AN award-winning French oboist will be appearing as the guest at the next Grange-over-Sands and District Concert Club performance.

The concert on Friday May 11, at the Victoria Hall, will see principal oboe of the London Symphony Orchestra Olivier Stankiewicz perform with pianist Richard Uttley in a varied programme consisting of works by Schumann, Saint-Saens, Dutilleux and Poulenc, together with Slovakian folk songs by Janacek and Martinu.

Born in Nice in 1989, Olivier studied at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris, from where he won first prize at the 2012 International Oboe Competition in Japan and in 2013 was named as a "classical revelation" by the French Association ADAMI.

Later he won first prize at the Young Concert Artists auditions in Leipzig and New York and in the same year, 2015, was appointed principal oboe of the London Symphony Orchestra. Currently he is Professor of Oboe at the Royal College of Music in London.

Richard Uttley last came to Grange in 2016 to perform with violinist Savitri Grier and is noted for the integrity and breadth of his musicianship as soloist, chamber musician and recording artist.

His playing is frequently broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and he has featured on BBC 2, BBC 4, and Sky Arts.

Richard won the British Contemporary Piano Competition in 2006 and was represented by the Young Concert Artists Trust from 2011 to 2017.

The concert at the Victoria Hall on Friday May 11 starts at 8pm, and tickets are available on the door. Children and students under 25 are admitted free.