What's on: Kathryn Scott and Lancashire Sinfonietta

Nelson-born Kathryn Stott has performed to audiences around the globe and toured with some of the most renowned chamber music collectives.

She will team up with Lancashire Sinfonietta for a prestige concert at St Peter’s Church, Burnley, to perform a classic concerto by Mozart and the works of Argentinian tango composer Piazzolla.

Her association with the county’s premier orchestra dates back more than a decade, when she enjoyed one of their outings to Oswaldtwistle’s Civic Theatre with her mother Elsie Stott.

The 52-year-old shot to prominence after making it to the finals of the Leeds International Piano Competition in 1978.

She began to play at the age of five, encouraged by her mother and father Desmond, attending the Yehudi Menuhin School and later the Royal College of Music.

Recording for a host of major labels, she is perhaps best known for her collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma, who she has shared stages with at the White House and the famed Carnegie Hall stateside.

Kathryn, who now lives in Hebden Bridge, said: “It’s always a pleasure to play on home territory and especially with Lancashire Sinfonietta.

“They work so hard to bring classical music to venues throughout Lancashire and are a really top-notch orchestra.

“The concerto I’m going to play with them is just one of the best works Mozart ever wrote for piano and orchestra – it’s going to be very dramatic.

“As an extra bonus, we’re going to perform two fantastic pieces from South America so I’m looking forward to the whole evening.”

Her talents can be seen later this year in a Proms concert, live on Radio Three from London’s Cadogan Hall, and at a music festival in Siena.

She is also set to record Korngold’s Piano Quintet for the label Chandos, with the Doric String Quartet, in July, after performing excerpts from Mozart with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.

* Kathryn Scott and Lancashire Sinfonietta will perform at St Peter’s Church, Burnley on Saturday, June 25. 7.30pm.