# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Chepstow Coffee Concert , Friday 20th February, Violin and Piano Duo, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am – Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Event Description**: We are very excited to be starting our third year of Chepstow Coffee Concerts. We welcome back wonderful local violinist Simon Lewis and pianist Sharon Richards (more about the musicians below)
 Chepstow Coffee Concerts, a monthly series of professional standard recitals performed by superb musicians. The concerts are held on the third Friday of the month at St Mary’s Priory, Chepstow. They are an hour long with different performers every month.
Please join us for tea, coffee, biscuits and a chat before or after
the concert!
We apply a ‘donations, please pay what you can’ policy.
Our concerts are raising money for the Karl Daymond Bursary which helps the future generation of musicians.
Please go to https://singingclubber.co.uk/bursary to find out more about the recipients of the bursary
We also support Chepstow Priory Friends, their work helps maintain the magnificent Chepstow Priory

Simon Lewis 
Simon’s musical curiosity began at the age of six when his grandfather bought him a record of Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto. From then on, he spent hours listening to classical music on the radio and on records borrowed from the local library in Woking. 
By 8, Simon was a highly proficient recorder player, much to the annoyance of his older sister who found the process of learning far more challenging than her irritating and considerably younger brother. Moving on to the flute and then the violin, at 11 years old Simon was offered a place at the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School, a specialist music school for string players. Simon completed his musical education at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
Since then, Simon has enjoyed a long career playing in orchestras and chamber ensembles across the world. Soon after leaving college, he became a principal player in the English Chamber Orchestra, with a busy schedule in the recording studio and on tour and from there went on to be co-leader of both Bournemouth Sinfonietta and subsequently the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera. A freelance musician for the last 13 years, he has performed with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Mozart Players and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Simon is currently a member of the Glyndebourne on Tour Orchestra. 
Simon loves chamber music and was a founder member, director and soloist with the Adderbury Ensemble, performing regularly as part of the coffee concerts series in Oxford and for a number of recordings. Nowadays, Simon enjoys a few chamber concerts each year, nearly always with friends, just like today’s concert with Sharon.
Simon lives in Tutshill with his wife Sophie and daughter Gracie who attended Wyedean School and is now studying music at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. When not practicing or performing, Simon is nearly always in the kitchen, or butchers, or farm shop, or studying the latest list from the Wine Society!

Sharon Richards 
Sharon grew up in Porthcawl, South Wales and developed an early interest in music, starting piano lessons at the age of 5 and the violin at 9. As a violinist, Sharon loved playing in the Mid Glamorgan County Youth Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Wales but it was the piano that she decided to take forward into higher education.  
Sharon graduated from the University of Wales and continued her studies at the University of Keele, Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio.
Since then, Sharon’s career has been incredibly varied. As an accompanist and operatic repetiteur (that’s someone who coaches singers and accompanies them in the early rehearsals for an opera), she has developed long associations with Glyndebourne Opera, Welsh National Opera and Opera North, and worked with some of the biggest names in opera along the way including Sir Bernard Haitink, Sir Charles Mackerras and Dame Janet Baker. She certainly has some stories to tell!
As a pianist she has appeared with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Northern Sinfonia and was accompanist to the BBC National Chorus of Wales for several years.
Nowadays, Sharon devotes much of her time to coaching the next generation of singers and accompanists at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and as Head of Piano at UWC Atlantic College where she enjoys engaging with young musicians from all over the world.  Somehow, she also manages to fit in being an examiner for the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM).
Living in the Vale of Glamorgan, Sharon loves being outdoors whether that’s out walking her new border collie ‘Mud’, horse-riding (including dressage) or growing her own veg with varying success! These are all passions she shared with her great friend and local music legend, the late Karl Daymond, founder of Chepstow’s The Singing Club, who she met at Opera North in the 90s. Sharon and Simon met at Welsh National Opera and the two families have been close friends ever since.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/caldicot/chepstow-coffee-concert-friday-20th-february-violin-and-piano-duo-bach-mozart-and-beethoven/200029663417031
- **Event Categories**: Entertainment, Music, Concerts, performances, Art, Theatre, trips-adventures, Nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Caldicot
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: St Mary's Priory Church, Upper Church Street, Chepstow , NP16 5HA
- **lat**: 51.64292
- **long**: -2.67346
- **full address**: St Mary's Priory Church, Upper Church Street, Chepstow , NP16 5HA, Crossit, Chepstow, NP16 5EX, United Kingdom, Caldicot

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Chepstow Coffee Concert , Friday 20th February, Violin and Piano Duo, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven being held?
  - **A:** Chepstow Coffee Concert , Friday 20th February, Violin and Piano Duo, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven takes place on Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am to Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm at St Mary's Priory Church, Upper Church Street, Chepstow , NP16 5HA, Crossit, Chepstow, NP16 5EX, United Kingdom, Caldicot.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Chepstow Coffee Concert , Friday 20th February, Violin and Piano Duo, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven?
  - **A:** Chepstow Coffee Concert , Friday 20th February, Violin and Piano Duo, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven is organized by Chepstow Priory Friends Events and News.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Chepstow Coffee Concert , Friday 20th February, Violin and Piano Duo, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven is ideal for live music fans, concert-goers, and anyone who enjoys unforgettable performances from their favorite artists in an electric live atmosphere. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Caldicot, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Chepstow Coffee Concert , Friday 20th February, Violin and Piano Duo, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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