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M E R A K I

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Winners of the II International Chamber Music Competition for Flute & Guitar in Spain (2023), Meraki Duo have spent the past decade performing extensively in the UK with programmes which offer a distinctively diverse pairing of flute and guitar. Premièred in 2020 at 1901 Arts Club, London, Meraki Duo’s first substantial commission À Norte, Rio Preto, by Berlin-based Brazilian composer Rafael Marino Arcaro, was recorded at Goldsmiths Studios and released in 2024. 
In their recitals, flautist Meera Maharaj extends the expressive range of the duo by featuring the alto flute in works such as Debussy’s ‘Beau Soir’, Takemitsu’s Toward The Sea and Miroslav Tadic’s Four Macedonian Pieces. Their programmes uniquely incorporate James Girling's arrangements of music spanning as widely as Messiaen’s wordless songs, William Grant Still, Bacharach, and Hermeto Pascoal.

Meera Maharaj and James Girling both studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, where they immediately connected through a shared passion for chamber music, jazz, Latin American styles, and contemporary works. Formed in 2013, Meraki Duo have since performed year-round for recital series from Northumberland to Cornwall, at venues such as Wigmore Hall and Kings Place, and festivals including Buxton International Festival, Swaledale Festival and London Guitar Festival. Meraki Duo were selected onto International Guitar Foundation’s Young Artist Platform in 2020. In 2019, they were finalists in the Royal Over-Seas League Competition (Mixed Ensembles) in London.
As Live Music Now artists since 2018, Meraki Duo also have vast experience bringing performances into the wider community. They are specially trained to give interactive concerts in schools for children with special educational needs and disabilities, and in care homes.

Meraki (may-rah-kee) 
(n.) Doing something you love with all your creativity, soul and passion.

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D U O

“The Duo captured me immediately with their effortless virtuosity and poised presentation. […] A revelation, both the program and the aplomb with which it was presented.”
- review of concert at University of Liverpool by Peter Westbrook: Flute Journal


"Truly an outstanding concert. The mastery of their instruments is a given, their musicianship is exceptional. What is astonishing is their mutual understanding which feels tantamount to a deep and combined intuition so that we are listening to one remarkable and completely enchanting instrument. The experience is breathtaking, beautiful and inspiring."
-  Bryan Fox, concert director (Emmanuel Church, Manchester)

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