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Alasdair Beatson

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Alasdair Beatson

 

About

Scottish pianist Alasdair Beatson works prolifically as soloist and chamber musician, adept on modern and historical instruments, and renowned as both performer and pedagogue. Notable performances in 2022/23 include regular appearances at Wigmore Hall, in concert with Steven Isserlis, Viktoria Mullova, the Doric and Maxwell string quartets, as member of the Nash Ensemble, and in festivals including Cheltenham, Ernen, Festivalta, Lewes, O/Modernt, Resonances, Spitalfields and Yellowbarn.

 Alasdair is renowned as a sincere musician and intrepid programmer. He champions a wide repertoire with particular areas of interest: Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Schumann; the solo and chamber music of Gabriel Fauré, Bartók and Janáçek; concertos of Bach, Bartók, Britten, Fauré, Hindemith, Messiaen and Mozart; and contemporary works, including the piano quintet of Thomas Adès, George Benjamin’s Shadowlines and Harrison Birtwistle’s Harrison’s Clocks. Future plans include the first performances of a new piano concerto, written for him by Helena Winkelman.

Recent recordings include a solo piano recital Aus Wien on Pentatone, featuring music of Schumann, Schoenberg, Ravel, Korngold and Schubert, and Schubert works for violin and fortepiano with Viktoria Mullova on Signum. These join an acclaimed discography of solo and chamber recordings on BIS, Champs Hill, Chandos, Claves, Evil Penguin, Onyx, Pentatone and SOMM labels.

 Alasdair teaches solo piano at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and regularly mentors for the London-based Chamber Studio. From 2012 to 2018 Alasdair was founder and artistic director of Musique à Marsac, and since 2019 is artistic director of the chamber music festival at Musikdorf Ernen in Switzerland.

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  • Festivalta
    16 Feb - 19 Feb, Alta
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  • Press

    • "Ever inspiring"
      The Guardian
    • "Highly sensitive playing of rare insight"
      Classic FM Magazine
    • "A major Scottish musical figure"
      The Glasgow Herald
    • "Artistry Incarnate"
      The Sunday Times

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    Aus Wien - Alasdair Beatson
    Aus Wien - Alasdair Beatson
    Robert Schumann, Arnold Schönberg, Maurice Ravel, Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Franz Peter Schubert
    Schubert: Violin Sonata in A Major, Fantasie in C Major and Rondo in B Minor
    Schubert: Violin Sonata in A Major, Fantasie in C Major and Rondo in B Minor
    with Viktoria Mullova (violin)
    Chamber Music by Korngold
    Chamber Music by Korngold
    with Eusebius Quartet
    Frank Bridge & Benjamin Britten
    Frank Bridge & Benjamin Britten
    Songs, with Hélène Clément and Dame Sarah Connolly
    Beethoven Sonatas 4, 5 & 7
    Beethoven Sonatas 4, 5 & 7
    with Viktoria Mullova, violin
    Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn
    Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn
    works for cello and piano with Johannes Moser
    Mendelssohn – Motets and Piano Trio
    Mendelssohn – Motets and Piano Trio
    with Pekka Kuusisto, violin, and Pieter Wispelwey, cello
    A Noble & Melancholy Instrument
    A Noble & Melancholy Instrument
    Works by Beethoven, Schummann, Rossini etc, performed on historic instruments, with Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn
    LUDWIG THUILLE
    LUDWIG THUILLE
    Complete keyboard works
    Mozart & Stravinsky
    Mozart & Stravinsky
    Works for Violin and Piano, with Esther Hoppe
    Mozart & Poulenc
    Mozart & Poulenc
    Works for violin and piano with Esther Hoppe
    Mendelssohn: Piano Music
    Mendelssohn: Piano Music
    Op. 1
    Op. 1
    Works by Schumann, Grieg, Brahms & Berg

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