The distinguished Mitsu Duo (Cellist Akito Goto and pianist Tyler Hay) journey through masterworks from Beethoven to Rachmaninoff

Hear the Mitsu Duo in concert

Programme:

- Beethoven: Handel’s 'See the conquering hero comes', WoO 45

- Poulenc: Cello Sonata FP143

Interval

- Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata

Cellist Akito Goto has won numerous prizes and awards, including the First Prize in the Japan Player's Contest, the Windsor and Maidenhead Symphony Orchestra-Young Musician’s competition and he was the youngest winner of Izuminomori Cello Contest. Previously he was selected to participate in the 2nd Gaspar Cassado International Cello Competition and the 9th Rostropovich Competition, where he was the youngest participant. He has appeared as soloist with ensembles such as the London Mozart Players, Windsor and Maidenhead Symphony Orchestra and Orpington Symphony Orchestra, and has given performances in major concert halls such as Wigmore Hall, St Martin’s in the Field, Hamarikyu Asahi Hall, Salon Collina, Musikasa in Tokyo, Joy Concert, Clarendon Muse and Hakuju Hall. He recently received a generous scholarship from the Raphael Sommer Music Scholarship Trust.

Tyler Hay is a virtuoso pianist who enjoys tackling some of the most demanding works in the repertoire. He has performed Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Sonata at Wigmore Hall and Cadogan Hall, Scriabin’s 5th Sonata at the Southbank’s Purcell Room and Ravel’s Concerto for Left Hand Alone at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Most recently, Tyler won first prize in the keyboard section of the Royal Overseas League Competition and also went on to win first prize in the Liszt Society Competition. CDs of Liszt’s piano music and John Ogdon’s unpublished works were both released in the Spring of 2018 under the Piano Classics label and received superb critical acclaim. An album consisting of Kalkbrenner’s Etudes op 143 was released in the summer of 2019, the first commercial recording made on a modern pianoforte of these works. In addition to playing concerts for the Park Lane Group, Tyler is proud to be a new member of Canan Maxton’s Talent Unlimited.

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