Final Year Students of The Yehudi Menuhin School
Rising Stars
| Mahler | Piano Quartet |
|---|---|
| Dodgson | Echoes of Autumn |
| Mendelssohn | Piano Sextet in D Major |
| Beamish | Spell |
| Tchaikovsky | Souvenir de Florence |
| Prokofieff | Five Melodies (excerpts) |
An exceptional evening of chamber music from the Yehudi Menuhin School’s graduating students. Following in the footsteps of distinguished alumni including Tasmin Little and Nicola Benedetti, these remarkable young musicians represent the next generation of classical talent.
Rising Stars presents the Yehudi Menuhin School’s graduating students in their final performance before progressing to the world’s leading conservatoires.
Demonstrating the musical depth and maturity for which the School is renowned, this carefully curated programme brings together chamber works by Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn with music by Stephen Dodgson and Sally Beamish, offering an evening of richness, contrast and virtuosity.
More than a concert, Rising Stars offers a rare opportunity to witness the next generation of classical musicians on the threshold of their professional careers – celebrating not only extraordinary talent and dedication, but the enduring legacy of Yehudi Menuhin.
This event will last for approximately 120 minutes, with an interval.
Concessions & Under 30s tickets
Kings Place Concessions Tickets
We want to ensure that people who may be struggling financially to purchase a ticket can still enjoy visiting Kings Place. A limited number of tickets are allocated for certain events (if the ticket type does not show in the booking pathway, it means they are not available for this event or have all been sold). Concessions tickets are accessible for people on the following criteria (for more information visit our FAQs)
- Pension Credit
- Universal Credit
- Disability Benefit
- Income Support or Job Seekers allowance
- Students
£10 ‘Under 30s’ tickets
A limited number of £10 tickets are available for certain shows to attendees aged under 30. To access Under 30s tickets, your account needs to be updated with your Date of Birth. Please visit the account centre to add your Date of Birth and go to ‘Other Preferences’ to opt in to the Under 30s Scheme.
If £10 tickets are available, the ticket discount will apply automatically at checkout. If the discount does not apply, this means all ‘Under 30s’ tickets have sold out for the performance.
Please note that proof of age may be requested at the venue.
Plan your visit
Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
Event Times
Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.
- Our events begin promptly at the advertised start time. Typically, there is no support unless otherwise stated.
- We recommend arriving in good time before the performance. The Hall doors will open 30 minutes before the performance to allow time to take your seats, or to choose a space for standing shows.
- Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance where possible
Access
We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. For more information about the accessibility of Kings Place, including details about our Access Scheme, please visit this page.
If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of our team, please get in touch with the Box Office team at info@kingsplace.co.uk.
Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
About the Yehudi Menuhin School
Founded in 1963 by the celebrated violinist Yehudi Menuhin, the Yehudi Menuhin School is one of the world’s leading specialist music schools, dedicated to the education of exceptionally talented young musicians from around the globe.
Admission is determined solely by musical potential and passion, with a needs-blind admissions process ensuring that financial circumstances are never a barrier to entry. Today, nine in ten pupils receive financial assistance to attend.
Set just outside Cobham in Surrey, the School provides a holistic education for up to 100 exceptional pupils aged from 9 to 19, with specialist tuition on stringed instruments, piano, classical guitar, harp and composition. Performance remains central to school life, with pupils appearing regularly both in the School’s own concert venue, the Menuhin Hall, and in the wider community, continuing Yehudi Menuhin’s belief in the transformative power of music and the importance of sharing it widely.
