<p>The International Music and Art Society and the Forum for Teachers of Western Classical Music will present Julian Clef, a young pianist prodigy, in a concert on July 23, 7 pm at the Alliance Francaise. <br /><br />Julian received no formal piano training until 2006 when he was accepted by Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester. <br /><br />Since then he has been studying piano under the direction of Murray McLachlan. <br />He has had lessons and master classes from leading international pianists including Bernard Roberts, John Lil, Noriko Ogewa, Younty Solomon, Leon McCawley, Nadia Lasserson etc.<br /> <br />Julian was a semi-finalist in the 22 years and under category of the Manchester International Concerto Competition playing the Mozart Concerto No 20 in D Minor which he was invited to perform with the Heisenberg Ensemble at St Andrews University, Scotland in February 2008. <br /><br />Julian also won the Chetham’s Beethoven Competition and the Beethoven Junior Inter-Collegiate Piano Competition held at the Bluthner Centre in London. He is pursuing a four-year honours degree course in music at the Royal Northern College of Music to realise his dream of being a concert pianist.<br />Tickets for his concert are available at the Cafe de la liberte, Alliance Francaise from July 17.<br /></p>
<p>The International Music and Art Society and the Forum for Teachers of Western Classical Music will present Julian Clef, a young pianist prodigy, in a concert on July 23, 7 pm at the Alliance Francaise. <br /><br />Julian received no formal piano training until 2006 when he was accepted by Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester. <br /><br />Since then he has been studying piano under the direction of Murray McLachlan. <br />He has had lessons and master classes from leading international pianists including Bernard Roberts, John Lil, Noriko Ogewa, Younty Solomon, Leon McCawley, Nadia Lasserson etc.<br /> <br />Julian was a semi-finalist in the 22 years and under category of the Manchester International Concerto Competition playing the Mozart Concerto No 20 in D Minor which he was invited to perform with the Heisenberg Ensemble at St Andrews University, Scotland in February 2008. <br /><br />Julian also won the Chetham’s Beethoven Competition and the Beethoven Junior Inter-Collegiate Piano Competition held at the Bluthner Centre in London. He is pursuing a four-year honours degree course in music at the Royal Northern College of Music to realise his dream of being a concert pianist.<br />Tickets for his concert are available at the Cafe de la liberte, Alliance Francaise from July 17.<br /></p>
