2011/12 New Season
Announcing our 2011/12 Artists
Saturday 24 September 2011
Australian pianist Piers Lane has a flourishing international career, which has taken him to more than 40 countries. Highlights of past years have included performances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, and recitals at Avery Fisher Hall and Wigmore Hall. Read Piers' full biography
Saturday 12 November 2011
Valerie Tryon’s career as a concert pianist began while she was still a child. Before she was twelve years old, she had broadcast for the BBC and was appearing regularly before the public on the concert platform. She was one of the youngest students ever to be admitted to the Royal Academy of Music. Read Valerie's full biography.
Saturday 3 December 2011
Katya Apekisheva has been described by Gramophone as 'a profoundly gifted artist' who has 'already achieved artistic greatness' and was a prize-winner at the Leeds Piano Competition and the Scottish Piano Competition. Read Katya's full biography
Saturday 21 January 2012
Callum Smart came to wide public attention when at the age of thirteen he won the string section of the 2010 BBC Young Musicians Competition. Read Callum's full biography Gordon Back's international reputation was established in 1978 when he played with Dong-Suk Kang in Alice Tully Hall, New York. Read Gordon's full biography
Saturday 14 April 2012
A native of Michigan, Christopher Atzinger is a medalist of the Cincinnati, New Orleans, San Antonio, Shreveport and Seattle international piano competitions. He was also a winner of the National Federation of Music Clubs, the Simone Belsky Piano Competition, and at the IBLA Grand Prize Competition in Italy. Read Christopher's full biography
Saturday 26 May 2012
Madeleine Mitchell was a finalist in both the European Women of Achievement and the Creative Briton Awards; "a pioneering figure in the violin world" according to BBC Music Magazine Read Madeleine's full biography Andrew Ball made his Proms debut playing Messiaen and studied Tippett’s sonatas with the composer. Read Andrew's full biography
