Yoshiko was born in Tokyo to an established musical family. After moving to England in 1983, she trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Yoshiko was a member of the Rogeri Trio for five years, with whom she gave concerts within the UK, including dates at the SBC and the Wigmore Hall, and touring engagements throughout Europe and Japan. Their acclaimed recordings of works by Dvorak, Smetana and Suk for the Meridian label was then followed by an equally acclaimed release of works by Rawsthorne for Naxos. She has been a member of the teaching staff of the Centre for Young Musicians in London for the last ten year.

Peter Adams cello

Peter Adams’ career can truly be described as meteoric. When most musicians are still at school, the 16-year-old Peter was playing in the orchestra of London Festival Ballet. By the time he was 21, he had become principal cellist of both the London String Orchestra and the London City Ballet. Perhaps even more remarkably, he became in the same year professor of viola da gamba and baroque cello at the Royal Academy of Music – the youngest ever professor in the Academy’s history. Peter was a founder member of the Rogeri Trio and is currently a member of the Bochmann String Quartet – both groups with a large list of recordings and broadcasts. As well as regular performances with the Adderbury Ensemble in its early years, Peter has appeared as guest principal cellist with a variety of orchestras all over Britain. He is the principal cellist of the English String Orchestra, Brighton Philharmonic, Oxford Philomusica and the City of Oxford Orchestra. Peter’s interest in the viola da gamba continues with solo appearances as the director of the Elizabethan Consort of Violas. Greatly sought-after both as a cello teacher and as a chamber music coach giving masterclasses, Peter works with a wide variety of students and young professionals across the country. He is currently teaching cello for Oxford University and for Oundle School.

Sergei Rachmaninov’s Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
Yoshiko Endo piano

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