Tallinn International Bach Music Festival

bachFest 2025

 

January 2nd 7 PM Tallinn House of the Blackheads

TWO TITANS

 

Foyle-Štšura Duo

  Michael Foyle, violin, UK

  Maksim Štšura, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for violin and piano No.4 BWV 1017

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for violin and piano Op.12 No.3

César Franck: Sonata for violin and piano in A M 8

 

Praised for ‘playing of compelling conviction’ (The Daily Telegraph) and ‘astonishing mutual feeling, understanding and responsiveness’ (Seen and Heard International) Foyle-Štšura Duo was formed in 2012 and won the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Duo Competition and the Salieri-Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition in 2015.

Since then, the Duo has performed in venues such as Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Buckingham Palace, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Usher Hall in Edinburgh, The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as for the St. Magnus International Festival, Grachtenfestival Amsterdam, New York Chamber Music Festival, Cervantino Festival in Mexico and Evgeny Mravinsky Festival in Tallinn and St. Petersburg. Their performances have been broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, NPO Radio 4 and Estonian Klassikaraadio.