A concert of classical music with the young French horn player Zoe Tweed and the pianist Julian Chan will take place at Seaton's Gateway Theatre on Thursday, March 21.

The concert will open with the Sonata for Horn and Piano by Charles-Louis-Eugène Koechlin, who was influenced by Fauré and himself taught Massenet and Poulenc. Julian will perform Alban Berg’s Piano Sonata, an accessible and highly emotional work from 1910.

The concert will also feature Jean-Michel Defaye’s showpiece Alpha and three short neo-romantic works by Jean-Michel Damase, before Belgian composer Jane Vignery’s Horn Sonata Op 7 (described as the sonata that Ravel would have written if he’d written a horn sonata!) brings the concert to a close.

Zoë Tweed received the Sir Elton John Scholarship from the Royal Academy of Music and has gone on to perform with various orchestras across the UK, including working as Guest Principal with the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra. She has also performed with London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. She has a passion for chamber music.

Julian Chan has established a reputation as an outstanding and versatile chamber musician, having started to study the piano at the age of three. 

They visit Seaton with the generous support of the Countess of Munster Musical Trust.

This concert is part of Seaton Music's ongoing charitable objective to encourage young musicians. Tickets are £18 – purchase online at www.seatonmusic.org or at the door. Admission for under 19s and full-time students is free. The concert starts at 7.30pm.