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SUMMARY:Piers Lane\, piano
DESCRIPTION:Piers Lane\, piano\n\nIn a programme of Beethoven: Sonata in C 
 minor Op. 13 (Pathétique)\, Piano Sonata No. 31 Op. 110 \; Chopin: Noctur
 nes Op. 9 Nos. 1 and 2\, Op. 27 Nos. 1 and 2\, Op. 48 No. 1\, Waltz Op. 64
 . No. 2 in C sharp minor\, Grand Valse Brillant Op. 18 and Liszt: Tarantel
 la\n\n[caption id="attachment_13782" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo:
  Benjamin Ealovega[/caption]\n\nLondon-based Australian pianist Piers Lane
  has a worldwide reputation as an engaging\, searching and highly versatil
 e performer\, at home equally in solo\, chamber and concerto repertoire. F
 ive times soloist at the BBC Proms\, Piers Lane’s wide-ranging concerto 
 repertoire exceeds one hundred works and has led to engagements with many 
 of the world’s great orchestras\, working recently with conductors like 
 Sir Andrew Davis\, Andrew Litton\, Vassily Sinaisky\, Yan Pascal Tortelier
  and Brett Dean. Festival appearances have included Aldeburgh\, Seattle\, 
 Bard\, Bath Mostly Mozart\, Bergen\, Cheltenham\, Como Autumn Music\, La R
 oque d’Anthéron\, Rockport\, Prague Spring\, Ruhr Klavierfestival\, Sch
 loss vor Husum and the Chopin festivals in Warsaw\, Duszniki-Zdrój\, Mall
 orca and Paris.\n\nHighlights of the 2020/2021 season include engagements 
 with the Sydney and Queensland Symphony Orchestras\, a Musica Viva nationa
 l tour of Australia with the Goldner String Quartet\, an Australian tour w
 ith the Maltese tenor Josef Calleja\, appearances for various festivals in
 cluding Bard Music and the Australian Festival of Chamber Music\, running 
 the 2021 Sydney International Online Piano Competition and judging the Men
 uhin International Violin Competition\, duo performances with violinist Ta
 smin Little before her retirement in December 2020\, and further performan
 ces with actress Dame Patricia Routledge.\n\nIn recent seasons Piers Lane 
 performed three concerti at Carnegie Hall\, and world premieres of Carl Vi
 ne’s second Piano Concerto and Double Piano Concerto Implacable Gifts\, 
 both written for him.\n\nHis extensive discography for Hyperion includes m
 uch admired recordings of rare romantic piano concertos\, including his 20
 20 release of Bliss\, Rubbra and Bax concertos with The Orchestra Now\, th
 e complete Malcolm Williamson piano concertos\, the complete Preludes and 
 Etudes by Scriabin\, transcriptions of Bach and Strauss\, along with compl
 ete collections of Concert Etudes by Saint-Saëns\, Moscheles and Henselt\
 , and transcriptions by Grainger. He has also recorded eleven volumes of p
 iano quintets with the Goldner String Quartet for Hyperion\, many cds with
  Tasmin Little and Michael Collins for Chandos and further solo and chambe
 r cds for EMI\, Phillips\, Dutton\, Unicorn Kanchana and ABC Classics.\n\n
 Piers Lane is Artistic Director of the Sydney International Piano Competit
 ion. He was Artistic Director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music 
 from 2006 to 2017\, and from 2006 to 2013 he also directed the annual Myra
  Hess Day at the National Gallery in London. He has written and presented 
 over 100 programmes for BBC Radio 3\, including the popular 54-part series
  The Piano.\n\nIn the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Birthday Honours he was ma
 de an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished services to
  the arts. In 1994 he was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of 
 Music\, where he was a professor from 1989 to 2007. Piers holds Honorary D
 octorates from two Australian Universities: Griffith and James Cook.\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Piano recitals
LOCATION:Mazda Hall\, Sardar Dastur Hoshang Boys High School\, Pune\, India
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