Join us for Howdenshire Music's fifth lunchtime concert of the year featuring the award-winning Trio Kagura! Kanako Mizuno (piano) Pijus Jonuas (violin) Yuuki Bouterey-Ishido (cello) Programme Haydn Piano Trio No. 44 in E major, Hob. XV/28 Arvo Prt Mozart-Adagio Ravel Piano Trio in A minor Trio Kagura is an exciting new Manchester-based piano trio. The name Kagura is taken from the Japanese word for ritual music and dance that is performed to bring joy and peace to the community. The trio has recently been selected for the prestigious 2024-25 Britten Pears Young Artist Programme. Kanako Mizunois a winner of the Tokyo Piano Competition and numerous other international competitions. She obtained her BMus from the Toho Gakuen School of Music before moving to the UK, where she gained a scholarship to study at the Royal Northern College of Music. She graduated with a Professional Diploma from the Royal Academy of Music in 2020. Pijus Jonuas is a Lithuanian violinist from Vilnius. A keen chamber musician and teacher, he studied at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and at the Royal Northern College of Music. Pijus has collaborated with such artists as Magnus Johnston, Guy Johnston, John Ryan and Timothy Ridout. In 2019 Pijus joined the Elmore Quartet and in 2021 was appointed as a Junior Fellow in chamber music with the Elmore Quartet at The Royal Northern College of Music. Yuuki Bouterey-Ishido is a New Zealand-born cellist and graduate of the Royal Academy of Music. He has performed at major festivals around the world and has toured Europe extensively over three years as a member of the Menuhin Academy Soloists under the direction of Maxim Vengerov. He was the winner of the 2018 Sir John Barbirolli Cello Prize and has recently been appointed as Sub-Principal Cello of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. +++PLEASE NOTE+++ Advance booking for this concert is optional but recommended. For concert and general enquiries, please email [email protected] or telephone Steven Goulden on 07743 448123.