Two award-winning musicians are set to come together for a magical performance at Carlisle Cathedral next month. 

Alena Walentin and Niklas Johansen have joined forces to bring international experience as soloists and chamber musicians onto the stage as a flute and guitar duo. 

The event, which will take place on Thursday, September 21 at 7:30 pm, is presented by the Carlisle Music Society at the Fratry Hall, within the grounds of Carlisle Cathedral.

Alena and Niklas are both based in Copenhagen and teach at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.

The former is an Altus Artist, a former vice-chair of the British Flute Society, and an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, and has worked as both a solo flautist and with leading orchestras. 

Niklas, meanwhile, is a classical guitarist who has already received international acclaim after winning several awards and prizes, such as the Sonning Talent Prize, the Danish Radio P2 Talent Prize, and seven 1st prizes at international guitar competitions.

He has played concerts as a soloist and in chamber music groups in 16 countries all around the world, and he has performed as a soloist with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Pleven Philharmonic.

The duo will perform music from the likes of Carl Nielsen, Bella Bartok, and Katherine Hoover.