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Musical Pause

with Sini Simonen, Dr Maria Razumovskaya and Faculty of Music Students

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27 January 2026 17:00
Recital Hall, The Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, OX2 6GG
Booking no longer available as this event is oversubscribed. It may be possible to admit non-registered attendees once those who have registered have been seated.
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Dr Maria Razumovskaya

Free entry - registration recommended.

Presented by the Faculty of Music, where Sini Simonen is part of the Hans Keller String Quartet Programme. Made possible thanks to The Cosman Keller Art & Music Trust. 

Take a musical moment to pause, recharge and unwind at the end of the working day with our first rush hour concert of the term.

This concert brings together professional violinist Sini Simonen and Oxford University's Director of Performance, Dr Maria Razumovskaya, in an evening of side-by-side performances with Faculty of Music students. 

The programme will feature performances of Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 7, Britten's Three Divertimenti for String Quartet and Mozart's Piano Quartet in G minor, K.478.

 

 

Programme

Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet no. 7

Sini Simonen, violin
Cecilia Loughney, violin
Max Wong, viola
Oliver Simpson, cello

Benjamin Britten Three Divertimenti for String Quartet

Sini Simonen, violin
Samuel Cole, violin
Max Wong, viola
Oliver Simpson, cello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Quartet in G minor K478

Sini Simonen, violin
Max Wong, viola
Oliver Simpson, cello
Maria Razumovskaya, piano

Rémy Ballot and OUO Solo Players - Bruckner: String Quintet, Mathilde Kralik: Nonet

08 November
Following their successful chamber ensemble programme of Mozart and Strauss last January, violinist and conductor Rémy Ballot is joined by a chamber ensemble drawn from members of OUO to give a concert that presents Bruckner’s resplendent String Quintet alongside the work of his student, Mathilde Kralik. Kralik’s Nonet is scored for the rare combination of clarinet, bassoon, two horns, string quartet and piano.

Music, Indigeneity and the Right to Listen

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Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

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From Iranian Classical Music to Bad Bunny: Resistance and Global Cultures in France, Canada and the US

All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music: Davitt Moroney (University of California, Berkeley)

12 November

Solo violin masterclass with Rémy Ballot

13 November
The Oxford University Orchestra is delighted to welcome distinguished violinist and conductor Rémy Ballot for a solo violin masterclass in Balliol College Chapel.

Faculty of Music Lunchtime Recital Series

13 November
Rilke’s Poetry