For our final Live at Lunch performance of the season, we’re very pleased to welcome the winner of the most recent Nottingham Young Musician of the Year, harpist Kylia Tsz Yam Pai.

Kylia’s programme explores the diverse expressiveness and technical brilliance of the harp, featuring works from Baroque composers Paradisi and Dussek to 20th-century composers William Mathias, Germaine Tailleferre and Marcel Tournier, with leading contemporary harpist Skaila Kanga’s arrangement of Henry Mancini’s Moon River. Together, these works highlight the versatility of the harp, from its dynamic rhythmic drive to its delicate, ethereal textures, offering a captivating listening experience across a range of styles and moods.

Kylia is currently the youngest harpist in the National Youth Orchestra, has performed with the Nottingham Youth Orchestra and is a member of the Junior Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra. She performed at last year’s Nottingham Chamber Music Festival and at Southwell Music Festival and has received accolades at many international harp competitions, both in Hong Kong and since relocating to the UK. She is also actively engaged with the Aspire Harp Charity Foundation and “Friends of the Harp” in Hong Kong. She has also performed with the Cranmer Company of Singers and in a Remembrance Concert for the Royal British Legion.

Access to the Level 4 foyer will be open from 12.15pm, seating is unreserved, and the bar will be open for refreshments before the performance at 1pm.

Programme

Kylia Tsz Yam Pai harp

Mathias Santa Fe Suite (1st and 2nd movement)
Paradisi Toccata
Dussek Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 34 No. 2
Tailleferre Sonata for Harp
Mancini Moon River, arr. Skaila Kanga
Tournier Féerie