Newbury Spring Festival with Roberto Forés Veses

Emanuil Ivanov was the outstanding winner of our own Sheepdrove Piano Competition in 2023. He attracted international attention after receiving the First prize at the 2019 Ferruccio Busoni Piano Competition in Italy. 

This achievement was followed by concert engagements in some of the world’s most prestigious halls including Teatro alla Scala in Milan and Herculessaal in Munich. He joins us under the direction of our Principal Guest Conductor Roberto Forés Veses for this evening’s concert which includes one of the most popular piano concertos in the repertoire, Chopin’s First.

The concert includes two works inspired be Mendelssohn’s visit to Scotland, his atmospheric overture The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) and his Third Symphony. This symphony gained its Scottish name as he wrote the work following his visit to Scotland and visiting the ruins at Holyrood where he sketched the first bars of what would later become this well-loved work.