The next lunchtime concert at Alderley Edge Methodist Church will be a piano recital by Ryan Drucker from the Royal Northern College of Music.
Ryan will be performing works by Cesar Franck, Alexander Scriabin and Béla Bartók.
The recital commences at 1.00 pm and will last approximately 45 minutes.
Admission is by programme at the door, priced £4.00.
Light lunches, charged separately, are available from 12 noon.
Further information is available on 01625 584410 or 01625 584367.
Born in Belgium, Ryan is in his third year of the BMus (Hons) course at the Royal Northern College of Music under the tutelage of Helen Krizos. He previously studied with Seta Tanyel at Tonbridge School where he was a music scholar.
Ryan has won a number of prizes at the RNCM. He was a prize winner in the 2013 RNCM concerto competition and subsequently will play Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1, Op.23 with the RNCM Symphony Orchestra in the Bridgewater Hall in June 2014. Ryan has also been awarded first prize in the Mark Ray Memorial Prize, the prestigious Chopin Prize, the Shirley Catterall Award and the Marjorie Clementi Memorial Award for the student receiving the highest mark in the first and second year Piano Recital exam.
Outside of the RNCM, Ryan was awarded second prize in the 2012 Moray Piano Competition held in Scotland. Ryan was also a recipient of the Yehudi Menuhin English Speaking Union Scholarship and subsequently will be attending the Piano Masterclass International Series at Banff Arts Centre in Canada. He has performed in masterclasses for renowned pianists including Abdel Rahman El Bacha, Andrei Gavrilov, Kathryn Stott, Michel Béroff, Nelson Goerner, Pascal Rogé, Philippe Cassard and Stefano Fiuzzi.
A passionate chamber musician, Ryan attended the Pro Corda International Chamber Music Academy for many years through which he received opportunities to perform at numerous distinguished venues including the Wigmore Hall. Ryan has received coaching from Alice Neary, Hugh Maguire, Jeremy Young, Julius Drake, Kenneth Sillito, Philip Higham and Ralph Kirshbaum, and from members of the Allegri, Castallian, Elias, Škampa and Talich string quartets. Also in demand as an accompanist, he was awarded first prize in the piano section of the Elsie Thurston singing competition and the Sir John Barbirolli cello competition. In addition, he and his piano duo partner Victor Lim won the RNCM Piano Duo prize.
Forthcoming engagements include recitals in Cambridge, Edinburgh, Isle of Man, London and Manchester where Ryan will present programmes of solo, chamber and concerto works.
Programme:
CESAR FRANCK Prelude Chorale et Fugue
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN 24 Preludes Op 11
BÉLA BARTÓK Piano Sonata BB 88
Allegro moderato
Sostenuto e pesante
Allegro molto