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Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
The School of Music
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT
England
Programme
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Trio in D minor, Op.120
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op.114
~ Interval ~
Ludwig van Beethoven – Trio in E flat, Op 38
Performers
Jonathan Leibovitz – clarinet
Maciej Kulakowski – Cello
Ariel Lanyi – piano
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Programme Note
We are delighted to welcome Maciej Kulakowski and Ariel Lanyi back to Leeds following fabulous concerts with us in 2023. They will be joined by Jonathan Leibovitz for a gorgeous programme for clarinet, cello and piano, including Beethoven's Trio in E flat, arranged for trio by the composer himself from the opus 20 Septet. Jonathan, Maciej and Ariel are all Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) musicians.
In 2022 Jonathan Leibovitz was a prize-winner at the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) and Concert Artists Guild (New York) International Auditions held at Wigmore Hall. He went on to receive the prestigious Arthur Waser Foundation and Lucerne Symphony Orchestra Award. In the 22/23 season Jonathan was nominated as a 2022 Rising Star Artist by Classic FM and appeared as soloist with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic Košice conducted by Tomaš Brauner, Jyväskylä Sinfonia conducted by Yoel Gamzou, and the Israel Sinfonietta. Born in Tel-Aviv in 1997, Jonathan started his musical education with Eva Wasserman, continued his studies with Yevgeny Yehudin at the Buchmann Mehta School of Music and now completes his master’s degree with François Benda at the Music Academy Basel.
At the age of 19, Maciej Kulakowski won 1st Prize and a special award at the Lutoslawski International Cello Competition. He was a Laureate in the Finals of the 2017 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, and a prize winner at the 2019 YCAT International Auditions in London. In 2022 he completed his studies at Kronberg Academy with Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. Maciej joined Chamber Music at the World's Edge (AWE) in New Zealand and returned as a Faculty Guest to Morningside Music Bridge in Boston, USA. In 2022 Delphian Records released his debut album of French music ‘Beau soir’ to critical acclaim. He went on to record Penderecki’s complete solo cello music, due for release in 2023. Born in Poland, to a family of classical and jazz musicians, Maciej studied at the Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk, Mannheim University and the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar, prior to entering the Kronberg Academy.
In 2023, Ariel Lanyi was honored to receive the Prix Serdang, a Swiss prize awarded by the distinguished Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. He was also nominated as a Rising Star Artist by Classic FM in the same year. Prior to this Ariel won 3rd prize at the 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition. He was a prize winner in the inaugural Young Classical Artists Trust (London) and Concert Artists Guild (New York) International Auditions, also in 2021. On the concerto platform Ariel has appeared with orchestras in Israel, the UK, Argentina and USA, highlights including the Israel Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Viva and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Ariel regularly appears in concerts broadcasts on Israeli radio & television and on Radio France, and has recorded live concerts for the Vancouver Recital Society and Banco de la República Colombia. In 2021 Linn Records released his recording of music by Schubert to critical acclaim, with future releases also planned in the coming seasons. Born in Jerusalem in 1997, Ariel studied with Lea Agmon and Yuval Cohen. Based in London, he recently completed his studies at the Royal Academy of Music with Hamish Milne and Ian Fountain.
