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The Sacconis, comprised of Ben Hancox, violin, Hannah Dawson, violin, Robin Ashwell, viola and Cara Berridge, cello have been together now for 25 years with the original membership throughout.

A distinguished career of working alongside great artists and commissioning significant UK composers, (Jonathan Dove, Graham Fitkin, Roxanna Panufnik, Freya Waley-Cohen) the quartet have also inspired and coached many young professional players through the Sacconi Academy and at the RCM.

Three of the quartet play on Simone Sacconi instruments. Recordings and broadcasts throughout their career have captured the magic of their performances further celebrated in May at the annual Sacconi Festival now in its 19th year.

The Sacconi Quartet at 25 bring Canterbury Music Club’s 85th Anniversary celebrations to a triumphal conclusion with a programme to include a new quartet by Freda Waley-Cohen ‘which reveals the ensemble at their finest****’ (Guardian Wigmore Review) as well as Beethoven late quartets.

CMC: The Sacconi Quartet at 25

Sun 18 April

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ART31 takes its name from Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child, which states that ‘Children have the right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of cultural, artistic and other recreational activities’.

ART31 is a vision created with, by, and for young people in Kent, championing the belief that all children and young people have an entitlement to access high quality arts and culture, to empower them to achieve their creative potential, and to genuinely engage young people as equal partners in any decision making that affects them.

The ART31 Youth Board is made up of young people from across Kent aged 13-25 who steer its governance, and influence policy and practice across the county and beyond, challenging the creative sector to examine existing ways of working and integrate young people into the core of their practice.

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