Tuna Dyonmez in Concert – 10th July 2024   

Sometimes an almost chance meeting delivers something quite unexpected – a once in a lifetime moment. Tuna’s parents were looking for a local venue for a piano recital for their son. We had a 90^th Anniversary Week in prospect and it seemed to offer a great fit – and indeed so it was.

At 19, Tuna had been a Junior student at the Royal College of Music for 6 years and had just finished his first year as a Senior. Stephen’s ‘one-liner’ after pointing out the fire exits, that the only thing likely to catch fire was Tuna’s playing, proved prophetic.

We had an evening of absolutely wonderful playing, a programme with incredible breadth and range of styles. A whole world of music!

His passion was at times intensely physical. As Stephen said, you could almost see the steam rising from our piano – which will never be the same. And we were there, close up for a really memorable experience, given us by a young man with a big future.

The bouquets of flowers were well deserved.

We hope very much that he’ll come again, perhaps with his trio.

Programme

1. J.S. Bach : Prelude and Fugue No.15 in G major, Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

2. L.V. Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2

1. Allegro vivace
2. Largo appassionato
3. Scherzo Allegretto
4. Rondo Grazioso

3. S.Rachmaninoff Etudes Tableaux op 39 No 7Lento
     lugubre in C minor

4.C.Debussy Etude No.11 “Pour les arpèges composés”

5. F.Chopin Scherzo No. 4 Op.54