4 HANDS AT THE PIANO
Sophie Robertson and Chloe Moodie
Wednsday 6th August 2025, 2.00 pm
St. Michael's Parish Church, Linithgow
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This event is part of Linlithgow Arts Guild's "Summer Concert Series" featuring current and recent former students of the Scottish Royal Conservatoire. The concert will feature a mixed programme of 4-hands duets and solos from each of the performers.
TICKETS: Entry to our summer concerts is free of charge but we will invite donations at the door. The link below will enable reservation of tickets online. It is not yet active (May 2025) but will be enabled on 6th June at midday.
Duo
Selection from the Sleeping Beauty Suite by Tchaikovsky, arranged by Rachmaninoff
( ll. Adagio-Pas d'action, lll. Pas de Charactère - Le Chat, V. Valse)
"Gazebo Dances" ( Overture and Tarantella) by John Corigliano
Solos - Sophie Robertson
H. Cowall: Three Irish Legends (1.The Tides of Manaunaun)
Rachmaninoff: Études Tableaux Op.33
( lll. Grave in C minor, and Vlll. Moderato in G minor)
Solos - Chloe Moodie
Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage (II, I. Spozalizio)
Nikolai Medtner: 4 Fairy Tales Op26 (No.2 Molto Vivace in E Flat major)
The Performers
Sophie Robertson is an 18-year-old Scottish pianist studying a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She started playing at the age of 6 and has shown a keen interest in pursuing her love of performing ever since. Sophie was also a piano student in the Junior Department at the RCS for 3 years, studying under the tutelage of Silviya Mihaylova, whom she continues to work with. Sophie has been a keen competitor in several music festivals across Scotland and has received awards such as 1st place in ‘Kawai New Piano Stars’ where she was awarded ‘The Sam Hutchings Prize’ (Nov 2023), 2nd place in the Modern Piano Class (2023 and 2024) and 3rd place in the Romantic Class (2024) in the Glasgow Music Festival, as well as 1st place in several classes in the Inverclyde Music Festival.
Chloe Moodie is in her first year studying Piano Performance (BMus Hons) at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. She has been receiving lessons from Saša Gerzelj since she started at the Junior Conservatoire in February 2024. As a winner of Perth Youth Orchestra's Concerto Competition 2024, she performed the first movement of Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor at the orchestra's Spring and Autumn concerts in venues including Greyfriars Kirk - during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival - and Perth Concert Hall. She thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of learning this piece. She was thrilled with the opportunity to see the drama and colours Mendelssohn creates in it brought to life, performing with such a fantastic youth orchestra. Chloe developed a love for music at a young age and started receiving piano lessons from her mum at 5 years old, later working with various teachers throughout high school.
