Frederyk Chopin Recital and Piano Masterclass by James Lisney

James Lisney visited Queen Anne’s School on Monday 10 October, to give a piano recital dedicated to the music of Chopin.

The evening recital was simply superb, with James demonstrating phenomenal keyboard skills and a deep and profound understand and appreciation of Chopin’s compositional language. Before the recital, James gave an inspirational masterclass to seven of our advanced pianists. His teaching guidance and advice greatly assisted the students and gave them the motivation and confidence to work to an even higher level. An outstanding event for QAS Music. 

James Lisney

James Lisney enjoys a rich musical life, moving seamlessly from concerto and recital soloist - to chamber musician, song accompanist and pianist director. Initiatives, such as his Schubertreise series at London`s South Bank Centre, his extensive Beethoven Project or the recording company Woodhouse Editions, provide a platform for his wide-ranging musical sympathies.

James Lisney made his Wigmore Hall debut in 1986 and early representation by the Young Concert Artists Trust in London led to a career that has taken him to many prestigious venues and gained invitations to appear with major orchestras. Highlights include residencies at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Carnegie Recital Hall in New York.

James Lisney`s repertoire ranges from baroque masterpieces to music of the present day. In the past decade, the music of Schubert and Beethoven have been a central pre-occupation (in performance and in recordings) and he regularly presents cycles of the piano sonatas and relevant chamber music. His recordings (on Naxos, Bis, Somm, Olympia and Carlton) have gained the highest recommendations. Highlights of recent seasons include Schubert cycles at the Leipzig Gewandhaus and in Mumbai. This season he will be touring Beethoven’s ‘Diabelli’ Variations in France, the Netherlands, and the Prague Rudolfinum.