Exeter City of Sanctuary are hosting a fundraising concert on 13th April 2019

Recent events both here and the terrible tragedy in New Zealand have heightened the need for us to help create a culture of welcome. Refugees are seeking a safe and compassionate community to live within, as their home countries become so difficult to survive in.

Exeter and Devon have a long and positive history of supporting refugees.

Far from the Home I love  -  A special concert by Margaret Fingerhut

Acclaimed international pianist Margaret Fingerhut has devised a very special concert that she is performing across the UK to raise awareness of refugee needs as well as to collect funds for City of Sanctuary refugee groups. 

Through music and words, Margaret tells the story of some of the many composers who were refugees because of war or persecution, or who migrated for their work. Her programme includes Chopin, Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov, and she has specially commissioned a new piece by Arian, the Kurdish Syrian composer who wrote the Refugee National Anthem for the 2016 Olympics. 

Saturday 13th April 2019 at 7:30pm

Southernhay Church, Dix’s Field, Exeter, EX1 1QA

Tickets: £12 adults, £6 under 16 years, free under 8 years

Tickets at: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/602059 or Exeter Visitor Information & Tickets 01392-665885

Concert in aid of Refugee Support Devon - www.refugeesupportdevon.org.uk  and Exeter City of Sanctuary - www.exeter.cityofsanctuary.org 

Margaret Fingerhut has a distinguished career which has taken her all over the world, and is particularly known for her innovative recital programmes. As a concerto soloist she has appeared with the all the UK's major orchestras, and she is frequently heard on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM and many radio stations worldwide. Margaret is a Visiting Lecturer at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where she was awarded an Honorary Fellowship in 2015. She has given masterclasses in the USA, Canada, Japan and China, and she is a regular guest at international summer schools such as Chetham's, Jackdaws and Dartington. 

Her extensive discography on the Chandos label has received worldwide critical acclaim and won many accolades. She was awarded the accolade of “Diapason D’Or” in France and her disc "Endless Song" was Featured Album of the Week on Classic FM. She was the soloist in the première recording of Elgar’s sketches for his Piano Concerto slow movement, and she made the first recording of a recently discovered student piece by Rachmaninov.