BEETHOVEN: 12 Variations on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen' from the Opera 'Die Zauberflote' Op66

MASSENET: Meditation on Thais

DAVID POPPER: Elfentanz Op.39

DAVID POPPER: Hungarian Rhapsody, Op.68 (1894)

TCHAIKOVSKY:  Pezzo capriccioso, Op.62

LUTOSLAWSKI: Sacher Variation

CESAR FRANCK: Sonata in A

In 2019 Jamal made his debut with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the St. Magnus Festival broadcast by Radio 3. Other highlights include appearances as soloist with the City of Birmingham Symphony, Philharmonia, Royal Northern Sinfonia, London Mozart Players, CBSO Youth Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra Simón Bolívar of Venezuela. He gave recitals across Turkey with renowned pianist Fazil Say including the Ataturk Culture & Congress Center and TIM Maslak Show Center, took part in the Istanbul Music Festival, and appeared as soloist with Presidential Symphony and Istanbul Symphony Orchestras. This season Jamal makes his debut performing the Elgar Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and at the Trans-Siberian Festival with the Tomsk Philharmonia. He returns to Wigmore Hall, records with Fazil Say and gives recitals throughout the UK and in Turkey. In 2017 Jamal made his BBC Proms debut and won the Arts Club - Sir Karl Jenkins Music Award. His debut CD Russian Masters was released by Champs Hill Records to critical acclaim. He was selected by Young Classical Artists Trust in 2017. Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Jamal studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and at the Royal College of Music with Thomas Carroll, where he completed his Masters.

Maksim won First Prizes at the 7th Estonian Piano Competition (2008), the Steinway-Klavierspiel-Wettbewerb in Germany (2004), the International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Estonia (2000) and the Intercollegiate Beethoven Piano Competition (2013). He has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and the Saint Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician, Maksim is in great demand, collaborating with Jakobstad Sinfonietta (Finland), Mediterranean Chamber Brass (Spain), Florin Ensemble (UK) and Wiener Kammersymphonie (Austria), among many others. In 2014 he started his Doctoral course at the Royal College of Music, working towards his DMus. Maksim is a RCM Doctoral Bursary Holder supported by a Neville Wathen Award. His research titled 'Piano Transcription of a 21st-century Orchestral Score – Freedoms and Limitations' focuses on works by Mark-Anthony Turnage and James Dillon. Since 2012 Maksim has been the pianist in the award-winning Foyle-Stsura Duo, having performed extensively in the UK and internationally in venues including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and the Wigmore Hall. He is a Live Music Now and a City Music Foundation artist and a Yeoman of the Worshipful Company of Musicians.