Recital Series 2025-2026

Another season passes and another comes over the horizon! I’m not referring to our unreliable British weather – can we identify separate seasons these days - but the reliable fact that another DPS season will commence in October.

There is a fine series ahead of us. We see the return of outstanding past performers in Elisabeth Brauss and Danny Driver, new faces in the shape of Junyan Chen and Julian Trevelyan (2nd and 5th prize winners at the Leeds international Piano Competition in September 2024), and finally two pianists at the start of their careers, Khrystyna Mykhailichenko and Kasparas Mikužis. The journey of Khrystyna to a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music is a remarkable one. She has been a refugee from the terrors of Ukraine twice in her young life (firstly from Crimea in 2014 and then from Kyiv in 2022), but having been welcomed to Corbridge, is now studying with Joanna MacGregor.  Kasparas is a current Countess of Munster Musical Trust pianist, whose supported artists are always exceptional young performers. 

Last year, I mentioned the need for the committee to welcome new members to ensure the continuation of the society. This situation remains unchanged, so if you become a member in 2025-26, please consider whether you could join us – have a chat with myself or any other committee member or attend the AGM after the recital on 2nd November.

We continue to be grateful for commercial and personal sponsorship, but additional sponsors would be most welcome. Ultimately, the life blood of any Society is dependent upon membership levels and audience numbers, so please continue to spread the word, particularly amongst the young!