Sunday March 28th, 2010, 7:30pm

Natalie Clein burst into the public’s consciousness aged 16 when she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 1994. She has made several CDs for EMI Classics, most recently a recording of Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic conducted by Vernon Handly. Natalie Clein made her concerto debut at the BBC Proms in 1997 and is in demand as a recitalist at the Wigmore Hall London, in Tokyo, New York, Vienna and Salzburg. “Clein fearlessly goes where others have feared to tread for a generation, living each and every phrase with a poetic intensity and emotional immediacy that captures the moment to perfection.” Julian Haylock, Classic FM Magazine

Website: www.natalieclein.co.uk

Sunday December 6th, 2009, 7:30pm

Dublin-born soprano Sarah Power recently graduated from the National Opera Studio, London and continues to study with teacher Susan McCulloch. Previously she completed the Guildhall Opera Course, a PGDip at the RNCM, Manchester, under the tutelage of Susan Roper, and an MMus at the DIT Conservatory, Dublin, where she studied with Anne-Marie O’Sullivan

Notable awards include a Making Music Philip & Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists, a Sybil Tutton Award (MBF), the Audrey Strange Memorial Prize (ROSL), the RDS Music Bursary of €10,000, the DIT Gold Medal, and a nomination by Lyric FM (Irl.) for a European Broadcasting Award.

Website: www.sarahpower.com