WACIDOM

Saturday 28^th February 2026 1:45pm – 2:30pm

Adam Davies – Piano

Programme

Anthony Hedges Prelude, Op. 5 No. 1
Schumann Träumerei, Op. 15 Kinderszenen No. 7
Debussy Golliwogg’s Cakewalk, L. 113 Children’s Corner No. 6
Anthony Hedges Variants, Op. 111
Mozart Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331
Anthony Hedges Five Aphorisms, Op. 113
i.Vivace
ii. Con moto e fluente
iii. Allegro vivace
iv. Lento
v. Allegro

Biography

Adam Davies (b. 1993) is a British pianist and piano teacher at Chetham’s School of Music and Rossall School. He is also an examiner for ABRSM and director of St. John’s Festival Orchestra in Chester.

As a recital and concerto soloist, Adam is active throughout the UK and has played at a number of the country’s finest venues. With a vast repertoire spanning the Renaissance to the present day, he enjoys promoting the music of lesser-known and contemporary composers as well as the great standard works, including music by Orlando Gibbons, York Bowen and Thomas Adès. In 2019, he commissioned and gave the world première of Tom Harrold’s Crux, and in 2025 he recorded the first volume of the complete piano works of Anthony Hedges, to be released over three volumes on Divine Art over the next few years. Concerto performances include Mozart K. 488, Beethoven No. 3, Grieg, Schumann, Brahms No. 2 and Rachmaninov Nos. 2 and 4.

Aside from his solo activity, Adam manages and regularly conducts St. John’s Festival Orchestra, directing of much of the standard symphonic and concerto repertoire. He has also played as orchestral pianist under the batons of Clark Rundell and Sir Mark Elder at Bridgewater Hall, and as duo partner with Kathryn Stott as part of Chetham’s International Piano Summer School.

Adam was winner of the East Coast Young Musician and EPTA UK Piano Competitions, semifinalist in the Royal Over-Seas League Competition, and finalist in the Wales and the Krystian Tkaczewski International Piano Competitions.

Having first learnt the piano under the guidance of his mother, his first formal study was with Irina Glushenkova, going on to later gain bachelor’s with honours and two postgraduate degrees with distinction from the Royal Northern College of Music, where his teachers were John Gough and Dr. Murray McLachlan.

While at the RNCM, Adam was a recipient of both Drapers’ and Oglesby Scholarships, winner of the Norman George Scholarship and Fergal O’Mahony Undergraduate prizes, and Gold Medal finalist. He was also fortunate to have benefitted from lessons and masterclasses with Philippe Cassard, Andrei Diev, Michael Lewin, Martin Roscoe, Barry Snyder and Kathryn Stott.

Next week’s concert 7th March – Johanna Leung, Clarinet and Henry George Page, Piano

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Saturday 21^st February 2026 1:45pm–2:30pm

Recital by students from Chetham’s School of Music and the RNCM

Programme

Grace Hughes (violin) and Alex Booty (piano)

JS Bach Violin Partita no. 2 in D minor (BMV 1004)
i. Sarabande
ii. Gigue

Bedrich Smetana for violin & piano “From my homeland”
i. Moderato
ii. Andantino-Allegro vivo

Tom Hughes (horn) and Evan Watkinson (piano)

Franz Liszt ‘Sposalizio’ from the Second Year of Pilgrimage: Italy for solo piano
Alan Abbott ‘Alla caccia’ for horn and piano
Saint-Saens Romance for horn and piano Op.36
Franz Strauss Nocturno for horn and piano Op.7
Arnold Cooke Rondo for horn and piano

Biographies

Grace Hughes (violin)
Grace is currently studying violin with Catherine Yates at the RNCM (first year) after several years learning from her grandfather, Martin Hughes. From North Yorkshire, Grace benefitted from the Yorkshire Young Musicians scheme based at Leeds Conservatoire and has enjoyed being a member of Opera North’s excellent youth orchestra. Grace was leader of the acclaimed Tees Valley Youth Orchestra, providing direction at venues such as the Glasshouse in Gateshead and in various cathedrals on a tour of northern Spain. A versatile musician, Grace also loves to sing and play piano and is comfortable and accomplished in different genres such as folk, pop and improvisation. She is passionate about sharing music as a powerful tool for change and healing, enjoying outreach experiences playing in care homes and in her ambassador role for Orchestras for All.

Tom Hughes (horn)
Younger brother of Grace, Tom is currently in his final year at Chetham’s School of Music where he studies with Lindsey Stoker. Prior to Chetham’s , Tom greatly benefitted from lessons with Catherine Hewitt in Ripon, and also enjoyed his time in the Tees Valley Youth Orchestra. More recently Tom has benefitted from an access scheme which has enabled him to perform twice with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at their famous Maida Vale studio in London. In 2025 he performed in lunchtime recitals at the Bridgewater Hall and Stoller Hall respectively and has had masterclasses with Ben Goldscheider and Martin Owen. He was recently offered a scholarship to study at the RNCM though is likely to take up a place at the Royal College of Music in London where he hopes to pursue his dream of becoming a professional horn player.

Alex Booty (piano)
From Norfolk, Alex now studies piano at the RNCM with Annabelle Lawson (first year). A graduate of the distinguished Aldeburgh Young Musicians scheme, Alex has enjoyed masterclasses with internationally acclaimed pianists including Zeynep Ozsuca, Fred Thomas and Tyler Hay. He won the Inspiration Trust Piano Competition in 2024 and 2025.

Evan Watkinson (piano)
From Doncaster, Evan is an upper sixth student of piano and saxophone at Chetham’s School of Music where he learns with Jonathan Middleton. Evan is also looking forward to continuing his musical studies in London at the Royal College of Music.

Next week’s concert 28^th February Adam Davies, Piano

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