Jan Sham Brouwer received the 2012 scholarship from Dutch Government and passed his B.Mus under Julia Dinerchtein-Zemtsov at the Conservatory of Maastricht in 2016. He plays frequently with many orchestras including the Ricciotti Ensemble in Amsterdam. One of his favourite chamber music is the Mahler piano quartet. Jan Sham played Dvorak’s “The American” string quartet in the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam. He played solo concerts, the Hoffmeister viola concerto and Bruch Romanze op. 85, in the Vredenburgh Concert Hall in Utrecht. Website: www.janbrouwerviola.com
Apurva Devarajan is an LRSM and LTCL and has given various solo recitals in India, France, Australia, UK and USA. She was awarded as Olga Jules Craen Foundation’s Young Musician of the Year 2016 and will be doing her Masters in Music Performance this year. In 2013, she was offered a scholarship from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for their BMus programme.
The Pi Plus Duo concert programme for India – tour 2017
Hoffmeister – Viola Concerto in D major (first movement)
Glazunov – Elegy
Glinka – Viola Sonata in d minor
Bruch – Romanze op.85 version for viola and piano
Schumann – Fantasiestuecke op.73 version for viola and piano
Rebecca Clarke – Sonata for viola and piano