Alia Chaabo

Qualifications and instrument experience: 1- Piano experience: I started my music journey when I was 4 years old. My first instrument was piano. I passed grade 1 piano (ABRSM) with a distinction (133/150) when I was 5 years old and grade 8 piano (ABRSM) with a high distinction (146/150) in December 2019 when I was 10. I am sitting the ABRSM/ARSM diploma exam on 10/03/2023. 2- Violin experience: I studied violin (2013-2018) as a second instrument and passed grade 1 ABRSM with distinction in 2017 (130/150) and grade 2 with high merit in 2018 (127/150), 3- Viola experience: I also play viola. I began learning it in autumn 2018 and passed grade 4 (ABRSM) in summer 2019. 4- Clarinet experience: I took the Clarinet as a third instrument after joining the secondary school. Experience and development: I studied in the Rachmaninoff Music Academy (known before as London Russian Music Academy), 2016-2018, where I had lessons in piano and violin. I also had lessons in Solfege and music composition, and was part of the junior and later senior choirs (including solo performances). I was also part of the string ensemble (on violin). I performed various styles of piano pieces at the London Russian Music Academy's regular concerts, some performed in prestigious venues such as the Royal Over-Seas League and St. Paul's Church in Knightsbridge. I also performed on the different occasions organised by the Academy including a concert on the Earl of Pembroke ship on the river Thames. These public performances also included choir singing and string ensemble performances. Added to this, I also appeared at a concert in the Russian Cultural Centre (2016). I was also presented in Paris (May 2018) as part of a joint concert between London Russian Music Academy and Si Facil' La Musique French music school, where I performed a Mozart sonatina. I participate regularly in the school recitals and music scholars concerts. Prizes: - I achieved first and second prizes at Ruislip-Northwood Festival (2015). - First prize and second prize at the North London Music festival (2018). - Two first prizes and cups, two second prizes, and the runner-up prize for the Young Pianist Of the Year at the Richmond Music Festival (2022). - Two first prizes and a cup at Ruislip-Northwood Festival (2022) Scholarships: I was awarded a music scholarship by Olgarhythm funded by the pianist Olga Jegunova in 2017. I was awarded a music scholarship by 9 secondary schools including her current school, Latymer Upper School.