Venue: ChristChurch Finkin Street

Ghiulnara Raileanu was born in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, in 1984. She attended the College of Music “St. Neaga" (2004), and subsequently graduate and alumnus of the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts, Chisinau (2008), studying with the professor Tatiana Busuioc, Master of Arts. Her notable roles includes title roles such as: Floria Tosca in “Tosca” by G. Puccini, Countess Rosina Almaviva in “The marriage of Figaro”, Desdemona in “Otello” by G. Verdi, Mimi in “La Boheme” and Liu in “Turandot”, etc.

Richard Lloyd Owen was born in Denbigh, North Wales. He originally studied Fine Art, gaining a BA (Hons). His passion for singing took him to the Birmingham Conservatoire of Music, followed by Post Graduate Studies at the Trinity College of Music, London. He has sung in various productions whilst a staff singer at the Royal Opera Covent Garden, and as a principal at the Milan Festival of Music with European Chamber Opera. Richard has performed concerts in such venues as Birmingham Symphony Hall, The Royal Albert Hall, The Royal Festival Hall and throughout Sweden, Germany, plus venues in Colorado USA and Auckland New Zealand.

Philip Robinson is well known as the ‘Mr Music‘ of the Grantham area and needs no introduction. He has performed several times over the years for the Music Club as well as at other musical events in the area.