Chamber Music Society presents Beethoven and Mozart Piano Concertos
View(s):The Chamber Music Society of Colombo, sponsored by Fairway Holdings in association with the Goethe-Institut will present a rare treat for music lovers on Sunday, June 7, at 7 p.m. The featured artist will be Ramya de Livera Perera.
A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and a recipient of the Hon R.A.M awarded by the Royal Academy of Music in 2002, Ramya has been soloist with orchestras at numerous concerts. She is also a much-loved teacher, who has nurtured many talented students to reach for greater heights in piano. As a violinist, she has performed as concertmaster with local orchestras.
The programme will include Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 2 in G, K. 107 based on J.C. Bach’s piano sonata no 3 op. 5 in its rare piano quartet version, and the well-known Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, Op. 15, but in its piano quintet version. The other musicians will include the artistic director of the Society, Lakshman Joseph de Saram on violin, Cynthia Fernando, violin, Othman H. Majid and Haasinee Andree also on violin, Avanti Perera on viola, Saranga A. Cooray on cello and Nilanthi Weerakoon on double bass.