Sunday 21st May 2017 7:30pm

St Paul's Church, Moor Lane, Kersal Moor, Salford, M7 3WX 

Conductor - David Hamilton

Leader - Jon Henderson

Soloist - Daniel Ropota

Beethoven - Overture, Leonora no3

Beethoven - Concerto no. 3 opus 37 in C minor

Dvorak - Symphony no.5 in F

 

First Violins
Jon Henderson
Christine Clarkson
Denise Doyle
Eileen Stevens
Fiona Crowther
Heather Scott
Second Violins
Joanne Mellody
Simon Caplan
Bronwen Bevin
Joe Brothy
Nicholas Paxton
Violas
Emma Pitcher
John Owen
Anna Cowham

Cellos
John Eaton
Dave Collins
Katy Gettings
Mary Boulos
Lee Carr
Basses
Jenny Hughes
Andrew Fielding

Bassoons
Nicholas Fox
Trevor Marshall
Horns
Denis Carvill
Walter Coupe
Sarah Birchall
Andrew Robinson
Bass Trombones
Gary Hamer
Flutes/Piccolo
Angela D'Arcy
Anna Goodhart

Oboes
Becky Stevens
Ellie Borton
Clarinets
Melanie Waddington
Ruth Parry
Timpani
Irene Wynne-George
Trumpets
Chris Kay
Alan Saunders
Peter Thickbroom
Trombones
Tim Paton
John Anderson
Percussion
Kathryn Brown

Daniel Ropota

Daniel Ropota is a Romanian piano student in second year at the Royal Northern College of Music from Manchester and has professor Helen Krizos as principal study tutor. He was awarded the highest scholarship award given to an UK/EU piano candidate for his first academic year (2015/2016).

His past high school years are marked by a total of twenty four prizes from different piano competitions from countries like Romania, Italy and Hungary.

In 2013, he was awarded by the Education and Training Inspectorate from his hometown in gratitude for his contribution to the prestige of the city of Iasi (Romania), by exceptional results at national and international competitions.

He held solo piano and chamber music recitals in festivals such as “The International George Enescu Festival”-Romania, “The Chetham's International Piano Summer School”-United Kingdom and “Crescendo Summer Institute Festival”-Hungary.

At the age of fifteen he made his debut as soloist and since then he played with different philharmonic orchestras from Romania and Moldavia. Last year, he played the Mozart Piano Concerto no.23, L.v.Beethoven Piano Concerto no.5 and Grieg Piano Concerto with conductors such as Olivier Robe-France, Vlad Conta-Romania and Mihail Agafita-Moldavia.

Daniel had the opportunity to participate in masterclasses of pianists Philippe Cassard, Andreas Henkel, Reto Reichenbach, Csiky Boldizsar, Rostislav Yovchev, Pascal Solomon, Alexandra Dariescu, Josu Okinena and many other.

Since he came in Manchester, he has an active schedule. He performed in various competitions and solo and chamber music recitals, in venues such as St. Ann’s Church, Cross Street Chapel and St. James and Emmanuel Church. He was commended by different tutors for his contribution in lectures and classes, thus showing his will to continuously perfectionate.