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Relaxed Performance: Amber Emson & Alison Rhind | Leeds Lunchtime Chamber Music 2022/2023

Wed 15 Feb, 1:05pm

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Amber Emson – violin
Alison Rhind – piano

Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No 1 in D major Op 12, No 1
Clara Schumann
Romance No 1 Listen
Johannes Brahms Violin Sonata No 2 Listen
Lili Boulanger Two Pieces

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.


Relaxed Performances allow members of the audience to move around freely, leave or enter the auditorium as needed, lights never go completely dark and sound effects are softened. These performances are open to all and are designed to welcome people with an autistic spectrum condition, learning disability, dementia or sensory and communication disorder.


Amber Emson started playing violin at the age of five as a pupil of Margaret Norris and later Natasha Boyarsky. She was a student at Chetham’s School of Music 2014-16, and attended the Royal College of Music’s Junior Department between 2016 and 2019, where she took lessons with Maciej Rakowski. She currently studies violin at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of So-Ock Kim. In 2019 Amber received 1st prize in Germany’s national “Jugend Musiziert” competition, as well as 1st prize at the International Music Competition Hohenpriessnitz.

A passionate chamber musician, she took part in ‘Mit Musik – Miteinander’ at Kronberg Academy in September 2018, and regularly participated at ‘MusicWorks’ chamber music coaching where she worked with mentors including Catherine Manson, James Boyd, Robert Max and Alasdair Beatson. Since August 2019, she is a member of LGT Young Soloists, performing with the group in major concert halls worldwide.

During recent years, Amber’s musical activities have been supported by generous grants from a number of trusts and foundations. Amongst these are the National Youth Arts Trust, Kathleen Trust and Spoff’s Chamber Music Scholarships.

Amber plays on a violin by Matthew Taylor from 1806.

Alison Rhind is recognised as one of the leading collaborative pianists specialising in the repertoire for piano and strings. Her ability to accompany was recognised and nurtured at an early age whilst still at Chetham’s School of Music and she became increasingly in demand throughout her time at Oxford University where she read Music at Wadham College.

In 1994, she moved to the Yehudi Menuhin School where she worked for twelve years. She toured Israel and Germany with the students and was invited to accompany at the prestigious Kronberg Akademie after her recitals there with the school. During this period, she coached many young instrumentalists with whom she has since forged notable recital partnerships particularly the violinists Alina Ibragimova and Nicola Benedetti with whom she toured the USA and Japan. Other recital partners include Johannes Goritzki, Francois Rabbath, Rinat Ibragimov, Dora Schwarzberg, Leonid Gorokhov and Charlie Siem with whom she has performed in all the major concert halls.

Due to increasing amounts of work outside of her job at the school, Alison left to become a freelance accompanist often working with students at the London colleges. The Royal College of Music recognised her work and in 2009 created a post for her as Coach for the String Department which she combined with freelance recital work. Her work at the college also lead her being invited to Norway, Sweden and Singapore to give recitals and coach students and she has a collaborative relationship with many teachers who send their students to her specifically for duo coaching. She left RCM in 2018 and is now concentrating solely on recital work which will include concerts in Germany and Norway next year.

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Wed 15 Feb 2023 1:05pm - 1:55pm
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