
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
Click on the photos to read about each of the 2013 HICMF performers
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