English Chamber Orchestra

Emanuil Ivanov was the outstanding winner of our own Sheepdrove Piano Competition in 2023. He attracted international attention after receiving the First prize at the 2019 Ferruccio Busoni Piano Competition in Italy. This achievement was followed by concert engagements in some of the worlds most prestigious halls including Teatro alla Scala in Milan and Herculessaal in Munich. He joins the English Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Roberto Fors Veses for this evenings concert which includes one of the most popular piano concertos in the repertoire, Chopins First.

The concert includes two works inspired be Mendelssohns visit to Scotland, his atmospheric overture The Hebrides (Fingals Cave) and his Third Symphony. This symphony gained its Scottish name as he wrote the work following his visit to Scotland and visiting the ruins at Holyrood where he sketched the first bars of what would later become this well-loved work.

Emanuil Ivanov piano Roberto Fors Veses conductor

Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Chopin Piano Concerto no 1 Mendelssohn Symphony no 3 "Scottish"