Armand Djikoloum was born in France and studied at Lyon Conservatoire and at the Hochschule für Musik Saar. In 2021 he was a prize-winner at the Young Classical Artists Trust International Auditions. Armand was nominated as a 2022 Rising Star Artist by Classic FM, made his debut with London Mozart Players and has performed Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Armand has given concerts at Wigmore Hall and the Dublin International and Lammermuir Festivals Iyad Sughayer makes a welcome return to Falkirk. Chosen as 'One to Watch' by International Piano Magazine, lyad's debut album of Khachaturian Piano Works for BIS Records was described by Gramophone as "exhilarating and delivered with perfect clarity". Iyad was nominated as a 2022 Rising Star Artist by Classic FM. In 2022 Iyad co-founded and launched a new specialist music school, the Mashrek Academy of Music in Amman. The Academy welcomes students from across Jordan, nurturing a new generation of
creators and musicians. Born in Amman, lyad studied at Chetham's School of Music, the Royal Northern College of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. (Photo © James Cardell-Oliver)

Programme will include: Paul Hindemith : Sonate for oboe and piano ;
Lili Boulanger : Nocturne arranged for oboe and piano;
Camille Saint-Saëns : Sonate for oboe and piano
Eugene Bozza : Fantaisie pastorale for oboe and piano