As he completes his postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, Julian Chan heads to the Festival of Chichester for two dates in three days.
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00:00 Good afternoon, my name is Phil Hewitt, Group Arts Editor at Sussex Newspapers and also
00:06 Chairman of the Festival of Chichester, and it's lovely to speak to Julian Chan, who is
00:11 heading our way for two dates in three days at the Festival of Chichester. You've got
00:16 a solo recital on June 21st, in which you will travel widely, and then performing with
00:23 your horn concerto two days later on June 23rd. Two dates in three days.
00:28 Yes. Is that a big task? Is that exciting, a chance
00:31 to show what you can do? Yes, absolutely exciting. I'm very excited
00:36 to come down to Chichester for a couple of days and share a very interesting couple of
00:44 programmes with pieces from all over the place. The first recital has music inspired by all
00:54 sorts of places over Europe and Indonesia. And the second one has English and German
01:00 music. Yeah, very exciting. And tell me a bit more about the horn trio.
01:06 You've been together for a number of years and it's just coming back together again,
01:09 isn't it? It's just reviving after, as you say, a slight hiatus.
01:13 Yes, exactly. Yes, it's exciting to be back together. We had a hiatus of about a year
01:20 while George Stribbins, our horn player, was settling into the Guildhall in London, whereas
01:30 the other two of us, Izzy and I, were still at the Royal Academy of Music. But we're very
01:35 close together, still at the Guildhall and Royal Academy of Music, same line even on
01:40 the tube. So we decided, well, why not? Let's keep going on with the horn trio. There's
01:46 so much fantastic repertoire and that just doesn't get heard as much.
01:51 And you're just on the point of graduating, completing your postgraduate studies, but
01:55 remaining at the Academy, which is fantastic. Yes, exactly. Yeah, it's been a wonderful
02:01 six years at the Academy. I've learned a huge amount and it's a great honour to be able
02:06 to give back a little next year as a fellow at the Royal Academy.
02:10 Fantastic. And is that like a transition into the world of performing and making a living
02:15 through performance? How does that work? Yeah, I'd say so. I think there are not too
02:21 many hard commitments that I have with the fellowship as with some other fellowships.
02:25 This is quite a new one, actually, just established for this year for a few piano students. But
02:32 I know it will be great to still be affiliated with the Academy and be able to go out and
02:38 really keep performing and collaborating.
02:41 I think there's a better way to launch into that than two dates at the Festival of Chichester.
02:47 Your solo recital on June 21st and the horn trio performance on June 23rd. Lovely to speak
02:55 to you. Have a great time in Chichester. Thank you.
02:57 Thank you very much.
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