Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight

Programme

Debussy – Suite bergamasque
Beethoven – Sonata No 14 in C sharp minor op 27 No 2 ‘Moonlight’
Chopin – Scherzo No 1 in B minor
Ernesto Lecuona – Vals poético, La comparsa, La conga de medianoche, Malagueña
Gershwin- Three Preludes
Maria Luisa Escobar-  Noche de luna en Altamira
Moisés Moliero – Joropo

Clara Rodriguez Piano

Performer

Resident in London since the age of seventeen, Venezuelan born pianist Clara Rodriguez has performed highly acclaimed solo recitals and concertos around the world.  Her career has also included many radio and TV broadcasts, from the BBC and London’s Classic FM to stations in North America, Europe, South America, Australia, China and the Far East.

Clara began her piano studies in Caracas, at the Conservatorio Juan Jose Landaeta and after winning a scholarship from the Venezuelan Arts Council, she trained at the Royal College of Music of London.

As well as her performing career, Clara is a piano professor at the Royal College of Music Junior Department.  Her pupils have often won piano scholarships to study in renowned public schools in the UK and many among them have gone on to enter the most prestigious universities and music conservatories in the country.