AD Festival DAYS

29/07/2020

Festeburgkirche wird zum Tonstudio

Festeburgkirche wird zum Tonstudio

2006 kam der Pianist Alexey Pudinov an den Main, er studierte in Frankfurt, England und Russland. Für die Aufnahme seiner neuen CD hat er sich einen ganz besonderen Ort ausgesucht: die Festeburgkirche in Preungesheim.

11/06/2019

One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are

01/06/2019

just had a fantastic meeting in Frankfurt.
GRÜSSE NACH MANCHESTER!

05/05/2019

EURASIA_FINALE,
with awesome performances of Schnittke & Shostakovich Piano Quintets and Tjiok’s Plémont.

Bravo to all musicians!
We are looking forward to 2020!

Alexey Pudinov
Dennis Tjiok
Lauryna Sableviciute
Savva Zverev
Lucie Leker
Kimi Makino
Rob Wheatley

03/05/2019

PARIS NON-STOP with awesome performances of Satie‘s Vexations... thank you, dear Pianists!

Erik Satie’s “Vexations” (1893) - a dangerous and evil piano piece...

Canadian FINE ARTIST Caroline Bordignon

Pianists: Alexey Pudinov, Dennis Tjiok, Aaron Breeze, Cindy Photina, Matt Lam, Nadav Herzka, Fangbin Xia

02/05/2019

We had another fantastic concert today.

Thank you for your unforgettable interpretations of Liederkreis by Schumann and 5 songs by Rachmaninov!

Alex R O'Barts
Martina Starr-Lassen
Alexey Pudinov

28/04/2019

Our Grand Finale
Come along!

Written in 1940, Shostakovich's Piano Quintet was the work that most clearly signalled the dark, intense inspirations of his great sequence of string quartets.

The Schnittke Piano Quintet of 1972-75 is similarly one of the composer's finest chamber works, darkly elegiac, written in memory of his mother.

27/04/2019

And to our special extravaganza performance this year..

Make sure that you don't miss to drop by our immersive performance installation of Satie´s Vexations performed by our group of talented pianists alongside 5h of live painting by Canadian fine artist and composer Caroline Bordignon!

It will be a blast!

27/04/2019

Looking forward to our lunchtime recital next Thursday with singers Martina Starr-Lassen and Alex R O'Barts, as well as Alexey Pudinov on piano!

Get ready for a program full of romantic nostalgia 🙌

25/04/2019

EXCITED to welcome Duo TWO4PIANO from Frankfurt to our Festival this year for their UK Debut.

Looking forward to their performance, just before their first CD 'Evocation of Dance' Launch!

12/04/2019

pictures from todays performance by our directors Alexey and Dennis playing a new arrangement of Holst´s THE PLANETS arranged for organ and piano!

08/04/2019

Artwork made for AD Festival DAYS ‚PORTRAITS’ 2019 by amazing Fine Artist and Composer Caroline Bordignon!

join us for our second recital AD Festival Days: Portrait. Planets (FREE) on this FRIDAY at 12.30 - Dennis Tjiok and ALEXEY PUDINOV - Pianist performing Holst’s Planets arr. for Piano and Organ by D.Tjiok

15/03/2019

an amazing opening concert!

unforgettable performances featuring composers with significant relationships with Paris 🇫🇷 Bravo!

12/03/2019

looking forward to our /OPENING CONCERT/ featuring composers with significant relationships with Paris 🇫🇷 with Kimi Makino, Ralph Thomas Williams and Alexey Pudinov

MARCH 15 2019 at 7.30 PM AD Festival Days: Paris Connection (FREE)

Check out our trailer featuring past performances and recordings from AD Festival DAYS 2018 . Recording from our opening concert last year featuring Savva Zverev, Kana Ohashi, Kimi Makino, Waynne Kwon and Alexey Pudinov

08/03/2019

Happy international women’s day!

Celebrating our incredible female artists on the roster. Check out all great things they are doing!



Caroline Bordignon
Lauryna Sableviciute
Martina Starr-Lassen
Kimi Makino
Lucie Leker
Katia Mosk

27/02/2019

excited to share with you our Second AD Festival DAYS, taking place in Manchester.

2nd Season „Portrait“

‪March 15 at 7.30pm - PARIS CONNECTION‬
‪April 12 at 12.30 - PORTRAIT. PLANETS‬
‪May 1 at 7.30pm - TWO4PIANO - UK DEBUT‬
‪May 2 at 12.30 - AUS DER HEIMAT‬
‪May 3 at 5.15-10.15pm - PARIS NON-STOP‬
‪May 4 at 7.30pm - EURASIA_FINALE‬

Cross Street Unitarian Chapel, Manchester.

OUR ARTISTS
• Kimi Makino, violist from the BBC Philharmonic
• Lucie Leker, Parisian violinist from Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
• Lauryna Sableviciute, concert pianist
• Katia Mosk, concert pianist and member of Duo two4piano
• Savva Zverev, Russian violinist, laureate of international competitions
• Ralph Thomas Williams, Welsh counter tenor
• Alex Robarts, English baritone
• Martina Starr-Lassen, American-Norwegian soprano
• Caroline Bordignon, Artist, Painter
• Waynne Kwon, cellist, Gold Medal 2018 RNCM

Stay tuned, share it and join us!

Alexey Pudinov and Dennis Tjiok
Artistic Directors

23/02/2019

AD Festival Days Trailer 2019

AD Festival Days Trailer 2019

20/02/2019

We are excited to officially announce the 2019 AD Festival DAYS.

This year’s theme: ‘PORTRAITS‘

Awesome artists performing during the second season at Cross Street Chapel.

07/05/2018

Could not be happier to have performed with such great musicians during our 'IN BETWEEN' AD Festival DAYS!

Thank you to all our wonderful performers and receptive listeners!

This year's festival finished yesterday and we are already looking forward to welcome you again next year! The Theme of AD Festival Days 2019 will be announced soon.

Special thanks for making this possible Cross Street Unitarian Chapel, Manchester. Our performers, Alexey Pudinov, Dennis Tjiok, Kimi Makino, Waynne Kwon, Emma Oldfield, Jonathan Fisher, Lauryna Sableviciute, Ed Robinson, Dani Sicari and James Girling from Dani Sicari & The Easy Rollers.

06/05/2018

Final concert of ‘IN BETWEEN’ AD Festival DAYS 2018. Join us!

‘Finale’ at Cross St Chapel Manchester

at 7PM - Jonathan Fisher (Piano), Alexey Pudinov (Piano), Dennis Tjiok (Organ/Composer), Kimi Makino (Cello) and Waynne Kwon (Cello) performing pieces by Gershwin, Dvorak, Rachmaninov, Bartok.

Free admission.

05/05/2018

Tonight at Cross St Chapel Manchester

at 6PM - Kimi Makino (Viola) and Alexey Pudinov (Piano) performing Sonata by Chopin and Pieces by Bridge;

at 7.30PM - Lauryna Sableviciute, Alexey and Dennis are sharing the Piano and performing pieces by Mozart, Dvorak, Ravel and (!) a Fantasy for 6 hands by Czerny!

Free admission.
Are you around Manchester City Center?

04/05/2018

Looking forward to the 1st day of our AD Festival Days!!!

At 7PM and at 10PM we will be happy to welcome you at Cross St Chapel Manchester.

Entry is free

27/04/2018

announces the artists of ‘IN BETWEEN’ 2018!

Please join us on
May 4th at 7PM; May 4th at 10PM;
May 5th at 6PM; May 5th at 7PM; and
May 6th at 7PM for the concerts!

Cross Street Unitarian Chapel, Manchester.

PERFORMERS:
Alexey Pudinov, piano
Jonathan Fisher, piano
Lauryna Sableviciute, piano
Dennis Tjiok, composer/piano
Dani, James from Dani Sicari & The Easy Rollers
Ed Robinson, voice
Emma Oldfield, violin
Kimi Makino, viola
Waynne Kwon, cello

09/04/2018

looking forward to our upcoming recital!
Baritone Edward Robinson and Dennis Tjiok on piano feature music from Gem Recital´s Folk Connections -
new arrangements and famous settings of traditional English song.
hope to see you there!

23/02/2018

lovely to see you all at today's concert! Many thanks to Cody Coyne for helping and another bravo to Marius J. J. Schmücker for his film 'In Between'.
we had great fun performing and hope to see you soon again in April and May!
ciao!

19/02/2018

we are happy to invite you to our next Recital of ! This time with our Artistic Directors Dennis Tjiok & Alexey Pudinov. Music for piano duo, solo, organ and electronics. Pre-concert talk and ‘in between’, filmed by great Marius J. J. Schmücker...
looking forward to see you at Cross Street Chapel!

28/01/2018

What a wonderful opening of the A.D. Festival Days!
Thank you, Kana, Savva, Kimi, Waynne and Alexey for a brilliant performance!

25/01/2018

Artistic Director and our Pianist for the 1st Recital on Jan 28 at 7pm
Frolov Fantasy on Porgy and Bess
Mahler Piano Quartet
Piazzolla Le Grand Tango
Dvorak Piano Quintet
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Although a native of Russia, ALEXEY PUDINOV has made his home in Germany since 2006. Among prizes in Germany, Austria, Finland, Czech Republic, Russia and Ukraine, he regularly performes across Europe. He has given concerts as soloist and chamber musician in venues such as Alte Oper Frankfurt, Cankarjev Dom Ljubljana, Dukes Hall London, Walter Hall Toronto, Schloss Johannisberg, Schloss Vollrads and Schloss Weikersheim. Festival appearences have included Leeds Lieder, Kasseler Musiktage, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Rheingau Musikfestival, Kronberger Musiktage, and the Toronto Summer Music. Alexey is currently attending the prestigious “International Artist” Program at the RNCM. /www.alexey-pudinov.com

25/01/2018

our Violinist for Jan 28 at 7pm
Frolov Fantasy on Porgy and Bess
Mahler Piano Quartet
Dvorak Piano Quintet
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SAVVA ZVEREV was born into a family of musicians in the city of St. Petersburg, Russia. He began learning the violin at the age of 5 with Natalia Fikhtengolts at the Gnessin School of Music. At the age of 7 he entered the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatoire where he was under the tutelage of the eminent violin pedagogues, Prof. Turchaninova and Prof. Kushner. In 2016, Savva received a scholarship to study at the RNCM in Manchester where he is currently studying under Torchinsky, the leader of the BBC Philharmonic. Savva has been the winner of prestigious international competitions (such as Leopold Auer International violin and string quartet competition, Emil Kamilarov International competition for young violinists, Sofia, Bulgaria, and many others).

25/01/2018

our Violinist for Jan 28 at 7pm
Dvorak Piano Quintet
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Scotland born Australian-Japanese KANA OHASHI is a passionate VIOLINIST who studied at the RNCM. As a soloist, Kana has many musical successes in her home country Australia, including first prize in the National Concerto Competition, the Preston Symphony Concerto Competition. As a recitalist, Kana has played at various festivals, including the Melba Festival and Montsalvat Festival, and has been invited to give recitals on 3MBS and ABC Classic FM radio stations in Australia. She has also performed at various locations in London, including the Wigmore Hall, and venues in and around Manchester. Her experiences performing around the world stretch far and wide, including various concert venues in Poland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, China and Japan.

25/01/2018

our Cellist for Jan 28 at 7pm
Mahler Piano Quartet
Dvorak Piano Quintet
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WAYNNE KWON was born in Seoul, South Korea and began to learn the CELLO with his mother at the age of three. Around this time he moved to Sydney, where he now calls home.
Waynne has won numerous awards at competitions including the 2015 Raphael Sommer Scholarship in London and the 2016 RNCM Sir John Barbirolli cello prize. He also received the Finalist Prize at the Bromsgrove International Music Competition and was also a winner of the 2017 Concerto Competition at the RNCM. He was also successful in being chosen to be part of the Professional Engagements Scheme with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Waynne was awarded a major prize from the Australian Music Foundation in 2016 and has been recently awarded the 2017 Guy Parsons Award (donated by the Portland House Foundation). During his career, Waynne has performed around the world in notable venues such as the Sydney Opera House, Angel Place City Recital Hall, Seoul Arts Centre, Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Verbrugghen Hall and St.John Smith’s Square as both soloist and chamber musician.

24/01/2018

our Violist for Jan 28 at 7pm
Mahler Piano Quartet
Piazzolla Le Grand Tango
Dvorak Piano Quintet
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Kimi Makino started playing the violin at the age of 3, and begun VIOLA at 15. She studied at the SOAI University of Music, Osaka, with Machie Oguri, at the Haute Ecole de Musique in Geneva with Nobuko Imai and Miguel Da Silva, and at the RNCM with Garth Knox. She has won numerous prizes, including third prize at the Second Tokyo International Viola Competition, and the Kyoto Aoyama Music Award. She has performed as soloist with the Japan Century Symphony Orchestra and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, amongst others, and participated in various festivals including Viola Space, Verbier Academy, Lucerne Festival, Takefu International, Groba, Open Chamber Music in Prussia cove and Les Estivals de Megève. Since March 2017 she plays in BBC Philharmonic as Assistant Principal.

14/01/2018

We're excited to share with you our first A.D. Festival Days, taking place in Manchester;
EIGHT concerts with great musicians from all over the world.
Stay tuned, share it and join us!
Alexey & Dennis

11/01/2018

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11/01/2018