Patrick Avery: Guitar
Riko Tanaka: Soprano
Riko and Patrick present a programme of works by Gerhard, Takemitsu, and Seiber
Arrangements by Britten and Mistutoshi Tanaka
Patrick Avery is an experienced classical and electric guitarist and teacher. He studied at London College of Music and Media where he gained his degree. Patrick has been a teacher for Southern Counties Music, Brigidine School, Windsor and at the North London Music Centre. He is now an educator with Edvantage providing supplementary education for children in the South of England.
Born in Obihiro, Japan, in 1978, Riko Tanaka started playing the piano when she was four. She has sung all her life and when she was 16 began singing studies under Chieko Matsuzaki.
From 1996 she studied acting in Barcelona, moving to London in 2002, where she studied singing under Merril Jenkins and Stephen Rose at the London College of Music. She graduated in 2008 with a Masters Degree in Musical Performance, having won both the Henry Baker Prize for outstanding Musical Contribution to the College and the annual college singing competition.
Entrance: Free, with retiring collection for the artist.
