Andrew Yiangou
Pianist Andrew Yiangou is known for his deep commitment to both the core classical repertoire and the works of lesser-known composers. Alongside mainstream works, he has long been drawn to figures such as Charles-Valentin Alkan, Nikolai Kapustin, Leopold Godowsky, Nikolai Medtner, Georgy Catoire, and Sergei Lyapunov.
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His debut album, Le Petit Concert — released on Rubicon Classics in September 2025 — focuses on the music of Charles-Valentin Alkan, reflecting Andrew’s long-standing commitment to championing underrepresented composers.
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Andrew has performed at many of the UK’s leading venues, including the Royal Festival Hall, Cadogan Hall, Steinway Hall, St James’s Piccadilly, St Lawrence Jewry, St Barnabas Ealing, and St Mary’s Perivale. His international appearances have taken him to the USA, Serbia, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, and Poland.
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A graduate of the Royal College of Music, Andrew studied with Norma Fisher, Vanessa Latarche, and Gordon Fergus-Thompson, supported by multiple scholarships including the Tillett Trust and Eileen Rowe Musical Award Trust. He was also the recipient of the prestigious Mills Williams Junior Fellowship.
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His competition successes include prizes at the 3rd Gershwin International Piano Competition (New York), the Bromsgrove International Competition, the Norah Sande Award, the WPTA International Piano Competition (Novi Sad), the International Piano Festival Poros (Greece), and the 19th Petar Konjović International Piano Competition (Belgrade). He was selected to appear in the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht in both 2020 and 2022.
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Andrew has worked with celebrated artists including Robert Levin, Ya-Fei Chuang, Stephen Hough, Lang Lang, Charles Owen, Kathryn Stott, Peter Jablonski, and Boaz Sharon. He has also collaborated with members of the Elias, Callino, Cherubini, Bardolino, and Heine Quartets, and performed with orchestras such as the Ealing Youth Orchestra, Ealing Symphony Orchestra, City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Bedford County Youth Orchestra, and Dorking Philharmonia.
Joanna Kacperek
‘’Joanna Kacperek’s pianism is of the first order. What struck me was not only the natural flow of her interpretations, or the beauty of her sound, but above all the ability to move me, and the sheer joyfulness that transpired from every note she played’’ – Antonio Pompa- Baldi
International concert pianist, Joanna Kacperek has performed in major concert halls in Poland (Warsaw Philharmonic, Concert Studio of the Polish Radio, the Royal Castle in Warsaw, NOSPR in Katowice) and abroad (including United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Norway, Russia, the Ukraine, Canada and Japan). As a soloist, she has performed with such orchestras as the Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, State Academic Symphony Orchestra in Moscow and Lviv Virtuosos Chamber Orchestra.
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From September 2019, Joanna is studying at The Royal College of Music in London in the class of Norma Fisher, as the recipient of the C. Bechstein Scholarship and The Zetland Foundation Scholarship. Joanna is a graduate from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw (diploma with distinction) where she studied with Ewa PobÅ‚ocka. She also studied at the ‘Berlin University of Arts’ in Germany (academic year 2016/2017) where she was mentored by Professor Markus Groh as the receipt of an Erasmus scholarship. Joanna has also received the scholarships from the Minister of Culture and from the Prime Minister.
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Joanna Kacperek has won international piano competitions in Szafarnia (‘F.Chopin’), Pilsen (‘B.Smetana’), Paris (‘M.Magin’) as well as the National Witold LutosÅ‚awski Music Competition in Warsaw. The achievements of the pianist include winning a special prize at the International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition in Bergen (2016), granted unanimously by the jury and the composer Christian Blom for the best performance of his work. In November 2017, together with violinist Roksana KwaÅ›nikowska, Joanna won The 2nd International Beethoven Chamber Music Competition, organized by The Krzysztof Penderecki European Music Centre, Internationale Beethoven Gesellschaft and The Ludwig van Beethoven Association.
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Alongside a growing career as a soloist, Joanna Kacperek is highly celebrated for being a multi-faceted pianist. She regularly performs with singers and instrumental players. Her duo with violinist Roksana Kwaśnikowska represented Poland at the Kyoto International Music Students Festival in Japan (2015) and regularly performs recitals both in Poland and abroad.
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The pianist has participated in master classes of such artists as: Dina Yoffe, Arie Vardi, Anna Malikova, Boris Berman, Nikolai Demidenko, Bernd Goetzke, Hinrich Alpers, Fumiko Eguchi, Philippe Giusano, Jiri Chlinka, Katarzyna Popowa – ZydroÅ„, Piotr Paleczny, Andrzej JasiÅ„ski, Krzysztof JabÅ‚oÅ„ski, Wojciech ÅšwitaÅ‚a.