Stockport Symphony

The North West's finest amateur musicians playing beautiful music since 1977

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Looking forward to our first concert in 2026 with this fantastic programme. We're very excited to welcome back the winner of SIYMC 2025, Anna McCargow to perform the mighty and magnificent Beethoven 'Emperor' Piano Concerto.

Tickets available from https://t.co/LKgzo6WEiS

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Like a bit of chocolate with your music?!
Our Matinee gig on Sun 14th Dec has chocolate themed pieces of music- the Chocolate Symphony (4 movs with chocolate tasting included) and music from Willy Wonka.
A world of pure imagination!
Get your tix now! https://t.co/LKgzo6WEiS

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Our concert on Sun 14th Dec is our family matinee concert. We have some musical treats in store and some actual treats too - chocolate tasting and the chocolate is provided!
And festive tunes too - White Christmas, Sleigh Ride and Christmas Festival.

https://t.co/LKgzo6WEiS

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Our next concert is on the 8th November and we’re excited to be playing excerpts from Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet. And that means we get the rare opportunity orchestrally to welcome Jen to play the gloriously sonorous tenor saxophone.

Get your tickets: https://t.co/LKgzo6WEiS

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Yay! It's September and that marks rehearsals starting for our splendid 2025-2026 season. Get your feet tapping as Stockport Symphony Orchestra cordially presents your Invitation to the Dance!
Full info visit https://t.co/CHDSYd9JsA
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Our billboard for the next concert is up on the A6.

3 superb young finalists will vie to become the winner of the fourth SIYMC.

Details - https://t.co/o3XoAqXFmx and https://t.co/CHDSYd9JsA
Tickets https://t.co/B8bE3f7iJ3

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Here's a snippet from last night's rehearsal with Callum Smart playing the Sibelius violin Concerto. It's going to sound wonderful in the Town Hall tomorrow night.
Tickets still available from https://t.co/LKgzo6Xc8q

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Many thanks to our Judges Graham Scott, Jamie Phillips and Stephen Threlfall for their expertise on Saturday at our semi finals for the SIYMC. It was a wonderful day listening to some amazing young musicians. Winners to be announced soon for the Finals on March 29th.

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Our final competitor today is Anna McCargow.

Anna, 23, is an award-winning British pianist based in Germany.

Passionate about classical music, Anna is actively pursuing a career as a soloist and as a chamber musician. She regularly performs with orchestras in Italy and Germany

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Our fifth competitor is Yulia Mats.

She studied at the Kharkiv National University of Arts and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Piano Performance at Trinity Conservatoire in London.

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Number four to perform is Wojciech Prazuch.

Wojciech is currently studying cello with Isang Enders at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin.

Wojciech had lessons with renowned cellists such as Nicolas Altstaedt, Karine Georgian, Troels Svane and Miklos Perenyi.

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Third up on stage is Jan Van de Watering.
At the age of 9 he started taking trombone lessons and at 15 he was given the opportunity to play with Brassband Willebroek, a leading orchestra at international level.
Currently Jan studies at the Royal Conservatory at The Hague.

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Second on the stage is Iryna Marchuk.

Iryna began studying violin at the age of seven. At 15, she entered the Chernivtsi Music College and later continued her studies at the Lviv National Music Academy at 19.
In 2024, she enrolled at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London.

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Our first competitor is Doomin Kim.

He started to play the piano at the age of seven. In 2016, he decided to move to Paris and study with Michael Wladkowski at the École Normale de Musique where he obtained the Superior Diploma of Chamber music and the Artist Diploma.

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Today we're holding the semi finals for SIYMC 2025. We have 6 competitors today and 3 will go through to the final which will be held on March 29th. Keep following for introductions to each competitor

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Great concert this Saturday - tickets from https://t.co/B8bE3f7iJ3

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Tickets available from https://t.co/B8bE3f7iJ3 for our "French Fantastique!" concert this Saturday.
See you there!
#stockporttownofculture

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Sunday is creeping up fast - there’s still time to snag a ticket for our matinee concert.
Go https://t.co/B8bE3f7iJ3 or visit https://t.co/CHDSYd9JsA for more details
#pirates #stockportonsea #stockporttownofculture

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Our family friendly matinee concert is 3pm Sat 10th Dec when we present to you Stockport-on-Sea! With mermaids, sharks and pirates it should be a fun afternoon.
https://t.co/B8bE3f7QyB for tickets
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Had a fun rehearsal last night as Gina Hazell joined @zajaconductor for Shostakovich 5. Perfect antidote to the miserable weather.

Tickets for Saturday available from https://t.co/B8bE3f7iJ3