LTCF IS AWARDED "REEF CHARITY OF THE YEAR 2008/2009"
Maya's charity, the Lenny Trusler Children's Foundation, has been chosen by Reef Television as their Charity of the Year, just one month after its official launch. The award includes a £10.000 donation towards their first mission, a family room for the neonatal unit of the Whittington Hospital London.

LENNY TRUSLER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
Maya and her husband Matthew Trusler have just set up the Lenny Trusler Children's Foundation. The charity will raise money mainly with musical projects and are now raising funds for a family room and an incubator for the Whittington Hospital London. Please visit the LTCF website on www.ltcf.co.uk

MAYA @ LAST NIGHT OF WELSH PROMS 2008
Maya has been invited to play at the Last Night of the Welsh Proms on 26 July 2008. She is going to perform Vaughan William's Lark Ascending and Massenet's Meditation from "Thaïs" with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes.

"PARIS" STRAD SELECTION OF THE MONTH
Maya's new CD Paris is Selection of the Month in STRAD magazine (April 2007):
Sumptuously engineered and glowingly played, this recital disc simply oozes class....
... Maya Koch and Julian Milford really have their fingers on the pulse, ... tantalisingly infusing this glorious music with about as much warmth and interpretative vim as it can take without losing its neo-Classical poise...
... playing with an elegance and natural warmth that is delectable...
... Milhaud's Le Boeuf sur le toit ... is also fiendishly difficult ..., yet Koch and Milford hardly seem to notice, so infectious are their fine-honed musical responses. Bravo!
To read the whole review go to PRESS

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NEWS ARCHIVE

RECITAL DISC "PARIS" FOR ORCHID CLASSICS
Maya's recording of works by Stravinsky, Poulenc and Milhaud for Orchid Classics is available in the shops now! Pianist on this disc is Julian Milford.
You can buy the CD on the Orchid Classics Website or on www.hmv.co.uk.
For more information go to RECORDINGS or visit www.orchidclassics.com

CD RECORDING FOR ARS MUSICI / PRIMAVERA
Maya has recorded a recital disc with works by Schumann, Prokofiev, Poulenc and Lutoslawski for the German CD label Ars Musici / Primavera. Her partner on the piano is her sister Sara Koch, who won the German Music Competition for Soloists in Berlin. The CD was released in August 2006 and is available to buy on www.amazon.de.
For more information about the CD go to RECORDINGS

BACH RECORDING FOR QUARTZ +
LAUNCH CONCERT @ CONWAY HALL
October saw the release of a CD with works by J.S. Bach played by the London Conchord Ensemble. The two CD set contains the Oboe Violin Concerto, the Double Violin Concerto, the B minor Overture the Oboe d'Amore Concerto and Brandenburg Concertos Nos 2, 4 and 5.
The CD was Henry Kelly's CD of the week on Classic FM on 12 October and received a 4 star review from Classic FM magazine.
For more information about this CD please go to RECORDINGS or visit www.quartzmusic.com

TOUR TO GERMANY
Conchord will travel to Germany in September 2007 to play Messiaën's Quartet of the End of Time amongst other pieces at the festival Niedersächsische Musiktage ("Rite & Religion") and the Tonhalle in Düsseldorf.

CONCERT @ CONCERTGEBOUW AMSTERDAM
On 27 March 2007 the London Conchord Ensemble is going to perform Shostakovich's String Quartet No 12, Stravinsky's Septet and Messiaën's Quartet of the End of Time at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

CONCHORD PLAYS BACH
On 1 November you can hear Maya with the London Conchord Ensemble perform Concertos by Bach at the Chapel of Chelsea Royal Hospital in London. On the programme: Oboe / Violin Concerto, Violin Concerto in E major, Oboe d'Amore Concerto and the Double Violin Concerto with guest soloist Matthew Trusler.


To celebrate the launch of their new BACH CD there was a launch concert @ Conway Hall, London on 8 October. On the programme: Overture in B minor, Brandenburg Concerto No 2, Oboe / Violin Concerto and Brandenburg Concerto No 4.
For more information about this concert please visit www.conwayhall.org.uk

CONCHORD @ WINDSOR FESTIVAL
If you have missed the concert @ Chichester Festival, you have another chance to hear the London Conchord Ensemble play concertos by Bach (Oboe / Violin Concerto, Brandenburg Concerto No 2) and Mozart (Sinfonia Concertante and Flute & Harp Concerto) @ Windsor Parish Church on 22 September.
For more information please visit www.windsorfestival.com

CONCHORD @ CHICHESTER FESTIVAL
On 3 July Maya performed with the London Conchord Ensemble in a sold-out Chichester Cathedral. She played the solo parts for Bach's Oboe / Violin Concerto and Brandenburg Concerto No 2 as well as Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante. This is the review from Chichester Today:
AS NEAR PERFECT AS POSSIBLE
Bach and Mozart by candlelight,
The London Conchord Ensemble,
Chichester Cathedral.
A young orchestra full of vitality and infectious enthusiasm produced a concert of music by Mozart and Bach which was as near perfection as it is possible to get. The distinct feeling was that each musician was a superb soloist in their own right.
The highly accomplished soloists were Maya Koch (violin), Daniel Pailthorpe (flute), Emily Pailthorpe (oboe) and Nicholas Korth (horn) whose individual playing was impeccable. Outstanding was the delightful andante trio of flute, oboe and violin. The total empathy between Maya Koch (violin) and Emily Pailthorpe (oboe) in Bach’s Concerto in C minor for Violin and Oboe was almost tangible. Their playing of the Adagio movement against the pizzicato playing of the rest of the orchestra was sublime. The delicacy and exquisite beauty of tone of the harp playing of Lucy Wakeford together with the interpretive mastery of Daniel Pailthorpe (flute) produced a delightful and impressive performance Mozart’s Concerto in C for flute and harp.
Graham Hewitt, Chichester Today, July 06

ITALY TOUR
In May 2006 Maya toured Italy with Bach's Violin Concerto in E major together with the Arcata Chamber Orchestra Stuttgart conducted by Patrick Strub. The concerts will take place at Rovigo, Padova (Conservatorio) and Vicenza (Teatro Olimpico).

BEETHOVEN TRIPLE CONCERTO IN MOLDOVA
On 9th March 2006 Maya returned to Chisinau (Moldova) to perform Beethoven's Triple Concerto at the final concert of the 'Martisor' International Music Festival.

ENSEMBLE TOZAI @ LSO ST LUKES, LONDON
On 4 March Maya appeared with Ensemble Tozai at LSO St Lukes as part of the iF Festival 2006. The ensemble is going to play works by English and Japanese composers including Peter Wiegold, Graham Fitkin, Gavin Bryars and Akira Ifukube.

LONDON CONCHORD ENSEMBLE @ BALLIOL COLLEGE OXFORD
On 5 February 2006 Conchord played works by Mozart, Shostakovich, Korth and Thuille in Balliol College, Oxford.

CONCERT IN BERLIN
On 29 January 2006 Maya performed chamber music works by Beethoven and Enescu with Razvan Popovici, Bernhard Hedenborg and Karla Haltenwanger at the Romanian Cultural Institute in Berlin. Click here for more information.

TOUR OF CHINA
Maya returned from a 12 concert tour of China, where she performed Beethoven's Violin Concerto in cities including Beijing (Forbidden City Hall), Hangzhou (Grand Theatre) and Shanghai (Art Theatre). She played for audiences of up to 6000 people to high critical acclaim. The tour started with a concert in a sold-out Liederhalle in Stuttgart.

... 27 year old violinist Maya Koch roused the audience with her powerfully gripping solo. Shining, big sound, secure interpretation - what more do you want?
Stuttgarter Zeitung, 03.12.2005 ...

Beethoven's Violin Concerto ... with young violinist Maya Katharina Koch who impressed with expressive sound and virtuosic brilliance ...
Stuttgarter Nachrichten, 03.12.2005

CONCERT IN AMSTERDAM
On 18 November Maya performed with Amsterdam's Chamber Music Ensemble at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. The group played Schubert's Quartettsatz as well as the piano quintets by Shostakovich and Dvorak.

GERMANY TOUR
Autumn saw a tour of three concerts around Germany playing Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante with the Tübingen Chamber Orchestra.

CD RECORDING RELEASED
Quartz has released a CD with works by the late Romantic composer Ludwig Thuille. Maya is involved in the world premier recording of the Trio for violin, viola and piano. You can listen to samples and buy the CD at www.quartzmusic.com.

MS EUROPE TOUR
Between March 9th and 22nd Maya performed on board of the 5* cruise MS Europa on its journey from Manila to Hongkong. She played together with pianist Karla Haltenwanger.

BRAHMS DOUBLE CONCERTO IN MOLDOVA
On March 2nd Maya played Brahms' Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra at the 'Martisor' International Music Festival at the National Philharmony in Moldova's capital Chisinau.

CONCHORD @ WIGMORE HALL
On January 22nd 2005 Conchord performed a programme of Poulenc, Koechlin, Bridge, Thuille and Brahms at London's Wigmore Hall. The concert was to celebrate the launch of their two new CDs.