KUWAIT CHAMBER PHILHARMONIA
&
RADISSON BLU HOTEL 

present

PROGRAM

1. Georges Bizet - Habanera from “Carmen”
2. Camille Saint-Saens - Aria from “Samson et Dalila”
3. Pietro Mascagni - Aria from “Cavalleria Rusticana”
4. Franz Schubert - “Lied der Mignon”
5. Franz Schubert - “Standchen”
6. Franz Lehar - Aria from “Giuditta”
7. Fr. Hollaender - “Wenn ich mir was wunschen durfte:
    from Marlene Dietrich’s collection
8. C. Velazquez - Besame Mucho
9. E. de Curtis - Torna a Surriento

Hanan El-Guindi – mezzo soprano
Bartolomiej Rybak - piano

Intermission
1. Sergei Rachmaninoff : Preludes Nos. 4, 6, 7, Op 23
2. Ludwig van Beethoven : Sonata "Waldstein", Op 53
3. Franz Schubert : Impromptu No. 3, Op 90
4. Frédéric Chopin : Barcarolle, Op 60

Sid Chandler - piano

Hanan el Guindi

Graduated from The Music Conservatory in Cairo where she studied with Dr. Radiba El- Hefny and from the Mozarteum in Salzburg, clas of Prof. Horiana Branisteanu. For many years as soloist in The Cairo Opera Hause she was performed leading roles in operas by Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Massenet and Gounod as well as many concerts in Egypt, Austria and Italy. Since 1993 she participated in the prestige Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth- Germany.
Hanan el Guindi is a lecturer in The College of Basic Education (PAAET) in Kuwait

Sid Ramchander

21 year-old Sid is very much a Gulf Pianist who moved on to study Music in Europe at the age of 16. As a young prodigy and winner of the Young Musicians of the Gulf Award in 2008, Sid chose a career as a Soloist, enrolling at Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels where he has been a student for the past 4 years under Prof Aleksander Madzar and is currently doing his Master's Degree.
A student of Evgeny Moguilevsky since he was 13, Sid went on to study privately under Eugen Indjic since 2009. Sid regularly attends master classes in Europe and has been tutored by Prof. Andrzej Jasiński and the late Karl-Heinz Kämmerling.
He has performed in concerts in France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain and Bahrain and has been counted among the youngest entrants in prestigious international music competitions.
A familiar face in Bahrain, Sid's first performance as a Soloist with Orchestra was when he was 13, at Bahrain's illustrious Festival of Culture, with the visiting Minsk Youth Orchestra, under Conductor Vladimir Perlin.
Performing in Kuwait is an opportunity that Sid greatly looks forward to showcase his talent as one of the recognized pianists from the Gulf region.