| Performance Notes | In partnership with the Royal College of Music
Daniel Shao, born in1995 in London is a half-Chinese flute player currently studying with Katherine Bicknell at the Royal College of Music Junior Department and Purcell School of Music. He started his studies at age 7 on the piano, and began to study flute at age 9 with Deanne Payne. When he was 12 he undertook lessons with the lautist Susan Milan. He had played several concertos including with the Amdeux Orchestra at Kings Place in June 2012, and is playing the Ibert Concerto with Kingston Chamber Orchestra in June 2013. Also an enthusiastic pianist, he won the Prize for the Best Second Study Piano Assessment at the Purcell School, and studies with Lidia Amorelli. |