Anna Guðmundsdóttir & Antoine Préat
Thursday 13th February 2025, 7:30 pm
Cello & Piano
Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir - Cello
Antoine Préat - Piano
After
his
wonderful
solo
concert
in
Grimsby
in
October
2023,
award
winning
Pianist
Antoine
Préat
returns
to
Grimsby
with
Cellist
Geirþrúður
Anna
Guðmundsdóttir
-
Two
inspiring artists.
Praised
for
her
"agile
and
passionate"
and
"exceedingly
lively"
playing
(Fréttablaðið,
Reykjavik),
Icelandic-American
Anna
has
performed
internationally
at
venues
like
Weill
Recital
Hall
at
Carnegie
Hall
and
the
Southbank
Centre
and
appeared
as
a
soloist
with
the
Iceland
Symphony
Orchestra
(ISO),
and
the
Royal
Academy
of
Music
Symphony
Orchestra.
Her
recent
concert
tour
of
Iceland
featuring
the
six
Bach
Cello
Suites
was
hailed
as
"an
awe-inspiring
experience"
(Jónas
Sen,
Fréttablaðið).
Anna
graduated
with
a
Master's
degree
from
The
Juilliard
School,New
York,
and
went
on
to
further
studies
at
the Royal Academy of Music.
Programme
Sibelius: Four Pieces, Op. 78
Grieg Cello Sonata
Jon Nordal : Pictures on a panel wall
Schubert: Arpeggione
Beethoven: Sonata in A, Op. 69
Described
by
the
French
radio
as
"one
of
the
most
gifted
pianists
of
the
young
generation"
and
"a
young
artist
with
a
distinctive
voice".
Antoine
was
awarded
the
first
prize
of
the
Concours
International
d’Ile
de
France
and
the
Los
Angeles
Colburn
Piano
Festival
Competition,
the
honour
prize
at
the
New
York
Début
Piano
Competition.
Also
winner
of
the
Philip
&
Dorothy
Green
Award
2020,
given
by
Making
Music,
and
a
City
Music Foundation Artist.
Anna Guðmundsdóttir & Antoine Préat
Thursday 13th February 2025, 7:30 pm
Cello & Piano
Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir - Cello
Antoine Préat - Piano
After
his
wonderful
solo
concert
in
Grimsby
in
October
2023,
award
winning
Pianist
Antoine
Préat
returns
to
Grimsby
with
Cellist
Geirþrúður
Anna
Guðmundsdóttir
-
Two inspiring artists.
Praised
for
her
"agile
and
passionate"
and
"exceedingly
lively"
playing
(Fréttablaðið,
Reykjavik),
Icelandic-American
Anna
has
performed
internationally
at
venues
like
Weill
Recital
Hall
at
Carnegie
Hall
and
the
Southbank
Centre
and
appeared
as
a
soloist
with
the
Iceland
Symphony
Orchestra
(ISO),
and
the
Royal
Academy
of
Music
Symphony
Orchestra.
Her
recent
concert
tour
of
Iceland
featuring
the
six
Bach
Cello
Suites
was
hailed
as
"an
awe-inspiring
experience"
(Jónas
Sen,
Fréttablaðið).
Anna
graduated
with
a
Master's
degree
from
The
Juilliard
School,New
York,
and
went
on
to
further
studies
at
the Royal Academy of Music.
Programme
Sibelius: Four Pieces, Op.78
Grieg Cello Sonata
Jon Nordal : Pictures on a panel wall
Schubert: Arpeggione
Beethoven: Sonata in A, Op. 69
Described
by
the
French
radio
as
"one
of
the
most
gifted
pianists
of
the
young
generation"
and
"a
young
artist
with
a
distinctive
voice".
Antoine
was
awarded
the
first
prize
of
the
Concours
International
d’Ile
de
France
and
the
Los
Angeles
Colburn
Piano
Festival
Competition,
the
honour
prize
at
the
New
York
Début
Piano
Competition.
Also
winner
of
the
Philip
&
Dorothy
Green
Award
2020,
given by Making Music, and a City Music Foundation Artist.