RECITAL THREE
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» 17 Nov 2010 » 7:30pm » St John's, Smith Square » £20 £15 £10 (Concessions £10)
YIJIE SHITenor
Simon LepperPianist
Songs and arias by composers including Mozart,Puccini, Flotow, Lehar, Xu Peidong and Cilea.
Yijie Shi studied singing at the Toho College of Music in Tokyo and graduated top of his class in 2006. Yijie then moved to Europe to continue his studies in Graz, where he won the International Singing Competition ‘Ferruccio Tagliavini’ in 2007. Having been the revelation of the Rossini Opera Festival 2008, singing the role of Cavalier Belfiore in Il viaggio a Reims in the ‘Accademia Rossiniana’ production, he was immediately invited back to sing the title role in Le Comte Ory in 2009. Other recent engagements include L’elisir d’amore at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari and Mozart’s Krönungsmesse at the Teatro Manzoni in Bologna.
Artist Biographies
YIJIE SHI
Shi Yijie studied singing at the Toho College of Music in Tokyo and graduated top of his class in 2006. Yijie then moved to Europe to continue his studies in Graz, where he won the International Singing Competition ‘Ferruccio Tagliavini’ in 2007. Having been the revelation of the Rossini Opera Festival 2008, singing the role of Cavalier Belfiore in Il viaggio a Reims in the ‘Accademia Rossiniana’ production, he was immediately invited back to sing the title role in Le Comte Ory in 2009. Other recent engagements include L’elisir d’amore at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari and Mozart’s Krönungsmesse at the Teatro Manzoni in Bologna.
Simon Lepper
Simon was born in Kent, read music at King’s College Cambridge and studied piano accompaniment with Michael Dussek at the Royal Academy of Music. Whilst a student he won every major award for piano accompaniment including the Gerald Moore Award and the accompanist prizes in the Kathleen Ferrier, Royal Overseas League and Richard Tauber competitions. He is an Associate of the Royal Academy and currently a Professor of piano accompaniment at the Royal College of Music, London.
Simon Lepper has established himself as one of the UK’s leading piano accompanists performing regularly on BBC Radio 3 as well as at venues and festivals including the Wigmore Hall, Auditorium du Louvre, Cologne Philharmonie, Concertgebouw, Mozarteum, Verbier Festival and BBC Proms. He has given recitals with many of Britain’s leading singers as well as being an official accompanist for the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize. Recordings include Warlock songs with Andrew Kennedy. His CD with violinist Carolin Widmann of works by Feldman, Zimmerman, Xenakis and Schoenberg was released last year by ECM to much critical acclaim.