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With his commanding technique and searching interpretations, the celebrated Norwegian pianist has won acclaim worldwide, giving recitals and playing concertos in the world’s leading concert halls and with its foremost orchestras, besides being an active recording artist. An avid chamber musician, he is the founding director of the Rosendal Chamber Music Festival, and was co-artistic director of the Risør Festival of Chamber Music for nearly two decades. He was inducted into the Gramophone Hall of Fame in July 2013, and received an honorary doctorate from New York’s Juilliard School in May 2016
Leland Chen won first prize in the Menuhin International Violin Competition. In his book 'Great masters of the Violin' Boris Schwartz wrote: “What made his performance so impressive was his musical versatility: he seemed to master every style from Bach to Bartok and dazzled the listeners with Vieuxtemps’ Fifth Concerto.” He has appeared at many European festivals including Gstaad and Schleswig-Holstein. Recordings include: Franck, Strauss and Beethoven Sonatas, Elgar & Bruch Concertos with the Arnhem Philharmonic/Yehudi Menuhin and Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the RPO /Jane Glover.
170 Thirlmere Gardens, Northwood, HA6 2RU, United Kingdom
Double Bass Virtuoso.
Until recently principal double bass with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, South African born Leon Bosch performs around the world as soloist and is director of the ensemble I Musicanti. Now based in Britain, he teaches at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and at summer schools and courses internationally. His recording of music by Dittersdorf is available on Meridian.
30 Icknield Way, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 4ET, United Kingdom
Leon McCawley, one of Britain's foremost pianists, has forged a highly successful career since winning 1st Prize in the 1993 International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna and 2nd Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition at age nineteen. Championing core classical repertoire together with the unknown, McCawley’s CD releases have been impressing critics far and wide. His 2012 CD of Brahms's Piano Music for Somm Recordings is no exception: “Plenty of dynamism and passion...consistent and inspired playing” (Gramophone).
Playing with eminent conductors including Semyon Bychkov, Manfred Honeck and Dmitrij Kitajenko, Leonard rejoins Christoph Eschenbach at the Washington National, after performances with Chicago, the London Philharmonic and Dresden Staatskapelle. A BBC New Generation Artist, he returns to the 2014 BBC Proms with John Storgards. Leonard is a fine recitalist: giving a world premiere at the Wigmore Hall in 2014. Artist in Residence at the Bremen Philharmonic Society; his distinguished chamber partners include Nicola Benedetti, Alexei Grynyuk and the Sitkovetsky Trio.
c/o Blaiklock Concerts, 182 Broom Rd, Teddington, TW11 9PQ, United Kingdom
