Event Details
Featuring Francina Moll Salord (violin) and Margalida Moll Salord (piano)
Sun 16th October at 6.30pm
St Andrews Church, Holt NR25 6BB
FALCON concerts were set up to provide a showcase for Purcell School alumni and to raise funds for both FALCON and St Andrew’s Church Development Fund. The now eagerly-anticipated concerts have established a reputation for excellence; this one will not disappoint…
Free entry with a retiring collection for FALCON and St Andrew’s
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
FIRST HALF
J. Brahms Sonata No. 1 Op. 78 in G Major
- Vivace ma non troppo
- Adagio
- Allegro molto moderato
SECOND HALF
S. Prokofiev Sonata No. 1 Op. 80 in F minor
- Andante assai
- Allegro brusco
- Andante
- Allegrissimo – Andante assai, come prima
FRANCINA MOLL SALORD – VIOLIN
Francina Moll Salord is a graduate from the Royal College of Music in London, where she obtained a Masters in Performance Degree as well as a Bachelor Hons Degree with professors Radu Blidar and Natasha Boyarsky. Prior to her studies at the RCM, Francina obtained the Junior Diploma at the Purcell School of Music, where she was given a scholarship to study with professor Evgueny Grach. Francina started to learn violin at the the age of six years old in her home town Ciutadella de Menorca. At the age of thirteen Francina studied at the Oriol Martorell Centre of Arts in Barcelona with violin teacher Marina Mazón.
Throughout Francina´s education in London, she has kindly been supported by the Talent Unlimited Foundation. Francina recieved scholarships from the Kathleen Trust, Albert Cooper Trust, AIE and FIDAH. Francina was also awarded in June 2015 the Anne Loveland Gift award- becoming the second violinist to be given this award since 2006- which is given after held auditions open to all instrumentalists and singers in the United Kingdom.
Francina gave her first public recital at the age of thirteen years old at Sa Nostra Hall in Ciutadella de Menorca. Since then, Francina has performed in venues as the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, V & A Museum and Charlton House, amongst others.
Francina has worked with several chamber music groups. While studying at the Oriol Martorell Centre of Arts, she was chosen by the institute to perform in Graz (Austria), in a concert organised by the Eropean Union, in which musicians from all over Europe represented their country with their music-making. At the Wigomore Hall, Francina performed a piece by composar James McMillan, who was present during the concert. She played with Dukas Trio within the London Trio Society Concert Series. Francina also performed at the premier of an orchestral piece by composer Peter Maxwell Davies at St. John’s Smith Square.
In the UK, Francina works with orchestras such as the Firebird Orchestra, Orpheus Orchestra, Beethoven Chamber Orchestra, Geminiani Camerata, Talent Unlimited Orchestra and the Canterbury Philarmonia. What is more, Francina accompanied cellist Julian Lloyd Webber at St. Martin in the Fields. She has also played with the EMI Music Foundation Orchestra at Somerset House in London. She was invited to play at the Chipping Campden Festival on several occasions. Francina leads the London Classical Soloists and is a regular deputy at the musical Phantom of the Opera in the West End.
Outside the UK, Francina regularly performs in concert halls such as the Auditori of Barcelona and Catalonia´s National Theatre with the Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra. She also collaborates with the Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife and the Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, in Barcelona.
Furthermore, Francina is a keen advocate of Contemporary Music and often closely works with composers, premiering and recording their work. Francina premiered a piece for solo violin- Sketch- by Austrian composer Thomas Wally, at the Soundings Academy of Contemporary Music in London. She is a member of the Omnes Musica Ensemble of Contemporary Music. Francina also enjoys recording for film scores in London and has recorded at Abbey Road Studios for La Lune Folle film.
Francina plays a Frederic Chaudiére violin, thanks to the kind support of the Abbado European Young Musicians Trust, EMI, the Loan Fund for Musical Instruments and the Instrument Scheme of the Royal College of Music.
MARGALIDA MOLL SALORD – PIANO
Margalida Moll is a London based concert pianist who has recently been described as “a musician with a very promising career ahead” by Bravo Magazine Menorca (Spain). In July 2015 she received the one and only scholarship given by the Barcelona International Piano Academy to attend their summer piano course in Barcelona where she received master-classes by professors Albert Attenelle, Josep Colom, Hortense Cartier-Bresson and Mi Joo Lee. In 2014 she performed music by Beethoven, Schubert and Chopin in Mahon (Spain), which was described as an “exquisite recital” by Diari Menorca Newspaper (Spain).
Born in Ciutadella de Menorca (Spain), she is currently studying a Master of Performance degree at the Royal College of Music in London with Professor Gordon Fergus-Thompson. She is very grateful to the Royal College of Music for awarding her a Henry Wood Accomodation Award for her second year of Master of Performance course starting in September 2015. Moreover, Margalida has also received support from the Association of Artists of Spain (AIE) and the St Marylebone Educational Foundation.
Margalida began playing the piano at the age of six, studying with professor Andrea Piris. By the age of ten, she had won her first prize at the International Piano Competition Vila de Capdepera and at the Balearic Islands Classical Music Competition. In 2004, Margalida moved to Barcelona where she studied at the Oriol Martorell Arts Institute. She also was under the tutelage of professors Albert Jiménez and Seon-hee Myong. Later on she completed her Bachelor of Music with Honors at the Royal College of Music in 2014, where she studied with professors Ruth Nye and Gordon Fergus-Thompson. Prior to her undergraduate studies, she received a scholarship to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School with professors Marcel Baudet and Renana Gutman, thus completing her Junior Music Diploma.
Margalida has performed at many prestigious venues in the UK including the Wigmore Hall, Menuhin Hall, Amarylls Fleming Concert Hall, St Stephen ́s Church and St Mary Abbots Church, as well as giving a series of concerts across Scotland, in venues such as the Royal Overseas League. Margalida has also performed across Spain in cities such as Barcelona in La Pedrera, Superior Conservatory of Liceu and Dalmeses Palace as well as performing in Ciutadella de Menorca, Alaior, Mercadal and Mahon. Moreover she has also performed in Palma de Mallorca amongst others cities. Margalida participated in the 2013 Keyboard Festival Day at the Royal College of Music where she performed a Suite from Iberia by Isaac Albéniz, which was streamed live worldwide.
Contact: Francina & Margalida Moll Salord –
- Start: 16 October 2016 6:30 pm
- Venue: St Andrews Church, Holt
- Categories: music