With their shared passion for bringing audiences closer to the music that inspires their lives, two of Europe’s leading and most exciting musicians perform a programme that works beautifully for this unusual combination of cello and guitar duo. Swapping the world's leading concert halls for the ancient church of St Michael located at the foot of the picturesque Black Mountains, Herefordshire, this is going to be a magical evening!
Universally praised for her profound artistic sensitivity, her exquisite sound and for her unmatched palette of colors and dynamics, the Greek guitarist Antigoni Goni is internationally acclaimed as a true ambassador of the guitar and a sought-after pedagogue.
Her highly successful recordings for Naxos, Koch, and Timespan records have been praised for being "expressively poetic and technically exciting" and have been received with great enthusiasm by the international musical community. Italian Magazine DOT Guitar recently wrote of her latest album “an exceptional recording which confirms without doubt Antigoni Goni as one of the greatest performers of the guitar on the world stage.”
She is the founder of the Guitar Department at the Pre-College Division of Juilliard School of Music of New York and since 2005 the Professor of Guitar at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels. In 2015 the Royal Brussels Conservatory named her 'Professor of the year' making her the youngest professor ever presented with the 'Madame de la Hault' prize, awarded by Conservatory’s 'Patrimonium'. Antigoni is also the founder and artistic director of 'The Volterra Project, Summer Guitar Institute', an annual, highly acclaimed Classical Guitar workshop.
Amy Norrington’s sincere musicianship and ability to convey her profound love of the music makes her a popular partner in the international chamber music world. Acclaimed by the press for her honesty and singing sound, she enjoys an international career as a chamber musician, soloist and guest principle cellist in orchestras throughout Europe.
Professor of Cello at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven and of Chamber Music at the Orpheus Institute in Gent, she regularly gives masterclasses at The Royal Academy of Music in London, RNCM and the Brussels Conservatoire.
Amy is a member of the Fortepiano Trio Talisma and the award winning ensemble Oxalys with whom she has recorded prolifically. She also enjoys collaborations with other chamber ensembles such as Camerata RCO Amsterdam and the Elias Quartet, and founder of the Resonances Chamber Music Academy in Belgium which attracts some of the best music students from all over the world.