Open event: Young Artist Recital – Clelia Le Bret
Young Artist Recital: Clelia Le Bret (cello) with Kumi Matsuo (piano)
Saturday 10th June 11.00am (Doors open from 10.45am). All Saint’ Church, Putney Common, SW15 1HL
Tickets £8 Adults/£4 Children. Email: info@ourcellocommunity.com to reserve tickets in advance.
Programme:
William Walton: Passacaglia for cello solo (1982)
Edward Grieg: Sonata in A Minor op. 36 for piano and cello (1883)
Manuel de Falla: Spanish Folk Suite for cello and piano (1926)
Clelia Le Bret (Cellist)
Clelia started her musical education in France at the CRR de Rueil Malmaison where she studied with Michael Tafforeau and at the CRR de Paris where she studied with Helene Dautry. In 2019 she moved to London and entered the Royal College of Music as a Charles Ravel scholar. She is currently in her fourth year of the BMus degree course, studying with Alexander Chausian.
Clelia is fond of chamber music. In 2020, she won the 1st prize in the RCM String Quartet competition with the Gasparo Quartet. She also had the chance to perform Brahms Sextet alongside the Sacconi Quartet in 2019. She is currently part of the Aida Piano Trio. Together they have received advice from great musicians such as Marc Durel, Danny Driver and Mark Messenger. In March 2023 they took part in masterclasses at the Watford Piano Day.
As an orchestral musician, Clelia had the chance to work with great conductors at the RCM. In 2021 she led the cello section in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony under the baton of Jak Van Steen. She also played as a section leader during a Maxim Vengerov orchestral masterclass. In 2022 she performed as cello solo in Rossini’s “William Tell Overture”. More recently she took part in a production of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” conducted by Bertie Baigent at the Waterperry Opera Festival 2022.
Kumi Matsuo (Pianist)
Kumi Matsuo is a versatile solo pianist, chamber musician and accompanist. Winner of the 5th Louisiana International Piano Competition, she has also won Second Prize at the 75th Music Competition of Japan and First Prize at the 6th Isido Bajic International Piano Competititon. After graduating from the Toho Gakuen School of Music, she moved to London for her further study at the Royal College of Music where she gained an Artist Diploma and a Master of Music in Performance with Distinction. Her study was generously supported by the Charles Napper Award, the Russell Gander Award and the Rohm Music Foundation.
During her study at the RCM, Kumi performed Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand with RCM Sinfonietta conducted by Peter Stark; Schnittke’s “Concerto Grosso No. 1” with RCM Chamber Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski and Prokofiev’s 3rd Piano Concerto with RCM Symphony Orchestra conducted by Matrin Andre.
She is now on the staff at the rCM, working as Duo Coach to the String Faculty, as well as accompanying other instruments.
