DIARY
2024
February
12 Recital, Conservatorio di Cagliari: BORODIN Petite Suite and Scherzo; GLAZUNOV Thème et Variations, opus 72; LISZT Années de pèlerinage – Troisième Année – Italie, S163
13-17 Member of Jury, Italian National Competition, Cagliari
23-27 Masterclasses, Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin College, Ohio
March
18-19 Lecture-Masterclass on the Liszt Sonata, Adjudicate prizes, Masterclasses, Royal Scottish Conservatoire, Glasgow
May
2 Adjudicator, Beethoven Prize, Royal College of Music
11 Concerto Concert, Poznan: LISZT Concerto 'no. 3', Totentanz, Fantasia on Hungarian Folk-Melodies
29 Recital, piano four hands, with Ludovico Troncanetti, Naples
July
1 Recital, Mantova: BORODIN Petite Suite and Scherzo; GLAZUNOV Thème et Variations, opus 72; LISZT Der Todesengel, S190a; LISZT Quatre Valses oubliées, S215 et Petite Valse, S695e; LISZT Rapsodies hongroises XVI, XVII, XVIII & XIX, S244/16-19
2. Recital, Conservatorio di Verona: BORODIN Petite Suite and Scherzo; GLAZUNOV Thème et Variations, opus 72; LISZT Der Todesengel, S190a; LISZT Quatre Valses oubliées, S215 et Petite Valse, S695e; LISZT Rapsodies hongroises XVI, XVII, XVIII & XIX, S244/16-19
16 Recital, Wigmore Hall, London: BORODIN Petite Suite & Scherzo; GLAZUNOV Variations opus 72; RUBINSTEIN Sonata no. 4 opus 100
September
30. Two-piano recital with Jad Grainger, Reform Club, London: GRAINGER Lincolnshire Posy; RAKHMANINOV Symphonic Dances, opus 45
October
22-31 Jury, Weimar Liszt Competition
November
15 Charity Concert for the Mendelssohn Foundation, Cecil Residence, East Molesey: MENDELSSON Lieder ohne Worte, opus 19b (1-6); MENDELSSOHN Variations opus 83a for piano duet, with Jad Grainger
21 Athenæum St Cecilia's Day Concert: RUBINSTEIN Valse-Caprice
23 Jury, Liszt Society International Piano Competition, Perivale, London
December
21-22 Masterclasses, Menuhin School
2025
January
10-11 Jury, Utrecht Liszt Competition
February
24 Masterclass, North London Collegiate School, Edgware
March
29-30 Recording with Mattia Ometto (2 pianos), Padua for Brilliant Classics: LISZT Großes Konzertstück über Themen aus Mendelssonhs ‘Lieder ohne Worte’; LISZT Concerto pathétique; LISZT Grand Morceau de concert (versions 1 & 2); LISZT Rákóczy-Marsch
April
5-12 Chairman of Jury, Concorso Scarlatti, Trapani
11 Recital, Trapani: LISZT Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S154, LISZT Variations über das Motiv von J S Bach ‘Weinen, Klagen’, S180; RUBINSTEIN Sonata no. 1 in E minor, opus 12
May
3 Lecture-recital, Christ’s College, Cambridge: LISZT Années de pèlerinage – troisième Année, S163 (1-7)
21 Video recording for Kotaro Fukuma, Bechsteinhaus, Berlin: LISZT Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S154; LISZT Variations über das Motiv von
J S Bach ‘Weinen, Klagen’, S180; LISZT Der Todesengel, S191a [+ LISZT Mes joies; RUBINSTEIN Valse-Caprice]
June
19 Recording with Mattia Ometto (2 pianos), Padua for Brilliant Classics: LISZT Réminiscences de Don Juan; LISZT Réminiscences de Norma (ed. LH); LISZT Festklánge (2nd version); LISZT/GLAZUNOV Sposalizio
uly
17-21 Lanzhou Festival, China, masterclasses, competition jury
20 Recital, Lanzhou: BEETHOVEN Sonata no. 13 in E flat major, opus 27/1; LISZT Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S154, LISZT Variations über das Motiv von J S Bach ‘Weinen, Klagen’, S180; RUBINSTEIN Sonata no. 1 in E minor, opus 12
August
10 Soirée at Buninyong, Victoria, Australia
21 Recital, Savage Club, Melbourne: BEETHOVEN Sonata no. 13 in E flat major, opus 27/1; LISZT Variations über das Motiv von J S Bach ‘Weinen, Klagen’, S180; RUBINSTEIN Sonata no. 1 in E minor, opus 12
October
23 Recital, Wigmore Hall, London: BEETHOVEN Sonata no. 11 in B flat major, opus 22; TCHAIKOVSKY Grande Sonate (no. 3) in G major, opus 37; LISZT Deux Polonaises, S223: no. 1 in C minor — Polonaise mélancolique; no. 2 in E major; LISZT Liebesträume — Drei Notturnos, S541: 1 Hohe Liebe; 2 Seliger Tod; 3 O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst; LISZT Soldaten- Chor & Marsch aus der Oper Faust von Charles Gounod, S743
2026
October
7 Recital, Lausanne