Jack Toskevin – Hall – Oboe Julian Chan – Royal Academy of Music

Marina Draninshnikova – Poem

Ruth Gipps – Sonata No.2, Op.66

Maurice Ravel – Sonatine 

(transcribed for oboe and piano by David Walter)

And here are biographies for me and my pianist:

Jack Tostevin-Hall – Oboe

Jack Tostevin-Hall is an engaging and versatile oboist from the Channel Island of Guernsey, with a keen interest in orchestral playing. Jack has performed professionally with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and the Knussen Chamber Orchestra.

Jack gained a place on the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Foyle Future First Programme for the 2023/24 season, designed to bridge the gap between education and the professional platform for outstanding early career orchestral musicians. 

Currently a student at the Royal Academy of Music, Jack learns the oboe with Christopher Cowie and Ian Hardwick, and the cor anglais with Patrick Flanaghan. Having graduated with a first class Bachelor of Music degree, he is now completing his postgraduate studies, where he is generously supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, the Guernsey Music Bursary and a scholarship from the Academy.

During his time at the Royal Academy of Music, Jack has performed with a variety of Academy ensembles, most recently as principal oboe in Symphony Orchestra performances with conductors such as John Wilson, Sir Mark Elder and Semyon Bychkov. He also had the opportunity to record new arrangements of Bach Partitas with the Academy Soloists Ensemble and Trevor Pinnock, released with Linn Records last September.

Julian Chan – Piano

Rapidly developing a reputation as one of the most innovative pianists of his generation, Julian Chan has given performances at a number of prestigious venues across the UK, including Wigmore Hall and Southbank Centre. Performing music by a particularly diverse range of composers, he has given alluring recitals featuring works by figures from Sweelinck to Messiaen, from Alkan to Rzewski, unifying these various styles in a captivating manner.

Recently, Julian was awarded First Prize and Sonata Prize at the Nanyang International Music Competition, Singapore, Second Prize at the Jāzeps Vītols International Piano Competition, Latvia, and First Prize at the Coulsdon and Purley Festival performing Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto.

A passionate composer and performer of new music, Julian has collaborated with eminent composers such as Hans Abrahamsen, Deborah Pritchard, and Peter Seabourne. Julian is recipient of the Aud Jebsen Piano Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Ian Fountain and Michael Dussek.