sun. In 2019, Hanwen was invited by the Shougang Olympic Games Organizing Committee to serve as principal cellist for a commemorative video marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, recorded with the CCOM orchestra. In 2020, she gave a solo recital in her hometown. In March 2023, she was invited to perform on Music Open Class, a televised programme on China Central Television (CCTV) led by clarinettist Lei Fan, a professor at CCOM. Her performances have taken her to numerous cities across China, including Beijing, Tianjin, Chengdu, Hohhot, Shenyang, Changchun, Fuzhou, Xiamen, and Nanchang. Hanwen has studied with renowned cellists including Michel Strauss, Ludwig Quandt, Liwei Qin, Kun Hu, and Hanxiang Gong. She has also participated in masterclasses with Leonard Elschenbroich, Natalie Clein, Alban Gerhardt, Hannah Roberts, Adrian Mantu, among others.