International Concert Series 2024-25

As part of our Alumni Spotlight series, which platforms some of Royal Holloway's esteemed alumni, we are excited to showcase one of the 2024 recipients of the Alice Dougherty Chaplin & Woodward Prize - pianist Sawa Ward. 

Event programme

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Sonata in C, XVI:48
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): Barcarolle No.1 in A minor
Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne No.4  in E flat
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Miroirs; Noctuelles, Oiseaux tristes, Une barque sur l'océan

About Sawa Ward

Sawa Ward graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London, with a First-class Honours degree in Music, and she received The Alice Dougherty Chaplin and Woodward Prize for Excellence in Performance. Sawa has recently joined the Royal College of Music as a postgraduate, where she holds the Robert McFadzean Whyte Award. 

In her teenage years, Sawa attended the Junior department of Royal Academy of Music, studying the piano, composition and chamber music on a scholarship, winning the Concerto Competition in the final year. Having developed an affinity with early music, she also took up the harpsichord. She has performed at a variety of venues, including Handel House, Steinway Hall London, and Wolfson College, Oxford. Sawa appreciated the diverse range of studies in Royal Holloway, including Analysis, Composition and Contemporary Music Performance.

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