Erola Masque (violin) & Aimee Taranni (piano)

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Wednesday 18 March 1.10pm

Born in 2002 in Vic, Spain, Erola began her musical studies at age seven with Coloma Bertran and Quim Térmens at the Vic Professional Conservatory.

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    Programme

    Frederick Delius – Violin Sonata No. 3 (1930)
    I. Slow
    II. Andante scherzando
    III. Lento – Con moto
    Frederick Delius – Romance for Violin and Piano
    Joaquín Turina – Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 82
    I. Lento – Theme and variations
    II. Vivo
    III. Adagio – Allegro moderato
    Joaquín Turina – Homenaje a Navarra op.102


    St James’s is grateful for the generous support of Rolex for this music programme.

     

    Artist Bio

    Born in 2002 in Vic, Spain, Erola began her musical studies at age seven with Coloma Bertran and Quim Térmens at the Vic Professional Conservatory. In 2020, she was admitted to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Stephanie Gonley, where she earned a First-Class bachelor’s degree with Honours. She is currently pursuing a master’s at Guildhall with Krzysztof Smietana and studies historical violin with Pavlo Beznosiuk and chamber music with Krysia Osostowicz, Jacqueline Ross, Caroline Palmer, Evan Rothstein, and Adrian Brendel.
    She has received guidance from members of the Endellion, Quiroga, and Casals Quartets and is a member of the Quartet Calders. In 2024, she participated in the Resonances Academy in Ciney, Belgium, with Philippe GraMin and David Quiggle. Erola has performed recitals and concerts as a soloist across Spain, the UK, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Poland, and Portugal, including Atlàntida de Vic, the Moments Musicals cycle in Vic, Pianíssim in Torredembarra, Villa Margarita Music Fest in Arbúcies, the Festival of Religious Music in Vic, Pyrenees Classical Music Festival, and concerts in London and Cambridge. In 2023, she debuted in Cambridge with the Horizons String Orchestra, performing Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Piazzolla’s Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas.
    She has participated in numerous international masterclasses and courses, studying with Boris Kuschnir, Dalibor Karvay, Mark Gothony, Yair Kless, Boris Brovskyn, Esther Haffner, and Dora Schwarzberg. Since 2019, she combines performance with teaching in schools and privately with Pelican Music Company and DEA Academy, also giving masterclasses to young musicians.
    Since 2021, she has been a member of Talent Unlimited and has received support from the Albert Cooper Trust, Wolfson Foundation, Fundació Puig Porret, the BritishSpanish Society, the Fundación Cañada Blanch and Help Musicians Trust for her studies at Guildhall. She plays a Sitjas violin (2020) and a Chris Graves bow (2024).

    Presented in Association with Talent Unlimited