FESTIVAL 2013 - 'FROM OUR HOMELANDS'
Please visit our Welcome page to watch the short film about the festival which includes footage from the 2013 festival.
To view a PDF copy of the 2013 programme, please click here:
 Schumann QuintetLeft to right: Sasha Sitkovetsy, Irina Botan, Natalie Klouda, Benjamin Roskams and Ashok Klouda take a bow following their performance of the Schumann Piano Quintet |  Rehearsing Fibich and SchumannSasha Sitkovetsky and Benjamin Roskams in their rehearsal for Tuesday's concert, which featured Fibich's Theme and Variations for String Quartet and the Schumann Piano Quintet |  EnescuIrina Botan and Ana de la Vega perform Enescu's Cantabile & Presto in Tuesday's concert |
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 Tuesday nightIrina Botan, Benjamin Roskams, Ana de la Vega, Ashok Klouda, Natalie Klouda and Sasha Sitkovetsky - having performed in many different combinations in Tuesday's concert |  Daniel RowlandLeading the Enescu Octet in the Opening Concert |  Opening concertDaniel Rowland, Benjamin Roskams, Nathaniel Boyd, Vlad Maistorovici, Tatiana Berman, Natalie Klouda, Alexandros Koustas, Irina Botan, Ashok Klouda and HICMF Honorary Patron Bob Boas following the festival's opening concert |
 Chiaroscuro Quartet rehearingFrom left to right: Alina Ibragimova, Pablo Hernán Benedí, Emilie Hörnlund and Claire Thirion rehearse for their concert of Haydn and Schubert quartets |  ChiaroscuroThe Chiaroscuro Quartet receive the audience's warm reception. |  Chiaroscuro Quartet concertThe Chiaroscuro Quartet celebrate with Irina, Natalie and Ashok following their performance |
 Alina IbragimovaAlina chooses a suitable spot for her signature |  The banner! |  Irina BotanIrina Botan immersed in the Brahms Piano Quintet, which concluded the 2013 HICMF Gala Concert |
 Priya MitchellNot much space left, but Priya manages to find a place to add her signature after Friday's concert at Lauderdale House |  Vaughan Williams, Gala ConcertFrom left to right: Priya Mitchell, Francesco Sica, Alexandros Koustas (Benjamin Roskams just out of shot) and Claude Frochaux perform the beautiful Nocturne & Scherzo by Vaughan Williams in the final concert |  The moment to say "thank you"!Thanking everyone involved with the festival at the end of the Gala Concert. From left to right: Natalie Klouda, Ana de la Vega, Francesco Sica, Irina Botan, Priya Mitchell, Claude Frochaux, Ashok Klouda and Benjamin Roskams. |
2013 PERFORMERS
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CONCERTS 2013
Sunday 8th December, St. Anne's Church
Opening Concert
Daniel Rowland, Vlad Maistorovici, Natalie Klouda & Tatiana Berman - violins
Alexandros Koustas & Benjamin Roskams - violas
Ashok Klouda & Nathaniel Boyd - cellos
Irina Botan - piano
Haydn Piano Trio No.43 in C
Suk Elegy for piano trio Op.23
Dvorak Terzetto in C for 2 violins & viola
Enescu Octet Op.7
Tuesday 10th December, St. Anne's Church
Alexander Sitkovetsky & Natalie Klouda - violins
Benjamin Roskams - viola
Ashok Klouda - cello
Irina Botan - piano
Ana de la Vega - flute
Mozart String Duo No.1 in G K.423 for violin & cello
Fibich Thema con Variazioni in Bb Op.12 for string quartet
Enescu Cantabile et Presto for flute & piano
Naresh Sohal Duo for flute & cello
Schumann Piano Quintet in Eb Op.44
Thursday 12th December, St. Anne's Church
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Alina Ibragimova & Pablo Hernán Benedí - violins
Emilie Hörnlund - viola
Claire Thirion - cello
Haydn String Quartet in D Op.20 No.2
Haydn String Quartet in G Op.33 No.5
Schubert String Quartet No.13 in A minor, D.804, 'Rosamunde'
Friday 13th December, Lauderdale House
Priya Mitchell, Francesco Sica & Natalie Klouda - violins
Ruth Gibson - viola
Claude Frochaux & Ashok Klouda - cellos
Wu Qian - piano
Beethoven String Trio in G Op.9 No.1
Dvorak 'Cypresses' (selection) for string quartet
Britten Suite Op.6 Lullaby & Valse for violin & piano
Dvorak Piano Quartet No.2 in Eb Op.87
Saturday 14th December, St. Anne's Church
Natalie Klouda - violin
Benjamin Roskams - violin & viola
Ashok Klouda - cello
Alexandra Scott - double bass
Simon Callaghan - piano
Rossini String Sonata No. 3 in C
Stanford Piano Quartet No.2 in C minor Op.133
Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D.667, 'Trout'
Sunday 15th December, St. Anne's Church
Gala Concert
Priya Mitchell, Natalie Klouda, Benjamin Roskams & Francesco Sica - violins
Benjamin Roskams & Alexandros Koustas - violas
Ashok Klouda & Claude Frochaux - cellos
Ana de la Vega - flute
Irina Botan - piano
Mozart Flute Quartet in D K.285
Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor Op.39
Vaughan Williams Nocturne & Scherzo for string quintet
Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op.34