Stonegrove Serenade
Stonegrove Serenade – Music for the Community
EHRS is delighted to present Stonegrove Serenade, a series of concerts at EHRS. Every month, please join us for music featuring up and coming classical musicians.
Audiences and musicians alike have praised Stonegrove Serenade’s fantastic acoustics, intimate concert setting and warm welcome and attendees have been bowled over with the standard of talent the series has attracted. Café 118 has delighted customers with its fresh and tasty homemade food. Some of the comments we have received is that its ‘an oasis of calm’ and ‘it doesn’t matter if you’re on your own, there is always someone friendly to sit with’.
Tuesday 18 February, 13:00 – we welcome Diana Cooper – Pianist, for a programme featuirng works by Chopin, Scarlatti and Mozart
Born in Tarbes, France, Diana is a graduate of the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP), the Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot and the Royal College of Music, London. Her main professors include Norma Fisher, Philippe Giusiano, Rena Shereshevskaya, and Marie-Josèphe Jude.
Winner of numerous awards, including 1st Prize at the Brest Chopin Competition and at the Halina Czerny-Stefanská International Competition in Poznań (Poland). Also 1st Prize at the Concurso Internacional de Piano de Vigo (Spain). Diana has been invited to perform in various venues and festivals in France and abroad, including the Nohant Chopin Festival, the Festival Chopin à Paris, the Salle Cortot, the Hrvatski dom Split in Croatia, Chopin’s manor in Żelazowa Wola in Poland, the Teatro Filarmónica de Oviedo.
In 2018 Diana took part in the radio program Générations Jeunes Interprètes on France Musique and in 2023 performed as a trio in the tv programme Fauteuils d’orchestre, broadcast on France 5. In 2024 she was chosen to participate in a masterclass with Yuja Wang produced by the BBC for the art series Arts in Motion.
Diana recently recorded her 1st CD, featuring works by Haydn, Chopin and Ravel, after winning 1st Prize in the Concours d’aide aux Jeunes Artistes organised by the Festival du Vexin.
All are welcome. Admission is £5.00 payable at the door
In order to reduce food waste, and to ensure we cater for the correct number of lunches, Cafe 118 lunch patrons are requested to book a minimum of 3 days prior to the event.
We invite you to enjoy a light lunch in our pop up cafe before the concert. ‘Cafe 118’ will be open 12:00.
Please note when booking if you will be using the café for lunch.
The café will re-open after the concert with drinks, cake and a chat.
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