Lunchtime Classical Recital: Shirley Smart (cello) & Inja Stanovic (piano)

Programme 

Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40

             I Allegro non troppo

             II Allegro

             III Largo

             IV Allegro

Alfred Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style

            I Pastorale

            II Balet

            III Menuet

            IV Fuga

            V Pantomime

Biographies

Acknowledged as one of the UK’s most versatile and creative cellists, trailblazing cellist and composer Shirley Smart is equally at home and well versed in jazz, folk, Middle Eastern and World Music, as well as classical, and her music draws upon this rich tapestry of influences. Shirley has established herself firmly on both the jazz and world music scenes working with artists including Mulatu Astatke, Neil Cowley, Robert Mitchell, Misha Mullov-Abbado, Nikki Yeoh and Alice Zawadzki. Current projects in which she is involved also include Issie Barratt's Interchange Dectet, which released its debut album 'Donna's Secret' in 2020 2019, and Nikki Yeoh's trio project Café Oran which debuted at the Ronnie Scotts International Piano Trio Festival in 2019, and has since also opened for Avishai Cohen at the Barbican.  She also appears as a guest on the upcoming NYJO album, and released an acclaimed duo album with pianist Robert Mitchell, Zeitgeist² in 2022 on Discus Records. Shirley leads, and composes for, several of her own projects. 

Dr. Inja Stanović is a pianist and musicologist, whose areas of research include early recordings, historically-informed performance practices, and historical recording technologies. Through her previous research, she developed new research methods - historically informed recordings and mechanical recording workshops. As a pianist, Inja has performed throughout the world, and she is also a published author. Most recent publications include the co-edited (with Dr. Eva Moreda Rodríguez) volume Early Sound Recordings: Academic Research and Practice (Routledge, 2023), research album Austro-German revivals: (Re)constructing Acoustic Recordings (co-authored with Dr. David Milsom; University of Huddersfield Press, 2023) and the article for Music & Practice, '(Re)constructing Early Recordings: Reviving the Brave Belgians' (co-authored with dr. Jeroen Billiet, 2023). Inja currently works as Surrey Future Senior Fellow, and the Director of Performance at the University of Surrey where she directs the digital platform for historical recording research and practice - Early Recordings Association. ERA embodies forward-thinking research and serves to educate and inform researchers and students, generating innovative paths in the field of early recording research.

Admission Free