LUNCHTIME RECITAL

Mitra Alice Tham – piano
Alice Chua – piano

Tuesday 11th February, 2025, at 1:15 pm

FREE ADMITTANCE
Retiring Collection

The Programme

Mitra Alice Tham – piano
Alice Chua – piano

Johann Sebastian Bach

Italian Concerto, BWV 971
i. 1st movement
ii. Adagio
iii. Presto

Robert Schumann

Widmung (Dedication)
arranged Franz Liszt

Nikolai Kapustin

Bagatelle, Op 59 No 9

Medley of piano duets

The Artists

Mitra Alice Tham MA, MM, PGDipRAM, B Mus(Hons), FLCM, LLCM, LRAM, LMusA, ATCL gave her first public performance at the age of three and made her international debut at the age of eight in Japan. Originally from Malaysia, Mitra has been a prizewinner at international competitions, performing to many dignitaries including HRH The Prince of Wales, where the then Prince Charles described the performance as ‘brilliant and excellent’. She gave the London premiere of Leroy Anderson’s Piano Concerto and was invited to a Reception ‘A Celebration of Young People in the Performing Arts’ given by Her Late Majesty The Queen at Buckingham Palace.

Mitra has been commissioned to compose an anthem for her second national project in Malaysia: Maharani Gateway. The last national project launch was presided over by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, with Mitra on the podium conducting. She is regularly invited to give recitals, masterclasses, lecture recitals and seminars on piano pedagogy, performance etiquette and composition as well as adjudication in South East Asia and United Kingdom.
www.mitraalicetham.com

Alice Chua MA, FLCM, LLCM, Adv Dip Kodaly is a passionate and enthusiastic musician, dedicated and innovative teacher and educator, composer, arranger and music books author. Whilst living in Malaysia and Singapore, Alice was Chief Music Instructor for Yamaha Music Asia. She opened new schools in Singapore, Malaysia and Myanmar, and started music programs for pre-schoolers in Indonesia and China. This involved training teachers and designing music curricula suited specifically for each country. She represented Malaysia in various international conferences hosted by Yamaha Music Foundation.

Now residing in London with her daughter, Alice divides her time between sharing her love of music with her students, invigilating examinations and competitions in Europe and the Far East – and performing piano duets with her daughter, Mitra. She has written many music educational series used extensively in Asia and the United Kingdom. Alongside her popular Playing Piano is Fun (PPiF) series, her latest publication of Art of Teaching (AoT) was released in September 2020.

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