TWO classical musicians who first met and performed together in New York are to play at the Sir William Turner's Hospital, in Kirkleatham, near Redcar.

Adam Skoumal is a prize-winning pianist from Prague while Ilze Urbane, a flautist, was born in Riga, Latvia. Her studies then took her to the Manhattan Music Academy and to the Julliard School of Music, in New York.

The two musicians, now in their thirties, met in Manhattan and formed Amadaeus Duo. They have played extensively throughout the US and Europe and will be performing in Redcar on Friday, February 15.

Concert organiser Peter Sotheran said: "It is a tremendous coup to be able to bring musicians of such international status to Kirkleatham. This is one of the star concerts of the year for the region."

The programme includes sonatas by Bach and Mozart, music by Schumann and Faure and virtuoso pieces for both the flute and piano.

Tickets cost £10 from Sotherans, the Redcar printers, on (01642) 490401