Two concerts in three days for Julian Chan at the Festival of Chichester

As he completes his postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, Julian Chan heads to the Festival of Chichester for two dates in three days.

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00:00 Good afternoon, my name is Phil Hewitt, Group Arts Editor at Sussex Newspapers and also

00:06 Chairman of the Festival of Chichester, and it's lovely to speak to Julian Chan, who is

00:11 heading our way for two dates in three days at the Festival of Chichester. You've got

00:16 a solo recital on June 21st, in which you will travel widely, and then performing with

00:23 your horn concerto two days later on June 23rd. Two dates in three days.

00:28 Yes. Is that a big task? Is that exciting, a chance

00:31 to show what you can do? Yes, absolutely exciting. I'm very excited

00:36 to come down to Chichester for a couple of days and share a very interesting couple of

00:44 programmes with pieces from all over the place. The first recital has music inspired by all

00:54 sorts of places over Europe and Indonesia. And the second one has English and German

01:00 music. Yeah, very exciting. And tell me a bit more about the horn trio.

01:06 You've been together for a number of years and it's just coming back together again,

01:09 isn't it? It's just reviving after, as you say, a slight hiatus.

01:13 Yes, exactly. Yes, it's exciting to be back together. We had a hiatus of about a year

01:20 while George Stribbins, our horn player, was settling into the Guildhall in London, whereas

01:30 the other two of us, Izzy and I, were still at the Royal Academy of Music. But we're very

01:35 close together, still at the Guildhall and Royal Academy of Music, same line even on

01:40 the tube. So we decided, well, why not? Let's keep going on with the horn trio. There's

01:46 so much fantastic repertoire and that just doesn't get heard as much.

01:51 And you're just on the point of graduating, completing your postgraduate studies, but

01:55 remaining at the Academy, which is fantastic. Yes, exactly. Yeah, it's been a wonderful

02:01 six years at the Academy. I've learned a huge amount and it's a great honour to be able

02:06 to give back a little next year as a fellow at the Royal Academy.

02:10 Fantastic. And is that like a transition into the world of performing and making a living

02:15 through performance? How does that work? Yeah, I'd say so. I think there are not too

02:21 many hard commitments that I have with the fellowship as with some other fellowships.

02:25 This is quite a new one, actually, just established for this year for a few piano students. But

02:32 I know it will be great to still be affiliated with the Academy and be able to go out and

02:38 really keep performing and collaborating.

02:41 I think there's a better way to launch into that than two dates at the Festival of Chichester.

02:47 Your solo recital on June 21st and the horn trio performance on June 23rd. Lovely to speak

02:55 to you. Have a great time in Chichester. Thank you.

02:57 Thank you very much.

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