The Spire Concert Series: Laura Margaret Smith and Liivi Arder
Mezzo soprano Laura Margaret Smith is joined by Estonian pianist Liivi Arder for a concert at St Andrews West Parish Church on Saturday 22nd March as part of The Spire Concert Series!
About The Spire Concert Series: Laura Margaret Smith and Liivi Arder
Mezzo soprano Laura Margaret Smith is joined by Estonian pianist Liivi Arder
and have been performing together since 2009 whilst at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where they were awarded prizes in the Frank Spedding Lieder Competition and the Hugh S Roberton Scots Song Competition.
They have performed extensively in many festivals around the UK, including with Live Music Now Scotland and at the European Commission Estonian Presidency reception at Scottish Parliament House. They made their Estonian debut in Tallinn in 2019.
Laura and Liivi specialise in German Lieder repertoire and have performed in masterclass with Florian Boesch and Malcolm Martineau at Glasgow City Halls.
Laura Margaret Smith has sung with the Bayreuth Festival, Hamburg State Opera, Scottish Opera, Wexford Festival Opera, Edinburgh International Festival, Opera Bohemia, Mahler Players, NOISE, Opera Mahogany, Paisley Opera, Scottish Voices and Red Note Ensemble.
She has also performed in venues such as the Melbourne Recital Centre, Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Kings Place, Celtic Connections, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, PODIUM Festival, St. Martin-in-the-fields, The Usher Hall, The Queen’s Hall, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and in a live broadcast for BBC Radio 3.
Liivi Arder studied at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, and in 2010 she completed the Advanced Accompaniment Course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland under Fali Pavri and later received the Sam Hutchings Fellowship award. She was awarded first prize in the Valentino Bucchi Competition in Rome, third prize in the chamber music category of the 11th Pietro Argento Music Competition in Gioia del Colle, the Estonian National Television prize in their Con Brio competition, and the Hester Dickson accompanist prize. Liivi has been a soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EMTA) at the Aberdeen International Youth Festival and was a member of the EMTA New Music Ensemble playing in the Contemporary Music Festival in Seoul. As an accompanist Liivi has been working for summer courses and masterclasses at the RCS and with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. She has given chamber music concerts with Nikita Naumov, Ana Cordova Andres and Peter Wesley, and has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Glasgow West End Festival with the ensemble Daniel’s Beard. Liivi is currently an accompanist and coach at the RCS String Department and Junior Conservatoire of Scotland. She is also the pianist in the Da Vinci Piano Trio with violinist Anthony Moffat and cellist Rudi de Groote.
Programme includes Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder, Strauss songs, some operatic arias and Scottish folk songs.
Ticket price includes pre-concert refreshments from 12 noon.
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