We are thrilled to announce that, with the kind support of Allen & Overy, the exciting young Spanish cellist Laura Peribáñez Artero, a current BritishSpanish Society becaria studying at the Royal College of Music with a Sabadell Foundation scholarship, and pianist Domonkos Csabay will perform three pieces of music exclusively for the members and friends of the BSS by livestream from the 1901 Arts Club in London’s South Bank on 24th June at 6.30 pm.

The programme will be as follows:

– Huguet i Tagell, Suite Espagnole Nº1

– Nadia Boulanger, 3 Pièces pour violoncelle et piano

– Ástor Piazzolla, Le Grand Tango

We believe that this event will mark the first UK live performance of renowned Catalan composer Huguet i Tagell’s Suite Espagnole Nº1 – which, as the BritishSpanish Society, we are very proud to premier! 

As 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the great Argentine Ástor Piazzolla’s birth, Laura and Domonkos will also play his seminal piece Le Grand Tango, as well as a beautiful work by the influential French composer, conductor and teacher Nadia Boulanger called 3 Pièces pour violoncelle et piano. Among many other students, including Philip Glass and Aaron Copeland, Boulanger also taught Piazzolla.

In the course of the evening, Laura will talk to us about life as a musician and a student, not least the challenges posed to performers in a time of COVID, as well as walking those of us less familiar with Huguet i Tagell, Boulanger and Piazzola through the pieces she and Domonkos will play for us.

We are very excited to have these two young artists performing and playing these fascinating pieces exclusively for the BSS, and greatly hope that you are able to join us on the 24th June to hear this beautiful music performed live.