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SUMMARY:Barry Douglas\, piano
DESCRIPTION:In a programme of Tchaikovsky: The Seasons (complete) and Musso
 rgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition\n\nIn association with Randox Laboratorie
 s\n\nBarry Douglas has established a major international career since winn
 ing the Gold Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition
 \, Moscow. As Artistic Director of Camerata Ireland and the Clandeboye Fes
 tival\, he continues to celebrate his Irish heritage whilst also maintaini
 ng a busy international touring schedule.\n\nBarry Douglas Picture 2015Bar
 ry opened the 17/18 season performing Tchaikovsky with the Halle Orchestra
 \, after which he began new collaborations with both the Endellion String 
 Quartet and the Borodin Quartet. He toured in recital in the UK and USA an
 d performed with orchestras across the globe from Canada to Europe to Chin
 a to Russia. During the 16/17 season Barry performed two full Tchaikovsky 
 Piano Concerto cycles in Ireland with the RTE Orchestra in Dublin and the 
 Ulster Orchestra in Belfast. He also gave performances of Tchaikovsky’s 
 first Piano Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra\, and opened the S
 t. Petersburg Philharmonic’s concert season\, all marking the 30th anniv
 ersary of his Tchaikovsky International Competition win.\n\nOther recent a
 nd future highlights include performances at BBC Proms in the Park with th
 e Ulster Orchestra\, a UK tour with the Russian State Symphony Orchestra\,
  and appearances with Orchestre de Auvergne\, Barcelona Symphony\, Bogota 
 Philharmonic and Vancouver Symphony orchestras. He also recently gave the 
 premiere of Kevin Volans’ fourth piano concerto with the Birmingham Cont
 emporary Music Group\, and performed in recital at the Verbier Festival.\n
 \nHe has previously given concerts with the BBC Scottish Symphony\, London
  Symphony\, Russian National\, Cincinnati Symphony\, Singapore Symphony\, 
 Berlin Radio Symphony\, Staatskapelle\, Halle\, Orchestre National de Fran
 ce\, Seattle Symphony\, Melbourne Symphony\, the Royal Liverpool Philharmo
 nic and Hong Kong Philharmonic orchestras\, among others. Barry regularly 
 plays in recitals throughout the world\, with recent performances in the U
 K\, the Netherlands\, Armenia\, Mexico\, China and the US.\n\nBarry is an 
 exclusive Chandos recording artist. He recently completed recording the fu
 ll works for solo piano of Brahms\, the six albums of which have received 
 much critical praise. International Record Review wrote that “this is in
 deed Brahms playing of the utmost integrity and authority… this cycle lo
 oks set to become a benchmark version.” The interesting programming of e
 ach disc presents each album as a stand-alone recital\, providing a varied
  and engaging listening experience. His current recording project focusses
  on the solo piano works of Schubert\; the fourth and final disc will be r
 eleased next season. Last season he also began a new series\, recording Tc
 haikovsky solo piano music. Also with Chandos Barry is exploring Irish fol
 k music through his own arrangements\, working with ancient melodies throu
 gh to pieces by contemporary song writers. The first in this series\, Celt
 ic Reflections\, was released in September 2014 and was followed in 2016 b
 y a second disc: Celtic Airs.\n\nIn 1999 Barry Douglas founded the chamber
  orchestra Camerata Ireland to celebrate and nurture the very best of youn
 g musicians from both Northern and the Republic of Ireland. In addition to
  striving for musical excellence\, one of the orchestra’s aims is to fur
 ther the peace process in Ireland by promoting dialogue and collaboration 
 through its musical education programmes. Barry regularly tours with Camer
 ata Ireland throughout the world and visited the US in the spring of 2018.
  Highlights of past seasons were Camerata Ireland’s debut at the BBC Pro
 ms in London and a world premiere of a new cantata commissioned by The Hon
 ourable The Irish Society\, “At Sixes and Sevens”\, alongside the Lond
 on Symphony Orchestra to celebrate Derry-Londonderry becoming City of Cult
 ure 2013.\n\nBarry Douglas received the order of the British Empire (OBE) 
 in the 2002 New Year’s Honours List for services to music.\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Piano recitals
LOCATION:Mazda Hall\, Sardar Dastur Hoshang Boys High School\, Pune\, India
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