Programme notes coming soon.
Evening Schedule
Doors: 18:45 - with a welcoming glass of wine or soft drink to start the evening.
First Set: 19:30 - 20:15
Intermission / Refreshments: 20:15 - 20:30
Second Set: 20:30 - 21:15
Reception: 21:15 - 22:00 - the post-concert reception with a curated selection of wines and soft drinks, offering a chance to continue the conversation, meet the artist, and savor the evening.
Dr. Inja Stanović - piano
Dr. Inja Stanović is a Croatian pianist, musicologist, and researcher, born in Zagreb and currently based in London. She has performed internationally, with concerts in Croatia, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Dr. Stanović’s research specialises in early recordings and 19th-century performance practice, combining:
Musicological research, with emphasis on 19th-century reception, stylistic tendencies, and performance techniques;
Practice-based research, involving historically-informed performance.
She has received awards, prizes, and scholarships worldwide for her cutting-edge work, which uniquely combines historically-informed performance with musicological study of wax cylinders and early records.
During her Leverhulme-funded project, (Re)constructing Early Recordings: a guide for historically-informed performance, Inja established historically-informed recording as a research method—a critical missing link in understanding early sound recordings.
She was recently appointed Surrey Future Senior Fellow at the University of Surrey.
Shirley Smart - cello
Shirley Smart is recognised as one of the UK’s most versatile and creative cellists – being equally at home and well versed in jazz and Middle Eastern music, as well as classical music. Originally trained under Raphael Wallfisch at the Guildhall School of Music, and Janos Starker in Paris, she subsequently spent 10 years in Jerusalem, studying and performing a wide variety of musical traditions from the region. She worked with many leading artists including Avishai Cohen, Omer Avital and Yasmin Levy. On returning to the UK, she has established herself as a unique performer, in demand with artists such as Mulatu Astatke, Maya Youssef, Neil Cowley, and Robert Mitchell. She also leads her own projects and released her first trio album ‘Long Story Short’ in 2018 to critical acclaim.
She has appeared at numerous festivals in the UK and abroad and recent highlights include the Cheltenham Festival, EFG London Jazz Festival, Lichfield, Aberjazz, Birmingham and Scarborough Jazz Festivals, Vivacello Festival in Moscow and Biennale Festival in the Netherlands.
As well as her educational work at the Royal College of Music, Shirley is also a Lecturer at Kent University, and teaches at Trinity Laban. She has given workshops for Chethams School of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, National Youth Jazz Collective, Jazzlines, Trinity Laban and the Universities of Cardiff, Huddersfield, Manchester, Kent and Surrey.