Academy Musicians
Patrick Hemmerlé
Piano
Acclaimed for the originality of his concert programmes and the depth of his interpretations, Patrick Hemmerlé is a French pianist living in England. He is Clare Hall’s Musician-in-Residence and is Artistic Director of the Intimate Engagements concert series. Patrick’s vast repertoire encompasses a large body of works, including the 24 Chopin Etudes and the 48 Bach Prelude and Fugues, which he often plays in concert. He is also a strong advocate of the music by lesser-known composers, whom he often introduces to the public, either in concert, in CDs, or on his YouTube channel.
Recent engagements have taken Patrick to New York, Berlin, Paris, Vienna, and Prague, and China, as well as many festivals and music societies in England. He has published 5 CDs, which have been well received by the international press. His latest recording project, to be issued in 2023, is a pairing of Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier and Fischer’s Ariadne Musica. His musicological knowledge and his capacity to clarify complex musical concepts means he is in demand as a lecturer. He has given talks for Cambridge University. Since 2021, he has been Artistic Director of Clare Hall’s Intimate Engagements series.
Patrick is laureate of international competitions of Valencia, Toledo, Epinal, Grosseto, and CFRPM in Paris. He was trained in Paris at the Conservatoire (CNR), under the tuition of Billy Eidi. He has also had lessons with Graham Scott, Ventsislav Yankoff, Eric Heidsieck and Joaquin Soriano.
Marie-Noëlle Kendall
Piano
Since being a finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year, Marie-Noëlle has played at the major London venues including the Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Fairfield Halls, St.John's,Smith Square and the Wigmore Hall. She has given concerts in the U.K. with the Philharmonia, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, London Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Birmingham Ensemble, Cardiff Philharmonic and with several ABC orchestras in Australia.
Marie-Noëlle has recorded recitals for Classic FM and the BBC, both for radio and television. She has also recorded a concerto for BBC2's Contemporary Mozart series, which has since been broadcast in the U.S., Canada and Australia. She has also recorded a chamber music programme for Colombian television.
Marie-Noëlle has a long-standing collaboration with the Australian String Quartet involving concerts and recordings both in Australia and Europe. has also toured Australia as a soloist giving recitals, concertos and master-classes. Recent seasons took Marie-Noelle across the globe with concerts in Scandinavia, Estonia, Russia, the Netherlands and Hungary, and she also participated in a Brahms chamber music festival in Melbourne, Australia.
Barbara Dziewięcka - Data
Violin
Born in Poland, Barbara Dziewięcka-Data is a concert violinist and a chamber musician based in London. Barbara has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at St. Martins in The Fields, St. John’s Smith Square, Royal Albert Hall-Elgar Room, Bolivar Hall, Cambridge Summer Music Festival, and the Stuttgart Music Academy.
Barbara’s orchestral experience includes working with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. Barbara works and performs with Nigel Kennedy since 2010, as a member and co-leader of his Orchestra of Life. Barbara also shows her interest in other music genres, having performed with artists such as Quincy Jones, Robert Plant, and others. Barbara is a violinist in a Latin ensemble, Classico Latino and also co-founded The Ultimate Tango Project with her ensemble A Piacere Trio.
Barbara is a winner of numerous competitions and awards including The Audience Prize at St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Music Competition in London and 1st prize and Philip Carne Foundation Prize at RCM Competition Ensemble with piano in London in 2013. She received a Masters in Performance from Royal College of Music in London in 2012 and a Bachelor of Music from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London in 2010.
Graham Walker
Cello
"Little short of ideal, perfect in intonation... lively and delicate" Gramophone
"Brilliantly handled" The Observer
"Compelling" The Strad
Graham Walker is an award-winning cellist and conductor who combines an active career directing choirs and orchestras with solo and chamber cello playing around the world. As a cellist, Graham has performed across Europe and North and South America. Graham is a highly respected choral conductor, and directs several choirs and orchestras; his first recording as a conductor, made when he was just 22, featured the music of Jean Mouton, a 16th-century Flemish composer, much of whose music was being recorded for the first time. Graham’s discography as a cellist and conductor reflects his wide musical interests. His most recent album with his Latin-American group Classico Latino (“Havana Classic”) was warmly received by critics, concert-goers and salsa nightclub DJs alike. His first two CDs with Karolos, of chamber music by Stephen Dodgson, were released in 2018 on the Naxos label to rave reviews in the critical press; their third disc, featuring Mozart’s E Flat Divertimento K563, is currently in post-production.
Graham is Precentor and Director of Music at Magdalene College Cambridge, Director of St John’s Voices, and Musical Director of the New Cambridge Singers.
Joshua Lynch
Cello
Recipient of the Freda Dinn and Ida Marbett Award, St James Chamber Music Prize and Prix de musique de chambre Festival Ravel, Joshua Lynch is a passionate devotee of chamber music and has already enjoyed a diverse and creative career. Joshua studied with Emma Ferrand and Gillian Thoday at the Royal Northern College of Music and then continued his studies with Ursula Smith at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He also enjoyed mentoring by Peter Cropper, Oliver Wille and Simon Rowland-Jones.
Joshua is the cellist of the Cambridge String Quartet and the Vectis Duo with his duo partner, pianist Sally Birkett. He has enjoyed several European tours as part of the ‘Le Dimore del Quartetto’ and ‘Lincoln Center Stage’ networks alongside performing at the Wigmore Hall, The Crucible (MitR) and St Martin-in-the-Field. Joshua has also enjoyed performing with the LSO and Britten Sinfonia.
Away from performing Joshua is a passionate teacher and holds the position of cello tutor at the Stephen Perse Foundation and is a chamber music tutor at the Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He is also a regular tutor at ProCorda, Aboyne Cello Festival, NLMS Summer School and Cambridge Chamber Academy.