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Lunchtime Music

Lunchtime Music

RBC Musicians

Date and time
02 Dec 2024 (1:05pm - 2:00pm)
Location

Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR

Price

Free - booking required

Booking Information

Wheelchair users are entitled to concessionary priced tickets with a complimentary companion seat.

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French horn player Chloe Chang

Jhih-Yi (Chloe) Chang French horn
Joanne Sealey piano

Bissill Lone Call and Charge
Rheinberger Sonata for Horn and Piano, Op.178

Daisy Rentong Zhao piano

Beethoven Piano Sonata No.18 in E flat, Op31/3

Jhih-Yi (Chloe) Chang (pictured) was born in Taiwan and began to learn piano at six years old and picked up the French Horn aged nine. In September 2021, Chloe commenced her undergraduate studies at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Now in her final year, she has been under the tutelage of Andrew Littlemore, Elspeth Dutch, Jeremy Bushell, Simon De Souza and Ursula Monberg. During her time at Conservatoire, Chloe has been awarded places on multiple orchestral schemes, gaining a place on the CBSO and Royal Ballet Sinfonia schemes respectively.

A keen chamber musician, Chloe is a founding member of the award-winning Epsilon Brass Quintet who have enjoyed performing in notable venues such as the CBSO Centre and St. Philip’s Cathedral. A major performance highlight for Chloe was playing principal horn in Mahler’s Symphony No.5 in Symphony Hall, where she was praised for her ‘consistently excellent’ solos (Bachtrack, 2024).

Daisy Rentong Zhao was born in 2001 in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, China where she started playing the piano at the age of six. She has been awarded in several prizes in competitions in Beijing, Shanghai, Harbin and Qiqihar, including first prize in the 11th ShangHai International Youth Piano Competition (2018), 2nd place in Steinway Piano Competition Harbin (2019).

She is currently a student on the BMus(Hons) piano performance course at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where she studies with Associated Head of Keyboard Daniel Browell. During her time at the Conservatoire, she has participated numerous competitions, and was a finalist in the Donohoe Gold Medal Piano Prize (2024), Renna Kellaway Piano Prize (2024), Beryl Chempin Beethoven Prize (2023), highly commended in the Denis Matthews Piano Prize (2022).

She has given lunchtime concerts at RBC during 2023-2024, as well as both solo performance and piano duets in Royal Leamington Spa

Running time approx. 55 minutes

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