Emma Curtis & Lada Valesova
Contralto & Piano Partnership

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      Emma Curtis and Lada Valesova formed a collaborative partnership twelve years ago when they met at the Guildhall School in London. Since then they have both gone on to pursue solo careers, Emma in opera and specialist baroque repertory and Lada as a concert pianist and a professor of Russian and Czech song. However, despite busy schedules, they continue work together choosing song repertory that excites and moves them, developing with the strength of a close friendship and mutual understanding of music. Their first CD as a duo is due to be recorded next year and released worldwide on Avie Records.

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Our current programme:

Massenet - Ouvre tes yeux bleus; Heure vécue
Hahn - A Chloris
Saint-Saëns - La Cloche; Danse Macabre

R. Strauss - 9 songs Opus 10 - Letze Blätte

Brahms - Vier ernste Gesänge

Bolcom - Satisfaction; Blue; Amor
Porter - Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye; Just one of those things.

We also perform song sets by Schubert, Schumann, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Korngold, de Falla, Britten amongst others, and are very happy to discuss programming.