On Sunday afternoon, a well-attended Acorn Centre hosted Duo Escocia – Roberto Kuhn Versluys (guitar) and Katrina Lee (violin). The couple, who met at the Glasgow Conservatoire, are married and made their first tour in Chile, Roberto’s homeland, in May, 2017. Katrina hails from Yorkshire. In an eclectic mix of styles we were taken on […]

Artistically speaking, what makes a really successful concert? Ivan Ilic is a believer in the importance of the audience. In his fifth recital for Inverurie Music, he paid tribute to the audience for their concentration and appreciation in a well-filled Town Hall last Saturday. They were also able to thank him and ask questions after […]

Ivan played to an appreciative audience of more than 80 at Inverurie Town Hall on Saturday 17th November 2018. He engaged the audience not only by his excellent playing but also by talking about what each of the works on the programme meant to him. He made it clear that he has strong connections to […]

In February 2013 this was written about the Maxwell String Quartet in the Inverurie Advertiser: ‘With their maturity of musical understanding and virtuosity they should find their name at the top of the bill in many a chamber music concert.’ We have not been disappointed. In fact the musical world has been stunned by the […]