Duncan Honeybourne - World-Premiere of Richard Pantcheff Piano Sonata: Presented by The English Music Festival at 1901 Arts Club, London on Wednesday 6th November 2019

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Duncan Honeybourne - World-Premiere of Richard Pantcheff Piano Sonata

Presented by The English Music Festival

Add to my Calendar 06-11-2019 19:00 06-11-2019 21:00 36 Duncan Honeybourne - World-Premiere of Richard Pantcheff Piano Sonata Presented by the English Music Festival, Duncan Honeybourne's world-premiere performance of Richard Pantcheff's Piano Sonata will be introduced by the composer.     --- Commended by International Piano magazine for his "glittering performances", Duncan Honeybourne enjoys a colourful and diverse career as a pianist and in music education.  Born in Dorset, he was a prizewinner at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where he graduated with First Class Honours and later received the honorary award of HonRBC for professional distinction.  He completed his studies in London with Mikhail Kazakevich on a Goldenweiser Scholarship awarded by the Sheepdrove Trust. His debut in 1998 as concerto soloist at Symphony Hall, Birmingham and the National Concert Hall, Dublin, was broadcast on radio and television, and he gave recital debuts in London, Dublin, Paris, and at international festivals in Belgium and Switzerland.  Duncan's first solo disc was described by Gramophone magazine as "not to be missed by all lovers of English music", whilst BBC Music Magazine reported: "There are gorgeous things here. Hard to imagine better performances."Duncan has toured extensively in the UK, Ireland and Europe as solo and lecture recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician, appearing at many major venues and leading festivals.  His solo performances have been frequently broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and TV, Irish, French, Belgian, Swiss, Finnish and German Radio, SABC (South Africa), ABC (Australia) and Radio New Zealand. An extensive discography reflects Honeybourne's long association with British and Irish piano music, and include new works dedicated to him by celebrated composers as well as complete recorded cycles of the solo piano music of E.J. Moeran, Andrew Downes and John Joubert and the complete violin/piano music of Parry.  Duncan's solo discs have been awarded 5 stars in International Piano and featured as MusicWeb International Recording of the Year as well as CD of the Week on FMR Radio in South Africa.  Duncan is a Tutor in Piano at the University of Southampton and Sherborne School and gives regular masterclasses and adjudications.  He is Founder/Artistic Director of the Weymouth Lunchtime Chamber Concerts.  1901 Arts Club, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

1901 Arts Club
7 Exton Street
Waterloo
London
SE1 8UE
England

Wednesday 6th November 2019
7:00 PM

Programme

Frank Bridge – Piano Sonata, H.160
Richard Pantcheff – Piano Sonata
Benjamin Britten – Night Piece 'Notturno'

Performers

Duncan Honeybourne – piano

Programme Note

Presented by the English Music Festival, Duncan Honeybourne's world-premiere performance of Richard Pantcheff's Piano Sonata will be introduced by the composer.

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Commended by International Piano magazine for his "glittering performances", Duncan Honeybourne enjoys a colourful and diverse career as a pianist and in music education. Born in Dorset, he was a prizewinner at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where he graduated with First Class Honours and later received the honorary award of HonRBC for professional distinction. He completed his studies in London with Mikhail Kazakevich on a Goldenweiser Scholarship awarded by the Sheepdrove Trust.

His debut in 1998 as concerto soloist at Symphony Hall, Birmingham and the National Concert Hall, Dublin, was broadcast on radio and television, and he gave recital debuts in London, Dublin, Paris, and at international festivals in Belgium and Switzerland. Duncan's first solo disc was described by Gramophone magazine as "not to be missed by all lovers of English music", whilst BBC Music Magazine reported: "There are gorgeous things here. Hard to imagine better performances."

Duncan has toured extensively in the UK, Ireland and Europe as solo and lecture recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician, appearing at many major venues and leading festivals. His solo performances have been frequently broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and TV, Irish, French, Belgian, Swiss, Finnish and German Radio, SABC (South Africa), ABC (Australia) and Radio New Zealand.

An extensive discography reflects Honeybourne's long association with British and Irish piano music, and include new works dedicated to him by celebrated composers as well as complete recorded cycles of the solo piano music of E.J. Moeran, Andrew Downes and John Joubert and the complete violin/piano music of Parry. Duncan's solo discs have been awarded 5 stars in International Piano and featured as MusicWeb International Recording of the Year as well as CD of the Week on FMR Radio in South Africa. Duncan is a Tutor in Piano at the University of Southampton and Sherborne School and gives regular masterclasses and adjudications. He is Founder/Artistic Director of the Weymouth Lunchtime Chamber Concerts.

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