UPCOMING EVENTS AT OUR LONDON SHOWROOM

Coach House Pianos is hosting a series of exciting events at its London showroom 

Since its opening in 2020, our London showroom has welcomed young artists, talents, piano teachers, clients, and piano lovers for performances, recitals, and talks in our Bosendorder concert Hall. This spring, we host a series of exciting events.

Tuesday 28th February, 18h30:

EPTA Local Series at Coach House Pianos with Yulia Chaplina

Yulia Chaplina: Artistic Images in Music

In this seminar, EPTA UK Trustee Yulia will explore this theoretical concept further and turn it into a learning and development session. In this seminar, EPTA UK Trustee Yulia will explore this theoretical concept further and turn it into a learning and development session – participants will receive practical interpretation development advice and the "tools" to improve their music score perception. The seminar is aimed to boost pianists’ creative and critical thinking which in turn should make their interpretations more interesting.

Please note that this is a practical session with interactive learning and discussion, not a lecture. 

Sunday 5th March, 14h00 

The Coach House Pianos School Piano Competition Final 

The second edition of The Coach House Pianos School Piano Competition has been fantastic, with so many schools registering and entering a student.

The competition final will take place on March 5^th 2023 at Bromsgrove School, and we are very much looking forward to hearing from our six finalists, who will perform to an expert jury including Yulia Chaplina, John Thwaites, Alasdair Beatson and Janine Parsons.

The aim of the competition is to give students a positive and inspirational challenge, and to provide them with the type of experience they can expect in a music college environment.  It is also an opportunity for participating students to be a representative of their school and musical role model to their peers.

Coach House Pianos is very grateful to Michael Punt, Headmaster, and James McKelvey, Director of Music, for hosting this years’ final at Bromsgrove School. We are also extremely grateful to our sponsors, Yamaha Music Europe Gmbh and the Musiq Group for their support and generous donation of prizes.

We would love to see you there on March 5th, as we anticipate an afternoon of superb musical performances.

Tuesday 7th March, 19h00 

Yura Zaiki, piano recital 

Coach House Pianos welcomes young Japanese pianist Yura Zaiki for a rehearsal concert

Programme:

Debussy: Images book 1

Liszt: Piano sonata in B minor

Doors open at 7pm

Pre-concert complimentary drinks

Concert starts at 7:30 pm 

Yura Zaiki is a Japanese pianist based in London. She received her Bachelor of Music & Master of Music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with the prestigious full ABRSM scholarship, and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland trust scholarship. She graduated top of her class and was awarded the Performance Prize for Keyboard. She studied under Professors Aaron Shorr, Fali Pavri, and Jonathan Plowright.

Previously, she joined the Junior Department of the Royal Academy of Music, where she won First prize in the Iris Dyer Piano Competition. Her awards in competitions include First prize in the Evangelia Tjiarri International Competition, Second prize in the Elena Richter International Competition, First prize in the Chiba Piano Competition, First prize in the North London Piano Festival, Fifth prize in the Petrof Piano Competition. She also received the Craxton Memorial Trust Award.

She has performed in many venues, such as the Piano Festival at FAZIOLI Hall in Italy, and the BBC interval concert at Glasgow City Halls. She was also invited to perform by the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania & Japan at Goldsmiths University of London, at the Institut français d'Écosse in Edinburgh, and the Larnaca Municipal Theater in Cyprus. She is an animal lover and founded The Cerasus, where she organises a series of charity concerts in Japan and Tokyo for animals in need.

She also had the privilege of playing in Masterclasses, with great pianists including Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Richard Goode, Robert Levin, Steven Osborne and Frank Wibaut.

Wednesday 15th March, 19h00 

Can Arisoy, concert 

Coach House Pianos welcomes Turkish pianist Can Arisoy for an exceptional concert in support of the Kahramanmaras Earthquake Emergency Relief Fund.

Programme:

 -Ich will meine Seele tauchen

-Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen

-Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen

-Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen 

Brahms Ballades Op. 10 Nos. 1&3
Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Doors open at 7pm

Pre-concert complimentary drinks

Concert starts at 7:30 pm 

Please note that tickets are complimentary. We encourage for donations to be made directly to the  Kahramanmaras Earthquake Emergency Relief Fund:

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Critically acclaimed pianist Can Arisoy was born in 2000 in Turkey. Can is the 2nd prize winner of the 2016 Beethoven Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition in London and 2016 Nilüfer International Piano Competition. He was awarded The Young Talent Prize at the Ibiza International Piano Competition and was a finalist at the 2020 International Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Scholarships. Can started his piano studies at the age of 5. In 2006, he was accepted to The Bilkent University’s junior music department with a full scholarship to study with Prof. Deren Eryilmaz. He gave his first concert at the age of 7 and his first orchestral concert as a soloist at the age of 11 with Bilkent Youth Symphony Orchestra. At the age of 14, he was invited to the Turkish National Radio 3 Ankara for a recital and interview. At the same age, Can gained a place at The Yehudi Menuhin School with a full scholarship to study with Prof. Marcel Baudet. Full biography available on the artist's website. Can is generously supported by Zetland Foundation, Talent Unlimited and Keyboard Trust

Discovering the World of Grand Pianos 

March 11th / May 27th / September 29th 

‘Discovering the World of Grand Pianos’ takes you through the fascinating history and development of the piano and how it has become the magnificent musical instrument that it is today.
The event also gives some insights into the history and technical differences of some of the finest handcrafted piano makers in the world today. The event will help you discern why you may fall in love with a specific piano, even if compared with an identical make and model instrument.

Hosted by concert pianist and piano historian Gary Branch, the event includes short piano pieces.

While you do not need to be a pianist to attend the event, you will have the opportunity to try and test pianos yourself if you wish to. 

Please note that the event can be hosted for private groups