7 Exton Street, Waterloo
Tomorrow
18:00
Love, identity, and storytelling lie at the heart of this duo piano recital, taking place in June during Pride month as we celebrate our tenth anniversary. Our programme brings together music by gay and bisexual composers across styles and eras, tracing a journey from intimacy and reflection to brilliance and joy. From the romance and drama of Romeo and Juliet & West Side Story, to the wit, colour, and tenderness of Poulenc, Hahn, Barber, Britten, Copland and more, this concert is both a personal milestone and a heartfelt tribute—an evening of music to be shared, remembered, and celebrated. Come join us! Poulenc Sonata for Piano Four Hands Reynaldo Hahn 7 Berceuses Barber Souvenirs, Op 28 Bernstein West Side Story (selections) Copland Variations on Shaker Melody from Appalachian Spring Britten Four Sea Interludes Op 33a - No. 1 Dawn Tchaikovsky Romeo And Juliet Elton John Your Song Kyle Nash-Baker is a pianist/composer from Staffordshire, based in London. He first started to teach himself to play piano aged 12 and began to write compositions after the colours he saw whilst playing them - a condition known as Synaesthesia. At the age of 15 Kyle’s composition ‘Red’ reached number 1 in the classical Itunes download charts and held this position for over 3 weeks. After hearing his music Vivienne Westwood asked him to write a suite of works to perform at her Fashion show at Paris fashion week. During 2013 Kyle toured Budapest, Switzerland and was featured in the Cartagena festival in Colombia with the violinist Geza Hosszu-Legocky and his string ensemble sharing concerts with such artists as Sergei Babayan and the Borodin Quartet. Kyle was awarded 1st Prize at the 2022 Trinity Laban Soloist Competition, 1st Prize in Stratford and East London Piano Competition including the Felix Marr prize, 2nd prize in the Christopher Duke international Piano Competition. He has been a finalist in The Alfred Kitchin Schumann competition, The John Longmire Beethoven competition, The Glass Sellers Beethoven Competition and The Guildhall Romantic Prize. He has been a semi-finalist in the The Tunbridge Wells Young Artists International Competition, and at The Livorno International Piano Competition. Kyle completed his Masters Degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Charles Owen as a Leverhulme Trust Scholar in 2022. And, completed his Artist Diploma at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance with Sergio De Simone as a Gladys Bratton scholar in 2023. Kyle recently made his debut at Cadogan Hall as a soloist with the Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra with Gerry Cornelius in 2023 playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3. As a piano recitalist he has performed in such venues as The Lighthouse centre in Poole, St Mary Le Strand, St George’s Hannover Square,The Red Hedgehog, Charlton House and Romsey Abbey to name a few. He has played in Spain twice last year and is looking forward to launching a new recital project focusing on early lesser known and unfinished works by Franz Schubert - named ‘Franz Schubert - the unfinished and the unheard’.
Tomorrow
19:00
Love, identity, and storytelling lie at the heart of this duo piano recital, taking place in June during Pride month as we celebrate our tenth anniversary. Our programme brings together music by gay and bisexual composers across styles and eras, tracing a journey from intimacy and reflection to brilliance and joy. From the romance and drama of Romeo and Juliet & West Side Story, to the wit, colour, and tenderness of Poulenc, Hahn, Barber, Britten, Copland and more, this concert is both a personal milestone and a heartfelt tribute—an evening of music to be shared, remembered, and celebrated. Come join us! Poulenc Sonata for Piano Four Hands Reynaldo Hahn 7 Berceuses Barber Souvenirs, Op 28 Bernstein West Side Story (selections) Copland Variations on Shaker Melody from Appalachian Spring Britten Four Sea Interludes Op 33a - No. 1 Dawn Tchaikovsky Romeo And Juliet Elton John Your Song Kyle Nash-Baker is a pianist/composer from Staffordshire, based in London. He first started to teach himself to play piano aged 12 and began to write compositions after the colours he saw whilst playing them - a condition known as Synaesthesia. At the age of 15 Kyle’s composition ‘Red’ reached number 1 in the classical Itunes download charts and held this position for over 3 weeks. After hearing his music Vivienne Westwood asked him to write a suite of works to perform at her Fashion show at Paris fashion week. During 2013 Kyle toured Budapest, Switzerland and was featured in the Cartagena festival in Colombia with the violinist Geza Hosszu-Legocky and his string ensemble sharing concerts with such artists as Sergei Babayan and the Borodin Quartet. Kyle was awarded 1st Prize at the 2022 Trinity Laban Soloist Competition, 1st Prize in Stratford and East London Piano Competition including the Felix Marr prize, 2nd prize in the Christopher Duke international Piano Competition. He has been a finalist in The Alfred Kitchin Schumann competition, The John Longmire Beethoven competition, The Glass Sellers Beethoven Competition and The Guildhall Romantic Prize. He has been a semi-finalist in the The Tunbridge Wells Young Artists International Competition, and at The Livorno International Piano Competition. Kyle completed his Masters Degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Charles Owen as a Leverhulme Trust Scholar in 2022. And, completed his Artist Diploma at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance with Sergio De Simone as a Gladys Bratton scholar in 2023. Kyle recently made his debut at Cadogan Hall as a soloist with the Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra with Gerry Cornelius in 2023 playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3. As a piano recitalist he has performed in such venues as The Lighthouse centre in Poole, St Mary Le Strand, St George’s Hannover Square,The Red Hedgehog, Charlton House and Romsey Abbey to name a few. He has played in Spain twice last year and is looking forward to launching a new recital project focusing on early lesser known and unfinished works by Franz Schubert - named ‘Franz Schubert - the unfinished and the unheard’.