Flora Valila started to play cello at the age of five with Raju Vidali at Ettelbruck Conservatoire du Nord in Luxembourg. In 2020, Flora moved to London to study with Professor David Cohen and generously received a full scholarship for her undergraduate studies. Flora is currently doing her Master’s diploma with Alexander Chaushian in […]
Described as “a pianist of fearless brilliance and restrained passion,” Katya Grabova is establishing herself as one of the most compelling young pianists of her generation. Katya will be performing Rachmaninov’s majestic second Piano Concerto with us in June 2026. In 2025, Katya won the Aspen Piano Concerto Competition, leading to a performance with the Aspen […]
Philip Rham chats with Flora Valili as she prepares to perform the Schumann cello concerto with us on 30 November 2025. PR – Welcome Flora Valila – that’s a wonderful name. What is your heritage? FV – Thank you. Well, actually I originally come from Finland but I grew up in Brussels. PR – […]
Philip Rham chats with Yura Zaiki and discovers what makes her tick, as she prepares to perform the Grieg Piano Concerto with us on March 15th. Philip Here I am with Yura Zaiki, who is going to play the Grieg Piano Concerto at our upcoming concert at St. Gabriels on March 15th and, Yura, […]
Film is an integral part of our cultural lives and so many of them stay with us for several reasons – the story, the magnificent camera work, the superlative acting but more often than not it is those passages of the classical music repertoire that spark off a whole train of images. So for […]
Our resident interviewer, Philip Rham, catches up with our trumpet soloist Jasmin Ghera, who will be playing the Arutiunian trumpet concerto with us in our summer concert on 30 June 2024. Philip. Welcome Jasmin. Here we are at the Royal Academy of Music in London where you’ve just finished your Advanced Diploma, your […]
Sunday 30th June 2024 – 7.00pm – Chelsea Town Hall We have had one of the wettest springs on record, or at least that’s what it feels like but here at KPO we have come up with a sunny, bright programme that will sweep away those grey wet skies and warm the cockles of […]
Saturday 10th February 2024 – 7.00pm – St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico Shock horror – KPO is giving a concert on a Saturday and at a different venue, namely at St. Gabriel’s Church, Warwick Square, Pimlico, SW1V. It is in fact where we rehearse every Monday. Why this change, you may ask? Well, we are […]
Philip Rham meets up with David King, the organ soloist at our forthcoming concert at St. Gabriel’s Church Philip Here I am with David King, organist at St. Gabriel’s, and you’ve been here for 28 years, is that correct? David It will be 29 in March! Philip Well I never did! And was it […]
JOEL ASHFORD, the horn soloist in the Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2 in our November 2023 Concert, talks to our regular KPO interviewer, PHILIP RHAM Philip Joel, welcome and thank you for being interviewed for our KPO website. Normally I ask about our soloist’s past, but actually we already know you because you […]