Mathilde Milwidsky is a rising star having been praised by The Strad for her “perfect intonation and beautiful shaping and colouring, comprehensively nailing each new stylistic and emotional universe as she went”.

Mathilde studied at the Royal Academy of Music as a full scholarship student under György Pauk, graduating in July 2017 with First Class Honours and the Regency Award for notable achievement, the Louise Child Memorial Prize for highest-achieving graduate and the Marjorie Heyward Fund for the highest violin mark of the year.

She has performed as a soloist at venues in the UK such as the Royal Festival Hall, the Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, St John’s Smith Square, Cadogan Hall and the Royal Albert Hall as well as venues across Europe.

Mathilde’s debut CD for Toccata Classics, including the world premiere of the three Sonatas for Violin and Piano by Agnes Zimmermann, was released in 2020 and has received widespread acclaim, including Mathilde being named Classical Music Magazine’s Artist of the Month. Her latest release, of both Beethoven Romances for Violin and Orchestra and was given a 5* review by Musical Opinion.

Gamal Khamis first performed at the Wigmore Hall at the age of ten, went on to study Mathematics at Imperial College London before completing his formal musical education at the Royal College of Music with Niel Immelman, Simon Lepper, Ashley Wass and Andrew Ball. He has performed at all the main UK concert venues and many others worldwide.

Gamal has won major prizes at the Norah Sande, ESO Young Soloist and Christopher Duke piano competitions, as well the Collaborative Piano Prize at the 2017 ROSL competition and the Help Musicians UK Accompanist’s Prize at the 2017 Ferrier Awards.

Gamal is a member of the Lipatti Piano Quartet who won the Elias Fawcett Trust Award at the 2016 ROSL Music Competition and performed for TBS in 2018.

Seats can be reasonably spaced. Drinks will be topped up during the short interval when the audience is kindly requested to remain seated (unless visiting the loos).  Masks or visors are again mandatory unless you are exempt. Space is available for anyone who wishes to remain more isolated – please ask.

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