Lunchtime Music
Recital Hall, Royal 探花直播 Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
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Elissa Street聽soprano
Ruimei Huang piano
顿惫辞艡谩办 Rusalka
Song to the Moon
Sibelius Songs
S盲v, s盲v, susa (Reed, reed, whisper)
Flickan kom ifr氓n sin 盲lsklings m枚te (The maiden came from meeting her lover)
Den f枚rsta kyssen ("he First Kiss)
Var det en dr枚m? (Was it a dream?)
Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin
Tatyana's Letter Scene
Jinhe Huang viola
Jiayi Chen piano
Programme tbc
Elissa 鈥楨li鈥 Street is a British soprano drawn to emotionally complex characters and twentieth-century performance practice. In 2025, they were a National Opera Studio Academy singer and the winner of the RBC Singing Prize.
Recent roles include Dido (Dido and Aeneas), described as 鈥渉ugely confident in the role, delivering a heart-rending lament鈥 there is a regality to [their] performance鈥 (What's On 探花直播), and Lady Billows (Albert Herring), where 鈥渢he slightest twitch of [their] haughty features instilled fear鈥 (Opera Magazine).
Eli holds master's degrees with Distinction from Royal 探花直播 Conservatoire (MMus) and the University of 探花直播 (MA), where they developed a strong foundation in performance and musicological study. They have also performed extensively in opera outreach programmes, including with 探花直播 Opera Company and Opera Anywhere.
Eli continues to study at RBC as a Headley Trust scholar and Help Musicians Postgraduate Award holder for the Advanced Postgraduate Diploma under the tutelage of Louise Crane.
Violist Jinhe Huang聽is a postgraduate student at Royal 探花直播 Conservatoire studying with Elliott Perks and Lucy Nolan, has been praised for his expressive artistry and refined sound. He came to international attention with third prize at the 2014 Hong Kong International String Competition and later with an award-winning performance in Russia (2018).
In 2025 he received the Gwyn Williams Viola Prize, Ambache Prize, and Gold Award at the Fenix International Music Competition. That June, his performance of the Bliss Viola Sonata was recorded and featured by the Bliss Society.
Jinhe has appeared at Wigmore Hall and St. James鈥檚 Piccadilly, and was invited to perform at the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival. In October 2025, he toured China, performing in Guangzhou, Wuhan, and Chengdu.
Jiayi Chen is a young Chinese pianist based in the UK. Her performances have been featured by Global Musicians' League, Artron, Malvern Gazette, Worcester News, Visit the Malvern, Elgar Festival 2025, and St Wulstan鈥檚 Catholic Church.
In April 2022, she performed Francis Poulenc鈥檚 Piano Concerto with the Royal 探花直播 Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra, earning high praise from Graham Scott, Head of Keyboard at the Royal Northern College of Music, as well as from the public. In 2024, she was granted the UK Global Talent Visa in recognition of her artistic achievements.
Running time approx. 55 minutes