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SUMMARY:Barry Douglas\, piano
DESCRIPTION:In a programme of Schubert: Four Impromptus\, Op. 90\, D. 899\;
  Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor\, Op.42\, D. 845 and Tchaikovsky: Six Piec
 es\, Op. 51\, No. 5 - Romance\; Six Pieces\, Op. 51\, No. 6\, Valse Sentim
 entale\; Nocturne in F Major\, Op. 10\, No. 1\; Eighteen Pieces\, Op. 72\,
  No. 4 - Danse Charactéristique.\n\nSupported by: Consulate General of Ir
 eland in Mumbai\n\nBarry Douglas has established a major international car
 eer since winning the Gold Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Pia
 no Competition\, Moscow. As Artistic Director of Camerata Ireland\, the on
 ly all-Ireland orchestra and the Clandeboye Festival\, he continues to cel
 ebrate his Irish heritage whilst also maintaining a busy international tou
 ring schedule.\n\nHighlights from last season include a major UK tour with
  the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra\, and appearances with the Warsa
 w Philharmonic and Orchestre National de Lille.   In recent seasons he h
 as performed with a list of orchestras that includes the London Symphony\,
  St. Petersburg Philharmonic\, Moscow State Symphony\, Russian National\, 
 Vancouver and Colorado Symphonies\, and the Halle Orchestra.\n\nBarry mark
 ed the 30th anniversary of his Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition
  win with full Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto cycles with the National Symphon
 y Orchestra in Dublin and the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast.   Also noted 
 for his promotion of contemporary repertoire\, he performed the premiere o
 f Kevin Volans’ fourth piano concerto with the Birmingham Contemporary M
 usic Group and the European premiere of the Penderecki Piano Concerto.\n\n
 A highly sought-after recitalist and chamber musician\, he has given perfo
 rmances across the globe from Royal Albert Hall\, Barbican and Wigmore Hal
 l and the Verbier Festival to the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing\,
  Grand Theatre in Shanghai and other cities in China.\n\nHe has previously
  given concerts with the BBC Scottish Symphony\, Cincinnati Symphony\, Sin
 gapore Symphony\, Berlin Radio Symphony\, Staatskapelle Halle\, Orchestre 
 National de France\, Seattle Symphony\, Melbourne and Sydney Symphonies\, 
 the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Hong Kong Philharmonic orchestras\, a
 mong others.\n\nBarry is an exclusive Chandos recording artist.  He recen
 tly completed a six-album recording of the full works for solo piano of Br
 ahms.  International Record Review wrote that “this is indeed Brahms pl
 aying of the utmost integrity and authority... this cycle looks set to bec
 ome a benchmark version.”    His current recording projects focus on 
 the solo piano works of Schubert and Tchaikovsky. Also with Chandos Barry 
 is exploring Irish folk music through his own arrangements\, working with 
 ancient melodies through to pieces by contemporary song writers.\n\nIn 199
 9\, Barry Douglas founded the chamber orchestra Camerata Ireland to celebr
 ate and nurture the very best of young musicians from both Northern and th
 e Republic of Ireland.  In addition to striving for musical excellence\, 
 one of the orchestra’s aims is to further the peace process in Ireland b
 y promoting dialogue and collaboration through its musical education progr
 ammes.  Barry regularly tours with Camerata Ireland throughout the world.
   Highlights of past seasons were Camerata Ireland’s debut at the BBC P
 roms in London and a world premiere of a new cantata commissioned by The H
 onourable The Irish Society\, “At Sixes and Sevens”\, alongside the Lo
 ndon Symphony Orchestra to celebrate Derry-Londonderry becoming City of Cu
 lture 2013.\n\nIn January 2021\, Barry Douglas was made a Commander of the
  Order of the British Empire for services to music and community relations
  in the 2021 New Year Honours List.  He previously received the Order of 
 the British Empire (OBE) in the 2002 New Year’s Honours List for service
 s to music.\n\n\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Piano recitals
LOCATION:Mazda Hall\, Sardar Dastur Hoshang Boys High School\, Pune\, India
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