Season of Putney Music Talks Continues
Jeremy Menuhin and his wife Mookie Lee-Menuhin reflect on life as solo pianists
Putney Music has published the programme for the series of talks planned by the society over six months.
Jeremy Menuhin and Mookie Lee-Menuhin
On 4 March the talk Comparing Notes 3, Piano Partners, will find Jeremy Menuhin and his wife Mookie Lee-Menuhin reflect to our vice-president Piers Lane on life as solo pianists and partners in a successful piano-duo team.
Jeremy Menuhin was born in San Francisco, the fourth son of Yehudi Menuhin. He attended Eton College and went on to study composition in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and piano in Israel with Mindru Katz. He made his London debut at 15 in 1966 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and a few months later played at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival established by his father.
Born in Seoul, the pianist Mookie Lee-Menuhin was a student at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester, continuing her studies at that city’s Royal Northern College with Ronan O’Hara. While a student at Denmark’s Royal Academy of Music, she received lessons from John Damgaard. Her piano duo with her husband Jeremy Menuhin also takes up a large part of her music making.
Putney Music is a society of music lovers who meet fortnightly from September to April to hear some of the world’s most celebrated musicians talk about their lives and work. Guest speakers come from all fields of music – the concert hall, recital platform, opera, ballet, television and film; and also include producers, broadcasters, critics and writers.
Meetings usually take place fortnightly on Monday evenings at 8.00 p.m. at the The Dryburgh Hall, Putney Leisure Centre, SW15 1BL from September to April. They last for about two hours with a short interval when tea, coffee & wine are available. Members & young persons are admitted for free with visitors charged £8. Annual membership is £35.
Putney Music: 2018-19 Season
2019
4 March Comparing Notes 3, Piano Partners
Jeremy Menuhin and his wife Mookie Lee-Menuhin reflect to
Piers Lane on life as solo pianists and partners in a successful
piano-duo team.
18 March Grande Dame
To close our season, Dame Janet Baker will talk to our vice-president
Ian Partridge about her life and career.
* Please note only 1 week between meetings
Putney Music was founded in 1950 by the critic and writer, Ralph Hill. It began as a Gramophone Society, and now provides a place where members and visitors can meet internationally renowned musicians in an informal setting.
The Society enjoys a membership of over two hundred members, some of whom have a considerable knowledge of music while others have very little, but all share a great love of music.
Additional donations to the Society are always welcome.
February 8, 2019