THE 2026–2027 nadsa season this weekend with a concert featuring chamber music of the highest order.

One of the foremost cellists of our age, Robert Cohen, will perform with his recital partner since 2023, Kazakh-British pianist Dina Duisen, making her fourth appearance with nadsa at Newton Abbot’s Courtenay Centre on Sunday, September 27.

The afternoon pairs two towering cello sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms with a group of Fauré’s most cherished miniatures. A programme of conversation and contrast, it ranges from Classical poise to autumnal Romantic warmth.

Robert Robert Cohen has enjoyed a distinguished international career spanning more than four decades, performing with many of the world’s leading conductors and chamber ensembles. He made his concerto debut at the Royal Festival Hall at the age of twelve and his recording of the Elgar Cello Concerto, made when he was nineteen, earned a silver disc.

He has recorded for EMI, Deutsche Grammophon, Sony, BIS, Decca and others, and is William Pleeth Professor of Cello at the Royal Academy of Music. The Guardian has written that Cohen “can hold any audience in the palm of his hand.”

Making her fourth appearance at nadsa, Dina Duisen brings warmth and versatility to the piano partnership.

Born in Almaty into a family of musicians and resident in London since 2002, she gained her Master of Arts with distinction from the Royal Academy of Music, where she now works alongside the Royal College of Music. Her solo album Mazurkas from Chopin to Adès was recorded with Grammy-winning producer Andrew Keener.

In 2023 she founded her annual chamber-music festival “Dina & Friends” at the 1901 Arts Club in London.

Tickets for the 3.30pm concert can be booked, in advance only, from [email protected] or bay calling 01626 717730 between 10am and 5:30pm