Saoko Blendis

Pianist Saoko Blendis often appears as an accompanist to her husband, violinist Simon Blendis, as well as other musicians. She is an important presence on the music-educational scene in Britain, where she moved for studies in 1998. In 2019, the Blendises acquired the personal music library of Max Jaffa (1911-1991), a British light orchestra violinist who led BBC radio's Palm Court Orchestra for decades. In 2022, they released Love Is Like a Violin: Salon Treasures from the Max Jaffa Library, including 25 works that, in many cases, had never been recorded. The album was Saoko's debut recording.