Surrey Hills International Music Festival: A Fairytale in Paris

SHIMF Friends booking opens from Tuesday 2 December. 

General booking goes on sale Wednesday 7 January 2026. 

Katya Apekisheva piano

Charles Owen piano

Juho Pohjonen piano

Wu Qian Piano

Programme: Mozart Sonata for two pianos in D - Prokofiev Cinderella - Mendelssohn Andante and Allegro - Chaminade Six Pièces Romantiques - Ravel Daphnis et Chloe

Through the hands of four brilliant pianists we are transported into a fairytale world with a distinct French flavour, for another two-piano, four-hand extravaganza. Prokofiev’s Cinderella, full of dances and flashes of humour is matched with Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, painting an impressionistic soundscape of love, nature, and ancient myth with shimmering colour. Chaminade’s elegant Six Pièces Romantiques and popular works from Mozart and Mendelssohn complete a magical programme where intimacy meets virtuosity.