Lunchtime Concert: Miriam Teppich, violin & Pavlos Carvalho, cello

Miriam Teppich is equally at home performing in the world’s finest concert halls as she is bringing her passion for the violin to audiences closer to home. She has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician at London venues such as the Barbican Hall, the Royal Albert Hall and the Wigmore Hall, has been invited as a Guest Principal and Leader of orchestras in the UK and abroad, and was formerly a member of London Mozart Players. 
Notable awards have included the prestigious Julius Isserlis Scholarship from the Royal Philharmonic Society and the Rose Bowl in the Guildhall Gold Medal competition. Miriam was a semi-finalist in BBC Young Musician of the Year 1996 and her performances were broadcast on national television. A graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and of the Paris Conservatoire, Miriam has been fortunate to study with the renowned teachers and violinists Boris Garlitski, Jean-Jaques Kanterow, Mark Knight, Sheila Nelson and David Takeno and in Paris, had the privilege of collaborating as an orchestral leader with legendary composer and conductor, Pierre Boulez, an experience she considers formative.
Miriam is a founder member and leader of Ensemble Reza, a flourishing chamber ensemble based in West Sussex. She enjoys exploring the work of living composers, and was recently the dedicatee of Fantasy Suite for Solo Violin by British composer, Julian Broughton. 

Pavlos Carvalho has been a prize-winner in international music competitions in England, Italy (Carlo Soliva competition) Germany (Koblenz international chamber music competition) and Russia (Taneev competition). He has performed as a solo and chamber musician in venues such as the Purcell room, Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall and the Teatro dal Verme, Milan and recorded for the BBC.  Pavlos has regularly performed the complete Bach suites and Beethoven sonatas in the Brighton and Chichester festivals over the last years. He is currently recording the Bach suites for Willohayne records and Naxos, of which the first volume has already been released. He has performed concertos including Elgar, Dvorak, Schumann, Tchaikovsky “Rococo variations”, Saint-Saens, with orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic, and Southern Pro Musica. Other highlights include performing in the presence of King Charles at Kensington palace. 
Pavlos is one of the founding members and Artistic director of Ensemble Reza and as such is also involved in many outreach and community projects. His involvement in outreach work has seen him collaborate with projects such as Music for Life, In Harmony, Pied Piper and Live Music Now. He is currently the director of the ProCorda cello courses. Pavlos has also given masterclasses and workshops for the London Cello Society and Cambridge University. He has a deep interest in world music and is a founding member and director of the Rebetiko Carnival, a charity and festival dedicated to the music of Greece and Asia minor.