about this event
International, prize-winning violinist sisters Juliette and Tanja, along with their mother Ilana, present a richly melodic programme of Mozart and Frank sonatas, violin duos by Shostakovich, and folk-styled Bagatelles (including cello) by Dvořák.
A very busy chamber musician and solo player, Juliette is the newly appointed violinist of the Heath Quartet, with concerts this season at the Wigmore Hall, in Berlin and a tour of the East Coast of the USA. Tanja’s extensive concerto repertoire is complemented with frequent travel to International Music Festivals, including Verbier Festival Academy (Switzerland), and Ravinia Steans Music Institute (USA).
Antonín Dvořák Bagatelles (Op.47) for two violins, cello and piano
W.A. Mozart Sonata for violin and piano in Bb major K.454
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César Franck Sonata for violin and piano in A major
Dimitri Shostakovich Duets for two violins and piano
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Juliette Roos (violin)
The fourth generation in a musical family, British violinist Juliette Roos is newly appointed violinist in the Heath quartet. A dedicated chamber musician and solo player she has been awarded prizes from the Kloster Schöntal international violin competition, Royal Overseas League and BBC Young Musician of the Year. Over recent years she has played concertos with orchestras across Europe and the U.K. Her love for chamber music was largely cultivated by invitations to festivals such as Open Chamber Music Prussia Cove, Seiji Ozawa International String Quartet Academy, Yellow Barn USA, Four Seasons North Carolina, Mendelssohn on Mull Scotland. Most recent performances with her quartet include Aldeburgh Festival, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele and a BBC Chamber Prom in Scotland. This season promises concerts at Wigmore Hall, Boulez Saal Berlin, and a tour along the east coast in the U.S.A. In most recent years, Juliette performs and records in John Wilson’s Sinfonia of London, playing in critically acclaimed albums Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe, Rachmaninov: Symphony no.2, Prelude in C sharp minor among others.
In her spare time, Juliette enjoys consuming her favourite podcasts and exploring London’s exciting food scene!
Tanja Roos (violin)
The fourth generation of a musical family, Tanja was born in London and began playing the violin when she was three. She was admitted to London's Junior Royal Academy of Music and at aged 10, Tanja enjoyed her first solo opportunity with orchestra at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, Singapore.
Following studies with Natasha Boyarsky (Yehudi Menuhin School), Boris Kucharsky and Boris Kushnir (Vienna), Tanja was awarded a President's Distinction Award for her BMus at New England Conservatory (Boston) with Miriam Fried and received a full scholarship at Guildhall School of Music (London) for her MMus with David Takeno.
Tanja’s extensive concerto repertoire is complemented with frequent travel to International Music Festivals, including Verbier Festival Academy (Switzerland), and Ravinia Steans Music Institute (USA). She enjoyed chamber music collaborations with numerous Masters - most recently Kim Kashkashian and Pamela Frank. A multiple prize-winner from international competitions, including Andrea Postacchini (Italy), Tunbridge Wells (UK) and Henri Marteau (Germany), Tanja was winner of the Manfred Grommek Prize at Kronberg Academy (Germany). In 2019, Tanja travelled to Vietnam and Japan with Midori Goto’s International Community Engagement Program to perform for communities in need.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tanja pursued postgraduate studies in Clinical Psychology at University College London (UCL) and has since won prizes for her research capabilities within the field. She is keen to train as a Clinical Psychologist alongside her performing career. Tanja most recently performed as part of the 12 Ensemble in Wigmore Hall and in the Royal Northern Sinfonia in Newcastle.
Ilana Mordkovitch-Roos (piano) was born in Odessa, USSR (now Ukraine), the 3rd generation of musicians who were influential in the musical and cultural life of the city. She attended a specialist Central Music School for talented children. Ilana emigrated from the Soviet Union with her family in 1974. Her mother, violinist Lydia Mordkovitch, was invited to teach at The Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and Ilana continued her musical education here in the UK. She studied with Professor Sulamita Aronovsky at The Royal Northern College of Music and completed her graduate education at The Royal College of Music, London with Professor Irina Zaritskaya.
Ilana performed in chamber music recitals across the UK, and her recording of the Grieg, Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Chandos records) with Lydia Mordkovitch received 5-star rating from BBC and Penguin CD guides. After an extended break from performance due to illness and then to raise her children, Ilana returned to her studies at The Royal Academy of Music, where she completed her Masters in 2012 with the Head of Chamber Music, Professor Michael Dussek. Since then, she has gone back to performing - playing chamber music in recitals and supporting instrumentalists in competitions and master classes. She is enjoying her piano trio collaboration with violinist, Katherine Wilson, and cellist, Jenny Janse.
Ilana also has a strong interest in music education. She has been teaching for more than forty years and is channelling this passion into her classes (both private and at Enhui Music School) as well as organising concerts and workshops aimed at empowering and developing a love for music in her young students as well as returning, mature players.
Jennifer Janse (cello)
Jennifer read music at Selwyn College, Cambridge before winning several scholarships to study the cello at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 1991 Jennifer, together with pianist Virginia Hanslip, won third prize in the prestigious Shostakovich International Chamber Music Competition in St Petersburg, Russia. They were the first ever non- Soviet prize winners. Through Yehudi Menuhin’s organisation Live Music Now designed to promote young musicians, Jennifer gave more than a hundred solo recitals throughout England. For more than twenty years Jennifer performed, broadcast and recorded with the baroque chamber group The Musicke Companye. As an orchestral musician Jennifer has played worldwide for many orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia and the period instrument ensembles The King's Consort, The English Concert and The Sixteen. In 2002 Jennifer became an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, an honour given to musicians who have achieved distinction in the profession. Jennifer has a passion for promoting music education and, as well as teaching the cello privately, she teaches at Cranleigh School.