NEWS

CLASSICAL STAR AT RINGWOOD CHURCH

Celebrated Cellist Natalie Clein (27) will be performing at the Ringwood Festival classical concert in Ringwood Church on July 7th.

She will be performing with the Salisbury Sinfonia conducted by the talented young musician Tim Murray who at the age of 21 made his BBC Proms debut as second conductor for the premiere of Nancarrow's Study for Orchestra.

Natalie won the BBC Young Musicians of the Year competition in 1994 and then became the first ever British winner of the Eurovision Competition for Young Musicians in Warsaw.

Natalie studied at the Royal College of Music having been award the Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Scholarship and then went on to study in Vienna with Heinrich Schiff.

Natalie made her concerto debut at the BBC Proms in 1997 and she has appeared at the Royal Festival Hall, the Barbican, the Bridgewater Hall, the Bournemouth Symphony and the Royal Philharmonic.

More recently she performed with the Halle Orchestra with a performance of the Lutoslawski concerto.

Recently Natalie was chosen by the BBC to take part in their "New Generation Artists" scheme in which talented young artists are featured in recital, chamber and concerto performances.

Natalie will be performing for the Ringwood Festival. The Programme is as follows: Mozart Symphony No 38 in D Boccherini Cello Concerto No 3 in G Dvorak Czech Suite op 39 Haydn Symphony 88 in G.

Tickets for the concert cost £5 and can be purchased from Anne Osbourne on 01425 476327. The concert starts at 8p.m. on July 7th at Ringwood Church

From: Belinda Charlton, 01425 473813 www.BCApublicrelations.co.uk