City of London Sinfonia (CLS) was founded in 1971 by Music Director Richard Hickox. CLS performs throughout the UK, with regular London appearances at Cadogan Hall and St Paul’s Cathedral and is resident orchestra at the capital’s popular summer opera festival, Opera Holland Park. The Orchestra is regularly invited to perform by the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden and in music festivals in Brighton, Bath and Newbury. Tonight under the baton of Brad Cohen

 

 

Natalie Clein burst into the public’s consciousness aged 16 when she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 1994 and in the same year was the first ever British winner of the Eurovision Competition for Young Musicians in Warsaw. “Clein fearlessly goes where others have feared to tread for a generation, living each and every phrase with a poetic intensity and emotional immediacy that captures the moment to perfection.” Julian Haylock, Classic FM Magazine

Roger Webster’s first instrument was piano which he began playing at the age of six.  Four years later he began playing his current instrument the cornet. The piano was gradually pushed aside as he progressed with the cornet at Grimethorpe Colliery Junior Band.  It wasn't until 1988 that Roger turned his hobby into a profession.  In this year he was invited to join Black Dyke, one of the world's greatest brass bands, as principal cornet.  Roger stayed here for five years before deciding to pursue a solo career. He has performed with many top orchestras both as a soloist or principal trumpet and has been acclaimed by reviews and audiences worldwide as one of the world’s greatest ever exponents of both trumpet and cornet playing.

 

Alina Buratti is based in Barcelona.  Alina studied vocal technique in London with Alma Caesari for ten years and has been a student in Carlo Bergonzi´s Accademia Verdiana in Busseto, Italy. She has performed in “La Boheme”, Puccini as Mimi; “Don Pasquale”, Donizetti as Norina; “Louise”, Charpentier as Irma; “Peter Grimes“, Britten as Niece 2; “Cendrillon“, Massenet as Cinderella; “Judas Maccabeus“, Handel “Gloria“, Vivaldi; “Cosi Fan Tutte“, Mozart as Fiordiligi.