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The Venue - Leeds College of Music
Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7PD
England
Programme
Claude Debussy – Reverie, L.8 (1890)
Claude Debussy – Masques
Claude Debussy – Mazurka
Claude Debussy – Images, Book 1, L.110 (1905)
Claude Debussy – Ballade
Claude Debussy – Images, Book 2, L.111 (1908)
Claude Debussy – L'Isle Joyeuse, L.106
Performers
James Willshire – piano
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
James Willshire performs internationally as soloist and chamber musician. He appears regularly at the major UK concert halls, including the Bridgewater Hall, Barbican, Glasgow City Halls, and Royal Festival Hall, and has broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. James’ recordings of contemporary British piano music have been reviewed extensively, receiving universal acclaim.
Festival appearances include performances given by James at the 2015 The PianoFestival at Glasgow Royal Concert Halls, the Lichfield, Cheltenham and Winchester Festivals, the Hebden Bridge Piano Festival, the Kilkenny Arts Festival, the Cantilena Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe, the Roman River Festival, ‘Il Festival di Londra’, the Victoria International Arts Festival and the Paxos International Festival.
A regular performer of contemporary music, James has given world premiere performances of works by Ronald Stevenson, John McLeod, Rory Boyle, Jay Capperauld, Euan Ferguson and Richard Greer.
This concert forms part of James’ Debussy 2018 project, which sees him performing the complete solo piano music of Debussy throughout the year.
