THE RUGGIERI PIANO TRIO


The "three gracias" (the description really suits them) were playing Mozart's delightful and melancholic last piano trio (K.564) with so much empathy, style and elegance that it touched the soul of the audience..."

Katalin Komlo . Teacher of the Franz Liszt Music Academy, Budapest. Translation from the review of the Mozart Festival, Confessions of genius 2007

 

Alexandra Dariescu, Piano
Sadie Fields, Violin
Rowena Calvert, Cello

Alexandra and Sadie's biographies can be downloaded here

Alexandra Dariescu

Born in Romania in 1985, Alexandra Dariescu made her debut as a soloist with the Kisinev Symphony Orchestra at the early age of nine. Since then, she has appeared regularly with the State Philharmonic in Romania, Kisinev Philharmonic, Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra, RNCM Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, Crosby Symphony Orchestra and Liverpool Mozart Orchestra, Liverpool Youth Philharmonic, Blackburn and Sheffield Symphony Orchestras.

Alexandra made her debut in the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester performing under the baton of André de Ridder with the RNCM Chamber Orchestra in the Piano 2006 Festival broadcasted live on BBC Radio 3. She has also broadcasted for Tvr, Tvr Cultural, Tvr International, Tvr Jassy and Radio Jassy in Romania, Manx Radio, Isle of Man and Nevada Radio in California.

Alexandra has won over thirty prizes in national and international competitions in her home country, France, Italy and Great Britain, including the 2005 Eastbourne Young Soloist of the Year. Alexandra has also been awarded RNCM’s coveted Gold Medal, Chopin prize, Gordon Green and Peter Donohoe Prizes, Best Accompanist Prize in the Elsie Thurston and Alexander Young Singing Competition and Weil Prize for Chamber music.
Alexandra is kindly supported by the Academie de Villecroze and the Music Foundation.

 

Sadie Fields

Violinist Sadie Fields performs frequently in the UK and her home country of Canada. Before receiving full scholarship to attend the Royal Northern College of Music, where she currently studies with Prof. Yair Kless, Sadie was awarded a scholarship to attend the Young Artists Performance Academy in Toronto. Last year Sadie was very pleased to receive awards from the Zochonis Charitable Trust, the Leverhulme Trust, the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, and the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund.

Sadie’s recent solo performances have included Bruch ‘Scottish Fantasy’, Chausson ‘Poeme’, Vaughn Williams ‘Lark Ascending’, and concertos by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Bruch (G minor), and Alban Berg. Sadie was broadcast nationally by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in recital at the Niagara International Music Festival, and has also performed for the Canadian Prime Minister and the late Pope John Paul II. This summer Sadie has been invited to perform at the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival and the Keshet Eilon Violin Mastercourse in Israel.
www.sadiefields.com

 

Please see upcoming concerts to see where they are playing next

 


 



 
   

 

 

 

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