Enjoy Celebrity Radio’s Pianist Sophie Cashell Life Story Interview……
Pianist Sophie Cashell is one of the biggest new musical talents.
This summer, Sophie Cashell has toured Europe and the UK in recital including a return to Théâtre Saint-Bonnet de Bourges where she recorded her CD and debuts at the Chester Festival, Harrogate International Festival, and the Birmingham International Piano Festival amongst others.
At the invitation of Barry Douglas, she will make her debut at his Castletown Concert Series in Ireland in Autumn 2009.
Hear an exclusive interview with Sophie and Alex Belfield…
Here’s Sophie and Alex from 2008…
Sophie Cashell came to national attention after winning the BBC Classical Star Television program in 2007. When Sophie strode to the piano for her climactic performance of Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2, she projected the air of an established superstar. Classical musicians are used to be being judged and tested, but having your musicianship picked apart on prime-time TV could challenge the most hardened veteran.
Cashell began as one of the 18 finalists auditioning for nine places in the last round of Classical Star, a new series which aimed to find the best classical musician in this country under the age of 20.
Sophie began playing the violin at 4, but after starting to play the piano a year later found herself feeling a natural affinity for the keyboard. She joined her brother and sister at the Menuhin school at the age of 13 and she is now in her final year at the Royal Academy of Music.
In the summer of 2009, Sophie toured Europe and the UK in recitals including a return to Théâtre Saint-Bonnet de Bourges where she recorded her CD and had debuts at the Chester Festival, Harrogate International Festival, and the Birmingham International Piano Festival amongst others. At the invitation of Barry Douglas, she made her debut at his Castletown Concert Series in Ireland in September 2009.
Recorded 2008 by Alex Belfield for Celebrity Radio and the BBC.
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