An ensemble led by Latvian cellist Margarita Balanas presents two extraordinary pieces for cello and jazz trio by Lucie Treacher and Claude Bolling.

Latvian cellist and conductor Margarita Balanas has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, Berliner Philharmonie, Musikverein, Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, Foundation Louis Vuitton, Walt Disney Hall and L’Auditori Barcelona.
A winner of Latvian Grand Music Award winner, Margarita has performed as a soloist with orchestras including The Munich Philharmonic, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonietta Riga, Saarbrucken Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Philharmonie Merck.
Margarita Balanas will be Paavo Järvi’s Assistant Conductor at the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich in season 23/24. Margarita is the founder and music director of the ANONIMI orchestra and charity, and has conducted the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, Glover-Edwards Symphony Orchestra, Baltic Sea Philharmonic and Järvi Academy Orchestra and Sinfonietta. From September 2023, Margarita Balanas will be undertaking her Professional Diploma studies in conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in London under Sian Edwards.
Recent performances include European concert tours together with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Mutter Virtuosi ensemble, following the successful North American tour earlier in January-February 2023.
Margarita is a guest artist for Classic FM, Scala Radio, BBC Radio 3 In Tune. Her debut album of Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No.1 and other works with Linn Records has since been featured on some of the most exciting Apple Music playlists such as ‘Classical You Must Hear This Month’, ‘Women in Classical Music’ and ‘The A-List Classical’.

Daniil Margulis is the Grand Prize winner of the 8th International Caspian Artist competition as well as a Finalist in the 2017 Silk Street Sinfonia Young Soloist Competition in London. He made his public debut aged 7 when he gave a solo performance on Turkish “NTV”. After finishing his studies at the Bilkent University Music and Ballet school where he studied with Zurab Tsitsuashvili he went on to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School on a full scholarship with Professor Caroline Emery with whom he continues to study at the Royal College of Music on a full scholarship.
He has many solo performances to his credit as well as a substantial orchestral repertoire. He has been the principal Double Bassist of the RCMJD Symphony Orchestra, YMS String Orchestra, RCM Symphony and the Ankara and Bilkent Youth Symphony Orchestras as well as visiting tutti member of Bilkent Symphony Orchestra playing under conductors such as Peter Stark, Jac van Steen, Martyn Brabbins, Vasily Petrenko, Gurer Aykal, Oscar Colomina i Bosch and Elşad Bagirov as well as being a member of TURKSOY Chamber Orchestra with whom he toured the Balkan States. Chamber Music highlights include a collaboration with Emmanuel Despax on BBC Radio 3 “In Tune” as well as being invited to the 8th International Cappadocia Chamber Music Festival for J.S Bachs 333rd Birthday Celebrations in 2018.

Ashley Henry’s critically acclaimed album, Beautiful Vinyl Hunter, was released in 2020. It was Jazz Japan’s Album of the Year, nominated as a BBC 6 Music’s Album of the Year, becoming only the second jazz album ever to do so. He was named France Jazz Magazine’s New Jazz Artist of the Year for 2020, and toured globally with Christine and the Queens, whilst supporting Loyle Carner’s second album tour.
Ashley Henry’s take on sound reflects his London upbringing and his Caribbean roots. His genre-bending sound and collaborative practice draws from classical training and being a diligent student of the Black radical traditions, its futurism and history, pulse, restlessness, and poise. His music is as informed by the work of James Baldwin, and Angela Davis, as it is by Ahmed Jamal, George Benson, Geri Allen and Aretha Franklin.

Percussionist and multi- instrumentalist James Larter has always been obsessed with rhythm; whether it be the roaring sound of Brazilian Samba or the intricate palette of the Contemporary classical repertoire, music that makes people move is a passion.
Since graduating from the Royal Academy of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, winning awards from the ESU, New York Philharmonic and Yamaha Foundation he is an in-demand session musician, soloist and composer and has played with a wide variety of groups and artists from Sampha and Gang of Youths to the London Philharmonic Orchestra, St Petersburg Ballet, English National Opera and the Philharmonia. James has also performed Richard Rodney-Bennett’s Marimba Concerto live on BBC Radio 3 with the BBC Philharmonic under the baton of John Wilson and has featured at the Royal Festival Hall, as the soloist in ‘The Bloodless Giant’. His debut album ‘Polarity’ is available on all platforms and his compositions are published by Bachovich Publications.

Lucie Treacher, Portals
Claude Bolling, Suite for cello and jazz trio

Margarita Balanas, cello
Daniil Margulis, double bass
James Larter, percussions
Ashley Henry, piano

Doors open at 7pm with performance starting at 730pm.

Please note: Small dishes will be available to buy from an a la carte menu available on the evening. Ticket includes one drink (glass of wine or a beer) but food is not included in the ticket price. Standard tickets are shared table seats in the main restaurant area. Seating will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. This is a relaxed jazz performance but guests are encouraged not to speak during the music.