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Live performance by Berniya and Riya Hamie for Lunchtime Recital concert series.

Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor Op.65
Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op.19

Berniya is 22 and currently studying at the Royal College of Music. She was born and brought up in Brighton having attended BHASVIC College. She has won numerous prizes and played in prestigious venues both here and internationally. She is a founder of the Astatine Trio in which her sister Riya plays cello. The trio were youngest finalists in the acclaimed Lyon International Chamber Music Competition last year.

Riya is 19 and currently studying at the Royal Academy of Music and was a pupil at BHASVIC. Riya was selected as one of the eight London Philharmonic Orchestra junior artists and has been a prize-winner in numerous competitions across the UK and played at the Royal Albert and Wigmore halls. She was principal cellist in the NYO's concert at the Barbican (broadcast on Radio 3).