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Affiliated Artist Sofya Gulyak 2012/13
LIPS is delighted to welcome the Russian pianist Sofya Gulyak as our afilliated artist for 2012/13. In September 2009 Sofya Gulyak was awarded the 1st prize and the Princess Mary Gold Medal of the Sixteenth Leeds International Competition – the first woman to achieve this distinction. Sofya has been praised for her ‘tremendous precision and coloration…exquisite soft playing …delicacy yet power’.
read moreCollaboration agreed between the London International Piano Symposium and the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, London
Cristine MacKie, President of the London International Piano Symposium, and Jeanetta Laurence (Associate Director of the Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) have agreed to collaborate in exploring ways in which pianists may benefit by working with a top choreographer and a dancer(s) from the Royal Ballet.
read moreLondon Conservatoires – interest and enthusiasm
Members of the faculties of the Royal College of Music and Guildhall School of Music and Drama have expressed their welcome to the London International Piano Symposium and their anticipation of an intriguing and challenging conference. LIPS is looking forward to meetings with all the UK’s leading centres of excellence in piano practice, to share their enthusiasm and forward-looking approach to techniques in this field.
read moreVolunteers welcome
LIPS would be delighted to receive any offers of voluntary help from residents in the UK, either with administration before the event or with the smooth running of the event itself. Examples of volunteering opportunities at the event itself include ushering and programmes, meet and greet, welcome of guest participants, registration. LIPS hopes to be able to offer volunteers free attendance at part of the symposium. In advance of the symposium, roles still available include: social media work, communication with The Friends, and more. LIPS...
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