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A lunchtime piano recital is to be given by Miyuki Kato in St Leonard’s Church on Thursday 18 February 2010 at 12noon.

Miyuki was born in Japan and came to the UK in 1997 as an exchange student, spending a year at grammar school in Kent, where she met piano teacher, Dr Michael Schreider, and decided to take up the piano for her profession (although her first plan on coming to the UK was to become a ballet-costume designer). After studying at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where she graduated in 2003 with a BMus first for performance, she pursued further studies at the Royal College of Music and was awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in Performance in summer 2007 and Master of Music Degree in Advanced Performance in 2008. She has also gained many awards and been a prize-winner in international piano competitions. Miyuki gives recitals frequently in Wales, England and Japan.

Her programme in St Leonard’s Church will comprise:

Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op.126
Sibelius: Waltz in E major, Op. 24-5
Rachmaninov: Waltz in A major, Op.10-2
Tchaikovsky: Romance in F major, Op.51-5
Chopin: Mazurkas Op.68-1, Op.6-2, Op.33-3, Op.56-2
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat major, Op. 61

Tickets on sale
£5 at Brandon’s Music Shop, 55 High Street, Hythe, tel 01303 263108, or can be obtained at the door. (Admission free to those under 18 in full-time education.) The recital will be followed by a Ploughman’s Lunch at £4 per person.

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The Shepway Singers, the Boys and Men Choir and Mixed Choir of St Leonards, and Hythe Girls Choir will be singing to make it a fantastic [...]

Christmas Edition 2009

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