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Wednesday 23 April 1.10pm
Presented in association with the Royal Over-Seas League
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Free admission | Donations welcome
Jordan Brooks violin, Dominic Degavino piano
Programme:
M. Ravel: Sonata No. 2 in G major
E. Ysaye Solo Violin Sonata No. 6
I. Stravinsky Divertimento
St James’s is grateful for the generous support of Rolex for this music programme.
The Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL) is a unique not for profit members’ organisation, dedicated to championing international friendship and understanding.
Since 1952 ROSL has supported the careers of the most talented young musicians and artists, offering an artistic “home” with experienced mentorship and advice, networking, promotional support, and opportunities around the world.
Jordan Brooks is a South African violinist who is currently a third-year undergraduate student at the Royal College of Music under a full scholarship from the ABRSM. Playing on a Storioni violin, he studies under the tuition of violin pedagogue, Radu Blidar. Jordan began his violin studies at the age of seven and by age 11 had already begun making his solo debuts with several of the local orchestras in Cape Town including the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. He has won prizes at all the South African national competitions including winning first prize in the National Youth Music Competition in 2019. Jordan is a former concertmaster of the Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and has played with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra as well as the MIAGI orchestra, touring Europe in 2018, performing in concert venues including the Elbphilharmonie and the Concertgebouw.
In 2018, Jordan received a full Scholarship to study at the Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester with Jan Repko. Since moving to the UK, he has played at various venues including Stoller Hall, St James’s Piccadilly, St Martins-In-The-Fields and Bridgewater Hall where he performed the Korngold Violin concerto with the Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra. He has also participated in many chamber festivals including the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival and the Quatro Corde Festival and participated in Masterclass with the Emerson Quartet, the Manchester Collective, the SANYO baroque ensemble and The Barret Duo School in Norway.
Recent competition successes include winning the prize for the best Chinese work in the Zhuhai International Mozart Competition, the 2024 Strings Prize in the Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition as well as winning the Overseas Prize, the award for the best non-UK Commonwealth Musician. As part of the ROSL Competition, he performed in the Gold Medal Final, making his Wigmore Hall Debut. Jordan is now a Making Music Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artist which allows him more opportunities to perform recitals around the UK.
This year, Jordan was selected to compete in the EnuscuInternational Violin Competition in Romania. Future Concerts include solo performances with The City of Cambridge Orchestra and the Hillingdon Philharmonic Orchestra.
Pianist Dominic Degavino has performed concerts in venues across the United Kingdom and beyond, including solo performances at Wigmore Hall, the Southbank Centre as a Park Lane Group artist, at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and the Lichfield and Edinburgh festivals. Concerto appearances include performances with the Manchester Camerata and RNCM Symphony Orchestra.
Dominic has achieved considerable competition success, including prizes at the Concours International de Piano d’Epinal in France, J.N. Hummel International Piano Competition in Slovakia, and the Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists Competition and the Royal Over-Seas League Competition in the UK. He is also a recipient of the prestigious RNCM Gold Medal. He has performed extensively as a member of both the Tillett Trust DEBUT and the Countess of Munster Trust recital schemes.
He studied in Manchester with tutor Helen Krizos, at both Chetham’s School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music, before later undertaking postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where he studied with Charles Owen and Noriko Ogawa. Alongside work as a soloist, he is a passionate chamber musician, accompanist, and jazz player, performing extensively and winning prizes with a wide array of ensembles, including the Mithras Trio (former BBC New Generation Artists) and with flautist Meera Maharaj.
