We are thrilled to be able to welcome three exceptional musicians to Home Concert Club:

Ruth Rogers, has been described as ‘the finest of the younger generation of violinists’ and is the Leader of the London Mozart Players. She will be accompanied by Martin Cousin, an outstanding pianist in his own right who has performed as soloist with the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, Halle, and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras. Their programme will include pieces by Kreisler, Fauré and Elgar.

Australian mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean makes a welcome return after her outstanding Home Concert Club appearance in July of last year. She will sing unaccompanied and her programme will include works by

Jonathan Dove, Hildegard von Bingen, Claude Debussy, Louis Andriessen, Joelle Wallach, Stuart MacRae, Morton Feldman and Tansy Davies.

Ruth Rogers

Described as “the finest of the younger generation of violinists” (Musical Opinion) and hailed by the Guardian as “superb”, Ruth Rogers is in demand as soloist, leader, and chamber musician. In 2001 she was awarded the Tagore Gold Medal – the Royal College of Music’s highest accolade. She has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, the Acropolis in Athens, the Pyramids in Cairo and many other exciting places as a soloist. Ruth was Co-Leader of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra from 2008 until 2012, is now Leader of the London Mozart Players and regularly leads many major orchestras. She is a founding member of the Aquinas Piano Trio. Ruth appears at the BBC Proms on television with the John Wilson Orchestra.

Martin Cousin is now regarded as one of the most exceptional pianists of his generation, having been awarded 1st prize at the 2005 Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition and Gold Medal at the 2003 Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition. Martin appears regularly at major musical venues and has performed as soloist with the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, Halle, and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras. His debut CD with SOMM Recordings was selected as Classical CD of the week by the Daily Telegraph. The US magazine Fanfare added, "This is the performance of the 1st Sonata that I have always heard in my head but never thought I'd actually get to hear with my ears. This guy's the Real Deal!" Martin's hands are also featured on the big screen in the Oscar-winning film "Shine", for the scenes involving Rachmaninov's 3rd Concerto.

Praised by The Guardian for her “irrepressible sense of drama and unmissable, urgent musicality”, Australian mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean’s wide ranging repertoire encompasses contemporary music, art song, chamber music, opera and early music. Performance highlights include recitals at Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square, Barbican Centre’s Sound Unbound, Buxton Festival and appearances with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Manchester Collective and Australian Chamber Orchestra. Currently Associate Artist with Southbank Sinfonia, Lotte won the 2019 Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platform and the 2020 ROSL Audrey Strange Singers Award, and is an Artist with Musicians Company and City Music Foundation. She is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music (MA) and has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, ABC Classic, Kulturradio Deutschland and WQXR NY.