Lunch Time Concert - Urška Horvat, Cello and Pinar Celik Warsi, Piano

Robert Schumann : Fantasiestucke

Škerjanc Lucijan Marija - Pet liričnih melodij I. Andante (3’) V. Lento (3’) 

Ozkan Manav: Uc Turku op.25 no. 2: "Al Tavandan Belleri" (Take the Spades from the Ceiling)

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise

Manuel De Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole – El paño moruno, Nana, Canción, Asturiana, Polo

Edward Elgar -Salur d’Amour

Urška Horvat is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes from national and international competitions, among those are the 1st prize at the Live Music Now supported by Yehudi Menuhin, Concordia Foundation 2017, Wettbewerb fur Violoncello Liezen (Austria), Young International JanigroCompetition (Croatia) and the 1st prize at the Soloists' Competition 2016, that led her to perform Dvorak cello concerto at the Cadogan Hall, London. Urška has been invited as a soloist and a chamber musician to participate at the Trondheim Chamber Music Festival (Norway) and is performing extensively as chamber musician and soloist across Europe. She is a member of Avant Trio; their recent CD has been released by Sheva records receiving a rave review in the BBC Music Magazine. One of her performances has recently been also broadcast on BBC Radio 3. 

Pinar Celik Warsi was born in Istanbul, began playing the piano in 1991 at Istanbul Anatolian Fine Arts High school and in 1994 she was accepted to Istanbul University State Conservatory where she studied with Professor Meral Yapali. Pinar obtained her BMus with honours in 2000 and continued her Postgraduate Diploma in Advance Performance studies at Royal Northern College of Music with Renna Kellaway in the UK. During her studies she has played solo and chamber music concerts in prestigious Hall such as Ataturk Cultural centre, Austrian cultural Centre, International Piano Series in Istanbul to mention a few. She also performed with Istanbul University State Conservatoire Orchestra as a soloist. From 2001 to 2006 she taught piano and worked as an accompanist at the Istanbul University State Conservatory while continuing her performances in Turkey and abroad. 

After moving to the England in 2006, she continued her studies at the Royal Academy of Music with Tatiana Sarkissova and obtained her Postgraduate Diploma in Piano Performance in 2008. 

The highlight of her many solo and chamber music recitals in Turkey and abroad include the Istanbul International Music Festival, the International Interfest Bitola Music Festival, and collaborated with many musicians such as violist RusenGunes, cellist Alexander Somov are among one of them. Pinar has played in Istanbul's important venues such as Cemal Resid Rey Concert Hall, Is SanatConcert Hall, Ataturk Cultural Centre, Austrian Cultural Centre, Steinway Haus in Dusseldorf. She played with Istanbul and Adana State Symphony Orchestras and Istanbul Chamber Orchestra. As well as in Turkey, Pinar has performed in Germany, Spain, Macedonia, Italy and in the U.K. 

In 2024 she has World Premiered formidable Turkish composer, Yalcin Tura’s Piano Concerto with the London Chamber Orchestra at the Royal College of Music in London to celebrate the 100^th year of Turkish Republic in the U.K. She has collaborated with many musicians, among some Rusen Gunes, Alexandar Somov and Eva Bogoevska.

She has participated in master classes with Professor Sergei Dorensky, Irina Zaritskaya, Huseyin Sermet, Barry Synder, Andrei Diev, Leontina Margulis, Diana Ketler and Dianne Andersson. 

She has participated in international competitions. She won the 2nd prize in the 3rd Interfest Bitola International Piano Competition and the 3rd prize in the 7th Shabhyt-Inspiration International Chamber Music Competition in Astana. 

Pinar lives in London. She continues to perform and collaborate with many musicians, teaches piano privately and at the Rachmaninof Music Academy.