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Farley Music Programme for 2025
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Tuesday 10th June 2025, 7:00pm
Ruta Vaytkute (flute) | Nicholas Walker (piano)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Sonata in E minor for flute and basso continuo, BWV 1034
I. Adagio ma non tanto
II. Allegro
III. Andante
IV. Allegro
I. Adagio ma non tanto
II. Allegro
III. Andante
IV. Allegro
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) – Introduction and Variations for flute and piano in e-minor D.802 Op. posth. 160
Sergey Sergeevich Prokofiev (1891-1953) – Sonata for flute and piano n.1 in D- major Op. 94
I. Moderato
II. Scherzo
III. Andante
IV. Allegro con brio
I. Moderato
II. Scherzo
III. Andante
IV. Allegro con brio
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Ruta Vaytkute is a professional flutist based in London.
Ruta’s musical life began in Kaliningrad, Russia at the Glier music school where her teacher was Lebedeva Tatiana. Later she continued her studies at the Central music school under Moscow state Tchaikovsky conservatory with professor Alexander Golyshev, graduating from it with honor degree. In 2024 Ruta has completed her bachelor degree at the Royal academy of music and today she is a final year student of a master degree at the Royal academy of music, London. Ruta’s teachers at the Academy were William Bennett, Samuel Coles, Keith Bragg, Lisa Beznosiuk.
Besides Ruta’s professional musical education she also attended many masterclasses with world famous musicians such as Denis Bouriakov, Julie Stewart-Lafin, Julien Beaudiment, Felix Renggli, Marina Piccinini, Silvia Careddu, Emily Beynon, Stefan Hoskuldsson, Emmanuel Pahud, Lorna McGhee, Paul Edmund-Davies, Vincent Lukas. Ruta was lucky to be chosen by sir James Galway to be his student for more than 6 years since her age of 12.
Today Ruta is a successful freelance musician performing in world famous venues as a soloist and in chamber collaborations too. During past 6 years Ruta performed in The Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Musicverein (Vienna, Austria), Berliner Philharmonie (Berlin, Germany), Mariinsky Theatre (St.Petersburg, Russia), Zaryadye Concert Hall (Moscow), the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Big Hall, Moscow Philharmonia (Moscow,Russia), Kaunas Philharmonia (Lithuania). Ruta is travelling a lot with the concerts across major cities of Russia such as Nizny Novgorod, Volgograd, Yekaterinburg, Perm, Tula, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok. Performed also in Shanghai and Beijin (China), Singapore, Seoul (South Korea), Virginia (USA), Rome (Italy), Brussels (Belgium), cities of Germany, England (the UK) and more.
Ruta was passionate about orchestra playing since her early age. That is why at the age of 14 Ruta successfully auditioned for Youth Symphony Orchestra of Russia under the direction of Yuri Bashmet and spent there 6 years of her professional orchestra playing development. Later Ruta had an experience of playing within professional orchestras such as Novaya Rossiya state orchestra and London Sinfonietta.
Since Ruta moved to London, she started working with contemporary composers and performing world premieres. Highliting her latest projects, she recorded a premiere of “Gemmayze” written for the special occasion of 200 years jubilee of the Royal academy of music by Joanna Marsh. Ruta also toured to Canary Islands (Spain) as a member of Manson Ensemble and premiered works by Phillip Cashian. Last year Ruta released a graphic scores project recording for October House Records as a member of Riot Ensemble.
Ruta’s musical life began in Kaliningrad, Russia at the Glier music school where her teacher was Lebedeva Tatiana. Later she continued her studies at the Central music school under Moscow state Tchaikovsky conservatory with professor Alexander Golyshev, graduating from it with honor degree. In 2024 Ruta has completed her bachelor degree at the Royal academy of music and today she is a final year student of a master degree at the Royal academy of music, London. Ruta’s teachers at the Academy were William Bennett, Samuel Coles, Keith Bragg, Lisa Beznosiuk.
Besides Ruta’s professional musical education she also attended many masterclasses with world famous musicians such as Denis Bouriakov, Julie Stewart-Lafin, Julien Beaudiment, Felix Renggli, Marina Piccinini, Silvia Careddu, Emily Beynon, Stefan Hoskuldsson, Emmanuel Pahud, Lorna McGhee, Paul Edmund-Davies, Vincent Lukas. Ruta was lucky to be chosen by sir James Galway to be his student for more than 6 years since her age of 12.
Today Ruta is a successful freelance musician performing in world famous venues as a soloist and in chamber collaborations too. During past 6 years Ruta performed in The Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Musicverein (Vienna, Austria), Berliner Philharmonie (Berlin, Germany), Mariinsky Theatre (St.Petersburg, Russia), Zaryadye Concert Hall (Moscow), the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Big Hall, Moscow Philharmonia (Moscow,Russia), Kaunas Philharmonia (Lithuania). Ruta is travelling a lot with the concerts across major cities of Russia such as Nizny Novgorod, Volgograd, Yekaterinburg, Perm, Tula, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok. Performed also in Shanghai and Beijin (China), Singapore, Seoul (South Korea), Virginia (USA), Rome (Italy), Brussels (Belgium), cities of Germany, England (the UK) and more.
Ruta was passionate about orchestra playing since her early age. That is why at the age of 14 Ruta successfully auditioned for Youth Symphony Orchestra of Russia under the direction of Yuri Bashmet and spent there 6 years of her professional orchestra playing development. Later Ruta had an experience of playing within professional orchestras such as Novaya Rossiya state orchestra and London Sinfonietta.
Since Ruta moved to London, she started working with contemporary composers and performing world premieres. Highliting her latest projects, she recorded a premiere of “Gemmayze” written for the special occasion of 200 years jubilee of the Royal academy of music by Joanna Marsh. Ruta also toured to Canary Islands (Spain) as a member of Manson Ensemble and premiered works by Phillip Cashian. Last year Ruta released a graphic scores project recording for October House Records as a member of Riot Ensemble.
Hailed by the London Evening Standard as a ‘prodigy, of awesome technical fluency backed by exceptional artistry’, Nicholas Walker possesses a rare combination of talents combining sensitivity with ‘the flair of a full scale virtuoso and a sparkling intelligence’ (BBC Music Magazine).
He studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won all the major awards for both piano and composition, and subsequently at the Moscow Conservatoire.
While still a student in Moscow, he won the First Newport International Piano Competition and has since played with many British Orchestras, including the City of Birmingham and National Symphony Orchestras, the Royal Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, the London Festival and New Queen’s Hall Orchestras, the Philharmonia and the BBC National Symphony Orchestra of Wales. As well as performing in all the major London concert halls, he has played in North and South America, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Scandinavia, Australia and Russia. He has recorded for BBC Radio 3, Cirrus, ASV, BMG Arte Nova, Chandos, Toccata Classics and Naxos Grand Piano. Equally at home in chamber music, he is sought after as an imaginative and sensitive accompanist, and his CD with Lydia Mordkovitch of Russian violin music was Daily Telegraph CD of the week.
Although Walker’s performances of Beethoven have brought him special notice, and his performances of the lyrical and late romantic piano music have also been singled out for the highest praise, it is for his championing of the cause of the neglected leader of ‘The Mighty Handful’, Mili Alexei Balakirev, that he is best known. Described by the Financial Times as ‘the nearest thing to a natural Balakirev performer’, Walker’s two discs of Balakirev piano music for ASV (CD DCA 940 & 1048) received great critical acclaim, and he has also received high praise for his performances of other Russian composers, including his live recording of the Liapunov Sonata on Danacord (DACOCD 539), described by Jeremy Nicholas as ‘thrilling… a tour de force’
He studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won all the major awards for both piano and composition, and subsequently at the Moscow Conservatoire.
While still a student in Moscow, he won the First Newport International Piano Competition and has since played with many British Orchestras, including the City of Birmingham and National Symphony Orchestras, the Royal Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, the London Festival and New Queen’s Hall Orchestras, the Philharmonia and the BBC National Symphony Orchestra of Wales. As well as performing in all the major London concert halls, he has played in North and South America, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Scandinavia, Australia and Russia. He has recorded for BBC Radio 3, Cirrus, ASV, BMG Arte Nova, Chandos, Toccata Classics and Naxos Grand Piano. Equally at home in chamber music, he is sought after as an imaginative and sensitive accompanist, and his CD with Lydia Mordkovitch of Russian violin music was Daily Telegraph CD of the week.
Although Walker’s performances of Beethoven have brought him special notice, and his performances of the lyrical and late romantic piano music have also been singled out for the highest praise, it is for his championing of the cause of the neglected leader of ‘The Mighty Handful’, Mili Alexei Balakirev, that he is best known. Described by the Financial Times as ‘the nearest thing to a natural Balakirev performer’, Walker’s two discs of Balakirev piano music for ASV (CD DCA 940 & 1048) received great critical acclaim, and he has also received high praise for his performances of other Russian composers, including his live recording of the Liapunov Sonata on Danacord (DACOCD 539), described by Jeremy Nicholas as ‘thrilling… a tour de force’