We are delighted to announce that cellist Gerard Flotats will be performing Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85, composed in the aftermath of the First World War.

It is Elgar’s last major completed work and is a cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire.

Exciting Catalan cellist Gerard Flotats is a versatile young musician performing a wide spectrum of music, from Baroque on historical instruments to contemporary compositions with electronics.

Winner of the Royal Over-Seas League Strings Competition 2023 he has also been selected for the Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artist and Tillett Debut schemes, giving him plenty of performance experience from a young age.

Gerard has been invited to perform at music festivals around the world such as Yellow Barn, IMS Prussia Cove, the Hope Academy, Mendelssohn on Mull, Schiermonnikoog and Santander Encuentro.

Gerard is an active member of various orchestras and was principal cellist of the European Youth Orchestra (EUYO) in 2022 and has also led the RAM and JONDE orchestras. He has been invited to play with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ‘OAE’ and the Spanish National Orchestra ‘ONE’, and has worked with conductors such as Iván Fischer, Masaaki Suzuki, and Christoph Eschenbach.

Gerard is a current master’s student at the Royal Academy of Music with “Jacqueline du Pré Professor of Cello” Hannah Roberts, and also studies Baroque cello with Andrew Skidmore and Chamber music with John Myerscough.

Gerard is grateful for the generous support he receives from Help Musicians, The Muster Trust, The Albert Cooper Trust and the Craxton Trust. He currently plays on a ‘Francesco Rugeri’ cello from 1689, loaned from the Royal Academy of Music Collection. He has to return this cello soon, so he is looking to borrow another instrument for a longer-term loan!

Find out more about Gerard at his website – www.gerardflotats.com

Programme:
William Walton – Suite from Henry V
Edward Elgar – Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85 – Gerard Flotats, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A major Op.92

A link to buy tickets will appear here in due course.

Adult £10
Concessions £5 (full time students / income support / disability benefit only)
Under 19 £2
Under 5 free