CONCERT
DUDOK STRING QUARTET
Wednesday 5 March 2014
The Shoe Factory, Nicosia / 8.30pm

Regarded as one of the most promising string quartets in Europe, the Dudok String Quartet will appear for the first time in Nicosia in a concert that is organized in collaboration with the Embassy of the Netherlands in Cyprus and supported by the European Union through the United Nations Development Programme Partnership for the Future (UNDP-PFF). Graduate of the Dutch String Quartet Academy, the Dudok Quartet has appeared in Europe’s most distinguished venues and is winner of many international competitions, including the 7th International Quatuors à Bordeaux, the International String Quartet Competition in Radom and the 27th Charles Hennen International Chamber Music Competition. For their concert in Nicosia, on Wednesday 5 March 2014 at The Shoe Factory, 8:30pm, the Dudoks will perform works by Haydn, Webern and Schumann.  read more...

RECITAL
YURI ZHISLIN / VIOLIN & VIOLA
KATYA APEKISHEVA / PIANO
Thursday 20 March 2014
The Shoe Factory, Nicosia / 8.30pm

The Pharos Arts Foundation presents a recital with violinist, violist Yuri Zhislin who will team up with pianist Katya Apekisheva in a programme of works by Schubert, Brahms, Schnittke and Tchaikovsky. Described by The Strad as a “virtuoso with a truly Romantic temperament”, Yuri Zhislin is one of the most versatile musicians of his generation. Equally at home on both violin and viola, Zhislin enjoys an active and illustrious career as soloist and chamber musician, performing in his native Russia, as well as throughout the world. A finalist and a prize-winner at the Leeds Piano Competition and Scottish Piano Competition, Katya Apekisheva is one of Europe's foremost pianists, in demand internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, and she has been described by Gramophone Magazine as “a profoundly gifted artist” who has “already achieved artistic greatness”. read more...

PIANO RECITAL
ISHAY SHAER
Wednesday 26 March 2014
The Shoe Factory, Nicosia / 8.30pm

The Pharos Arts Foundation, with the support of the Embassy of Israel in Cyprus, presents a piano recital with Ishay Shaer. Considered one of the leading Israeli pianists of his generation and having earned great critical acclaim, Ishay Shaer has performed in numerous concerts throughout the world and has won prizes in several national and international competitions. For his recital in Cyprus, on Wednesday 26 March 2014, at The Shoe Factory, Nicosia / 8:30pm, Ishay Shaer will perform works by Bach/Brahms, Beethoven, Schumann, Debussy and Bartók. read more... 

CONCERT
“TREES, WALLS, CITIES”
BRODSKY QUARTET & LORÉ LIXENBERG
Tuesday 8 April 2014
The Shoe Factory, Nicosia / 8.30pm

The Pharos Arts Foundation presents the Brodsky Quartet and mezzo-soprano Loré Lixenberg in a unique concert, which includes the newly commissioned song cycle “Trees, Walls, Cities” as well as works by Schubert and Purcell. Comprising eight songs written by renowned composers from eight different cities in partnership with local poets, “Trees, Walls, Cities” is an imaginative and ingenious project, which reflects going through and growing beyond the barriers of city walls between divided peoples. The concert, which takes place on Tuesday 8 April 2014, at The Shoe Factory, 8:30pm, is organised in collaboration with the British Council. read more...