Island pianist performs chamber music in support of the charity Dementia UK

Funds raised will support families living with dementia on the Island through a dementia specialist Admiral Nurse.

Following his hugely successful Goldberg Variations in November, Steinway Artist and Ryde resident James Longford returns to the Memorial Hall, Freshwater at 7.30pm on Friday 22 April with Felicity Broome-Skelton (violin) and Heidi Parsons (cello) – performing as the Galos Piano Trio.

The Galos Piano Trio is a unique group bonded through music-making and friendship that has spanned three decades. Felicity and James grew up on the Island before studying in London at Trinity College of Music and the Royal College of Music.

The trio's engaging and entertaining approach has seen them perform across the UK, inspire the next generation of composers and players with workshops in schools, and give hundreds of concerts across the world, and their two albums are available to stream on all major platforms.

"We are passionate about the piano trio genre, keeping great British music alive and exploring music by women composers. We champion the works of Armstrong-Gibbs, Bridge, Stanford, Clara Schumann, Mel Bonis, Johanna Doderer and Dame Ethel Smyth, and have recently made the first recording of Agnes Zimmermann's Suite for Piano Trio, which we will perform this evening.”