Conservatoire: Giordano Buondono

Italian pianist Giordano Buondono offers us a rare glimpse of the many keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti, full of musical invention. It is also unusual to any of Rachmaninov’s Bach transcriptions; these marvellous keyboard pieces are followed by Debussy’s 2nd Book of Images and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

The Conservatoire International Concerts are about to enter their 12th season. They were founded to offer a platform to young musicians emerging from the UK’s international conservatoires. They now play to full houses in the Recital Room to an enthusiastic audience. The programmes are made up of music from the Baroque to the present day. They are unashamedly classical in their outlook and fill a gap in our cultural life. This coming season sees the return of old friends as well as new young musicians who have requested a date in our concerts which have an enviable reputation for excellence and enjoyment.