"... a truly wonderful evening and such a lovely couple - so warm and chatty - and lovely players. Many times during the concert there was that magic moment of silence after a piece when the audience almost breathed a collective sigh of sadness that the piece was complete. As one person said - "Truly magical - what lovely people and a perfect evening".
...an audience of 55 last night who all went home very happy indeed."
Music at Thirsk, 17/07/25
"Jacopo and Kerry performed some wonderful music....talent and versatility shone through... Outstanding performances this afternoon, our audience loved it!"
Music at Aden, 15/02/25
"The word “virtuoso” is often overused, but the musicianship and rapport of the JKL Duo who played for the Clitheroe Concerts Society last week deserve it fully."
Clitheroe Concerts Society, March 2022
"High-calibre music-making … remarkable assurance and infallible ensemble playing."
Cowal Music Club, October 2023
"Simply stunning!"
Skye Chamber Music, October 2022
"This is a stimulating and thought-provoking take on the music found by Robert Burns and used in his songs. The eight composers use folk, classical, jazz and world music to show us the potential of the guitar and the flute. The CD is beautifully produced."
Kate Calder - Edinburgh Music Review, May 2023
"Wonderful reinterpretation of lots of Burns tunes."
Patrick Quinn - It's a Quinn Thing, Celtic Music Radio, May 2023
JKL DUO / flute/guitar duo
Please contact daisy@classicalmusiciansscotland.com for more information or to book The JKL DUO.
The JKL DUO, comprised of Jacopo Lazzaretti and Kerry Lynch, play music straight from the heart, using the Flute and Classical Guitar to speak to listeners all across the world. The duo released their debut album ‘The International Poet’ in 2023 and have been touring it extensively in concert series and festivals within Scottish cities such as Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth, Dundee, Isle of Skye, being described as ‘Simply stunning’ (Skye Chamber Music). The CD has been broadcast in Scotland, was awarded ‘Album of the Week’ at Celtic Music Radio, and in August 2023 the duo went to Rome to present it on Luigi Picardi’s show L’Arpeggio’ for Vatican Radio. Kate Calder (Edinburgh Music Review) described it as ‘a stimulating and thought-provoking take on the music found by Robert Burns’, and Canadian guitarist Michael Ibsen said ‘To see such a unique, well-executed, and fresh concept for a chamber music album is a rare delight, and the world is all the richer for JKL DUO’s cheek in attempting such a project’. In addition to performing concerts, the duo also regularly play at corporate events and functions, such as for Graypaul Glasgow Ferrari ‘Women with Drive: A Night in Italy’ and ‘A Starry Night in Rome’. When not performing, Jacopo and Kerry run their own teaching studio (JKL DUO Studio) in the heart of Glasgow’s West End, delivering 1-1 lessons, group/chamber music classes and providing performance opportunities for their students.
The International Poet (Spotify)
Kerry Lynch is a Scottish flautist, instrumental teacher and entrepreneur who is very active within the Scottish chamber music scene. Music was present in Kerry’s life right from the very start, and she has always had instruments around her. However, her formal musical training didn’t begin until she was admitted to study at the Junior Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Kerry highly values creative freedom and expression, and has been lucky enough to learn from artists who have fiercely protected and nurtured this in her playing such as Hilary Abagana, Hadar Noiberg, Lorna Thompson and Morgan Davis. She has also partaken in courses and masterclasses with renowned flautists such as Ian Clarke, Lorna McGhee, Matthias Ziegler, Camilla Hoitenga and Jane Rigler. Some of her most recent performances include: the Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival, St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, The Sound of Gigha Festival and The Green Shoots Festival in Oban. Kerry is currently an ambassador for ‘tonebase – flute’ and plays on a Sankyo.
Jacopo Lazzaretti is a guitarist from Rome currently based in Glasgow. He is active as a soloist, educator, recording artist. In addition to that he is also active within Scotland’s chamber music scene, playing with Scottish flautist Kerry Lynch in the JKL DUO, Cuban violinist Eddy Betancourt in the Saudade Duo (Live Music Now Scotland Artists), and Lithuanian clarinetist Matas Ščerbauskas. He graduated from the Conservatoire of Santa Cecilia in Rome in 2017 and completed a Masters Degree in Performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in June 2019. During that period, he performed in many masterclasses with some of the world’s most well-known guitarists and has been strongly inspired by musicians such as Arturo Tallini, Giulio Tampalini, Matthew McAllister, Allan Neave and Pavel Steidl. Taking part in many National and International competitions, Jacopo won several prizes such as the 8° International Competition Alirio Diaz of Rome (2019), North East Scotland Classical Guitar Society Award (2017) and the International Istanbul Guitar Festival (2015). Since 2018, he has been an artist for Live Music Now Scotland, bringing music to care homes, ASN schools and performing through them in festivals such as the St Magnus International Festival (Orkney) and the Emerging Artists Series at the Usher Hall (Edinburgh). Jacopo is currently an ambassador for ‘tonebase – guitar’ and plays on a Leonardo de Gregorio.
Sample Programme 1
Suite BWV 997 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Arpeggione Sonata by Franz Schubert
Suite II by Roberto di Marino
Libertango by Astor Piazzolla
Selection of Jazz Standards (JKL DUO Arrangements)
Sample Programme 2 – The International Poet (Album – Live)*
Breton Fantasy on Ye Jacobites by Laura Snowden
The Lea Rig by Stevie Lawrence
The Deil’s Awa wi’ the Exciseman & Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonny Doon by Savourna Stevenson
John Anderson, My Jo by Amit Anand
The Betrayed Melody (after Robert Burns) by Francesco Leineri
Red, Red Rose by Stevie Lawrence
Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad? (Fantasia on a Theme by Robert Burns) by Vasily Antipov
Auld Lang Syne Samba by Celso Machado
Ae Fond Kiss by Roberto Kuhn Versluys
*all the works have been commissioned by and written for the JKL DUO
Performances
7pm, Thursday 17 July 2025: Thirsk, St James, Baldersby
7.30pm, Saturday 29 March: Carradale
7pm, Friday 28 March 2025: Hawick Music Club
1 – 1:40pm, Wednesday 12 March 2025: St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Dundee
3pm, Sunday 16 February 2025: The Barn, Banchory
2pm, Saturday 15 February 2025: Music at Aden
7.30pm, Saturday 15 February 2025: Monymusk Village Hall
Thursday 25 July 2024, 12 noon Aberdeen Art Gallery and 2pm Maritime Museum
