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We offer daily services and a cultural programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate
Wednesday 20 August 1.10pm
Yang Yang (b. 1998) began her piano studies at the age of five with Noor Relijk and later continued her education under the tutelage of renowned professor Jan Wijn.
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
St James’s is a place to explore, reflect, pray, and support all who are in need. We are a Church of England parish in the Anglican Communion.
We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word.
We offer hospitality to people going through homelessness and speak out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
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Friday 8 August 1.10pm
Gonçalo Maia Caetano is a classical guitarist from Portugal currently doing his Advanced Diploma course at the Royal Academy of Music with professor Michael Lewin.
Online streaming
This concert will be streamed live on our YouTube channel at 1:10pm.
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Free admission | Donations welcome
Programme
T. Takemitsu (1930-1996): All in Twilight I. – II. Dark III. – IV. Slightly Fast
M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) : Caprichos de Goya I. Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Pintor II. Tal para qual VIII. Dios la perdone; Y era su madre
Brett Dean (1961): Caprichos de Goya I. Que sacrificio! II. Dios la perdone ; Y era su madre III. No te escaparás
S. Assad (1952): Aquarelle I. Divertimento II. Valseana III. Prelúdio e toccatina
St James’s is grateful for the generous support of Rolex for this music programme.
Artist bio
Gonçalo has performed in many concerts throughout Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria and United Kingdom. He has performed in renowned venues such as The King’s Place in London, Wiener Saal in Salzburg, Austria, among others.
In 2016 Gonçalo won the 2nd prize Ex-Aequo in Valencia’s International Guitar Competition and later in the year he was awarded the 3rd prize in Guimarães International Guitar Competition. In the following year, he was the winner in the competition “Grand Prize Virtuoso” and consequently was invited to give a concert in Wiener Saal, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. In 2021, Gonçalo was the Winner of the Blyth Watson Guitar Concerto Prize at the Royal Academy of Music. In 2023 Gonçalo received 1st Prize at the prestigious “The Prince’s Prize” competition, the 2nd prize at the Ivor Mairants Guitar Competition and the 2nd prize in Pleven Guitar Competition. This year he was awarded the 2nd prize in the Gallery of Guitars Competition in Scotland.
Gonçalo has had Masterclasses with distinguished guitarists such as David Russell, Fabio Zanon, Aniello Desiderio, Lukasz Kuropaczewski, Roland Dyens, Laura Young, Graham Devine, Michel Sadanowsky, Carlo Marchione and many more acclaimed musicians.
Apart from his classical guitar studies, he is very interested in Jazz. In the end of his first year at the Royal Academy of Music, Gonçalo started his second study in Jazz Guitar. He also has his own Jazz project “Maia” with which he released the single “Yellow”. In 2020, Gonçalo joined the “Phemo Quartet” as a Bass player and in 2022 the quartet performed in the Vortex Jazz Club. Later this year, the quartet will release their debut album “Anti-Revelation”.
Gonçalo is currently being supported by the Musicians’ Company, Help Musicians UK, IGF and Talent Unlimited.
Presented in association with Talent Unlimited
