Six young violinists of the Zakhar Bron School of Music, aged between five and nineteen, appeared as soloists in the concert ‘Camerata Tchaikovsky & Young Soloists in London’, held on 6 March at St John’s Church, Notting Hill. The performance took place in collaboration with the chamber orchestra Camerata Tchaikovsky under the artistic direction of Yuri Zhislin.
The concert opened with the youngest soloist, Emi Janke (5), for whom this performance marked her orchestral debut. In Böhm’s Perpetuum Mobile, she played with ease and charm, quickly winning over the audience.
She was followed by Katharina Filimonova (10), who performed the first movement of Lalo’s famous Symphonie espagnole, combining a beautiful tone with passion.
Next, Timmy Wang (12) presented a vivid and characterful interpretation of Wieniawski’s Scherzo-Tarantella. Marked by a natural musical instinct and a fearless approach to technique, his playing left a strong impression on the audience.
Tatjana Filimonova (13) continued with the Finale of Bruch’s First Violin Concerto, presented here in a chamber orchestral version. She shaped the lyrical passages with a warm tone and a well-developed vibrato, giving the performance both breadth and focus.
Aurea Wang (13) gave a refined and engaging account of Saint-Saëns’ Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso. Her playing combined elegance with a natural sense of flow, maintaining clarity and poise throughout and allowing the character of the piece to come through with ease.
The programme concluded with Sophie Branson (19), who delivered a compelling and memorable interpretation of Saint-Saëns’ Valse-Caprice (arr. Ysaÿe). She met the work’s considerable technical demands with confidence while shaping the musical line with sensitivity and imagination. The result was a performance of both brilliance and depth, bringing the concert to a strong close.
Emi, Katharina, Timmy, Tatjana and Aurea study violin with Inna Khriplovich.
Coming from a musical family, Emi began taking violin lessons just eighteen months ago and has progressed with remarkable speed.
Katharina joined Inna’s violin class at the age of four. Now ten, she is already an experienced performer, having appeared as a soloist with orchestra and won first prizes at competitions, including the Zurich Youth Music Competition (2025) and the Swiss National Youth Music Competition Entrada (2026).
Timmy has been studying violin with Inna at the Zakhar Bron School of Music in Zurich since 2019. By the age of twelve, he has won first prizes at the Zurich Youth Music Competition (2023, 2025) and the Swiss National Youth Music Competition Finale (2024).
Multi-award-winning soloist Tatjana has studied with her teacher since the age of six.
Aurea joined the ZBSM in 2019 together with her brother Timmy.
Finally, the promising young violinist Sophie Branson has been studying with Liana Tretiakova, the school’s founder, since 2010, when she was just three and a half years old.
Katharina, Timmy and Aurea are Advanced Programme students, while Tatjana and Sophie are enrolled in the Professional Programme.
First and foremost, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to Yuri Zhislin — Artistic Director, concertmaster and conductor of the Camerata Tchaikovsky Orchestra, and Professor of Violin and Viola at the Royal College of Music in London — as well as to Natalia Lomeiko, Professor of Violin at the Royal College of Music in London, for their support in organising the concert.
We would also like to express our heartfelt thanks to our wonderful violin teacher Inna Khriplovich for accompanying the young soloists in London and preparing them for the concert.
Tags: Aurea Wang, Camerata Tchaikovsky, Emi Janke, Inna Khriplovich, Katharina Filimonova, Liana Tretiakova, Sophie Branson, Tatjana Filimonova, Timmy Wang
Categories: Concerts with Orchestra
