Classical pianist

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I regularly play concerts in London and beyond. Please see the performances page or concert-diary.com for the details of my upcoming performances.

Biography

I decided to devote my life to music shortly after starting to play the piano at age six. I won a few competitions for young musicians and performed with an orchestra at eight. When my family moved to London I continued my music education at the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music and the Purcell School for Young Musicians. On entering the Royal Academy of Music, I was awarded a scholarship and the Peter Clarke bursary. I completed my education at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Currently, I am attending the Piano Masterclass course with an acclaimed pianist Martino Tirimo at Morley College.

I have taken part in various concerts in London, Kent and Hertfordshire: Beethoven Concert in Holy Trinity Cliftonville, Chillenden Charity Festival, the Arts Club Mayfair concert, Benslow Music Trust concert in Hitchin, concerts at Wigmore Hall, Steinway Hall as well as many others. I’ve participated in the Scarlatti Marathon in Manchester (Royal Northern College of Music) and was invited to perform new compositions at the Piano Teacher’s Conference in Liverpool. I’ve also played evening concerts in St. Lenard’s Church, Hythe, All Saint’s Church, Maidstone, Astor Theatre, Deal, and others.

I’ve been invited to perform in Germany, France and Luxembourg with the German Academy.

I was selected to take part in the Lang Lang Inspires massed piano day at the Royal Festival Hall. On winning the Clovelly Recording Piano Competition I was invited to perform with the Folkestone & Hythe Orchestra (conductor Graham Harvey). I was a finalist in the Liszt Society International Piano Competition twice. I also gained various awards such as Deal Festival Award and Financial Assistance Award, sponsored by the Fidelio Charitable Trust.

I’ve taken part in master classes with Arthur Pizarro, John McCabe, Christopher Elton, Pascal Devoyon, Stephen Hough, Freddy Kempf, Pavel Nersessian and Aquiles Delle Vigne.

I’ve participated in various ensembles including a piano trio, piano quintet, violin and piano duo and a voice and piano duo. I was invited, together with other members of the Kingfishers trio, by Christine Talbot-Cooper, to perform at Wigmore Hall and St. John’s Church, Notting Hill. I played the piano (the orchestra part) for an opera production by Ravel, ‘L’enfant et les sortilèges’, performed by the students of the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. I also played the piano and organ parts for the “Gothic experiment” project (scenes from Der Vampyr by Märschner, Robert Le Diable by Meyerbeer, La Nonne sanglante by Gounod and Sancta Susanna by Hindemith).

I play a wide classical repertoire including some great music works that are rarely performed, e.g. ‘Variations on a theme by Rode’ by Carl Czerny or ‘Spanish Caprice’ by Moritz Moszkowski.

I am also interested in developing the piano technique and have invented a few advanced ways of practicing. There are a few particular virtuoso pieces in my repertoire such as ‘Islamei’ by Balakirev, ‘Gaspar de la nuit’ by Ravel and ‘Réminiscences de Don Juan’ by Liszt.