Edgar Francis
Chamber Music Connects the World, junior
Edgar Francis is a Welsh violist with a passion for exploring different musical genres. As the first prize winner of the Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition 2021, his debut album will be released on Champs Hill Records.
He has performed at prestigious venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall, and Royal Festival Hall, and regularly plays with ensembles such as the Sinfonia of London and the Kaleidoscope Collective. He has appeared at festivals including IMS Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, Yellowbarn, Mendelssohn on Mull, the North Norfolk Music Festival, Southwell Music Festival, and Lewes Chamber Music Festival, sharing the stage with the Doric String Quartet, Anthony Marwood, Gilbert Kalish, and the Sitovetsky Trio. As a soloist, he has worked with orchestras under the baton of some of the world's leading conductors such as John Wilson, Edward Gardener, François-Xavier Roth, and Jac Van Steen, including multiple appearances at the BBC Proms.
Edgar Francis studied with Matthew Souter at Wells Cathedral School and with Helene Clement at the Royal Academy of Music. During his studies, he won the Wilfrid Parry Prize, a Regency Award, the Sir John Barbirolli Memorial Prize, and the Olwen Doreen Leyshon Prize. Additionally, he is the recipient of the Hattori Foundation Senior Award 2023.
LIEBESERKLÄRUNG
Participants
- Gidon Kremer violin
- Miklós Perényi cello
- Leonhard Baumgartner violin
- Sarah Jégou-Sageman violin
- Yeyeong Jin violin
- Seohyun Kim violin
- Leanne McGowan violin
- Jason Moon violin
- Oliver Neubauer violin
- Guido Sant’Anna violin
- Michael Shaham violin
- Marija Strapcāne violin
- Eike Coetzee viola
- Toby Cook viola
- Edgar Francis viola
- Laura Liu viola
- Joseph Skerik viola
- Otoha Tabata viola
- Maxim Calver cello
- Sebastian Fritsch cello
- Chase Park cello
- Macintyre Taback cello
- Alexander Warenberg cello
- Arne Zeller cello
- Dominik Wagner double bass
- Itai Navon piano
Programme
Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Intermezzo in d minor for string quintet WAB 113
Gidon Kremer, Seohyun Kim (violin)
Laura Liu, Joseph Skerik (viola)
Chase Park (cello)
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Adagio from Symphony No. 10 (Arr. Stadlmayr for 16–21 string players)
Gidon Kremer, Leanne McGowan, Oliver Neubauer, Guido Sant’Anna, Sarah Jégou-Sageman, Yeyeong Jin, Marija Strapcāne, Jason Moon, Leonhard Baumgartner, Michael Shaham (violin)
Edgar Francis, Otoha Tabata, Joseph Skerik, Toby Cook, Eike Coetzee (viola)
Macintyre Taback, Sebastian Fritsch, Maxim Calver, Alexander Warenberg, Arne Zeller (cello)
Dominik Wagner, Iurii Gavryliuk (double bass)
Intermission
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Piano quartet No. 1 in g minor op. 25
Leanne McGowan (violin)
Eike Coetzee (viola)
Miklós Perényi (cello)
Itai Navon (piano)
Subject to change.
MUSIKALISCHE REISELUST
Participants
- Gary Hoffman cello
- Miklós Perényi cello
- Sarah Jégou-Sageman violin
- Yeyeong Jin violin
- Evan Johanson violin
- Seohyun Kim violin
- Edgar Francis viola
- Katie Liu viola
- Itai Navon piano
Programme
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827)
String quintet in C major op. 29
Sarah Jégou-Sageman, Yeyeong Jin (violin)
Edgar Francis, Katie Liu (viola)
Gary Hoffman (cello)
Intermission
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
Suite for two violins, cello and piano (left hand) op. 23
Evan Johanson, Seohyun Kim (violin)
Miklós Perényi (cello)
Itai Navon (piano)
Subject to change.
HIMMELSMUSIK
Participants
- Antje Weithaas violin
- Enrico Pace piano
- Evan Johanson violin
- Oliver Neubauer violin
- Guido Sant’Anna violin
- Edgar Francis viola
- Otoha Tabata viola
- Maxim Calver cello
- Bryan Cheng cello
- Chase Park cello
Programme
Ernst Von Dohnányi(1877–1960)
Piano quintet No. 1 in c minor op. 1
Oliver Neubauer, Evan Johanson (violin)
Edgar Francis (viola)
Bryan Cheng (cello)
Enrico Pace (piano)
Intermission
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
String quintet in C major D 956
Antje Weithaas, Guido Sant’Anna (violin)
Otoha Tabata (viola)
Chase Park, Maxim Calver (cello)
Subject to change.