Young Artist Platform

Sunday 16 March 2025 3pm

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The concert series ‘Guitar in London’ was established by the International Guitar Foundation (IGF) to present young talent from their Young Artist Platform (YAP) as well as more established artists from around the world. The concerts often include UK debuts and premières of newly commissioned repertoire.

IGF YAP aims to help young musicians in the critical phase between the final stages of music education and the concert platform. This lunchtime concert is the Kings Place debut of 2024-25 YAP awardees the Wales Guitar Duo, whose programme includes the world premiere of a new IGF commission by David John Roche!

Tickets: £14 and free for under-18 year olds, concession tickets for students

Wales Guitar Duo

Established in 2020, the Wales Guitar Duo is Welsh classical guitarists, Cai Charles and Oliver Manning. They met during their undergraduate studies at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. They have performed both in the UK and abroad, most notably for Budleigh Music Festival and the ‘Maestros de la Guitarra’ concert series in Granada, Spain.

Oliver Manning was selected by John Williams to become a Julian Bream Trust Scholar in 2023 to support his postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Music, London. He also won first prize in the John Mills Guitar Competition, and first prize in the Orpheus Voice and Guitar Competition.

Cai Charles won the Solo String competition at the Wales National Eisteddfod. He gave the UK première of the Dos Dalias concerto by Gerardo Tamez as a soloist during the World Harp Congress 2022 in St David’s Hall, Wales.

PROGRAMME:

Stephen Goss Cocktail List
- Boulevardier
- Negroni
- Alabama Slammer
- Vodka Martini
- Vieux Carré
- Manhattan

Welsh Folk Songs
- Dafydd y Garreg Wen (David of the White Rock)
- Lliw Gwyn Rhosyn yr Haf (White rose of Summer)
- Suo-gân (Lullaby)
- Hela’r ‘Sgyfarnog (Hunting the hare)
- Lisa Lân (Fair Lisa)
- Wrth fynd hefo Deio i Dywyn (As I went with Tom to Tywyn)
David Roche Quaver Dreams and Quaver Nightmares
[World Premiere: IGF 2024 commission]
I. Limited Chordal Universe
II. NOTBACH
III. Aggressive Bicycle Music)
Carlo Domeniconi Fire Brigade On Ice from Circus Music