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Jonathan Plowright

Piano


Jonathan Plowright "We have another marvellous natural talent on our hands" was the comment made by THE TIMES about this exciting British pianist's debut London recital. Since then critics, colleagues and audiences alike have had nothing but praise for his many national and international prizewinning performances.

A Gold Medallist at the Royal Academy of Music in 1983, Jonathan is now an Associate Professor there, and in demand for masterclasses throughout the UK. In 1989 he won the European Piano Competition, and has since played all over the world. He has performed with many leading orchestras, given numerous South Bank and Wigmore Hall recitals, as well as BBC broadcasts.

Jonathan's commercial recordings have all received brilliant reviews in the media. His most recent recording is the first in a set of four that feature a rare collection of pieces by Paderewski, most of which have never been recorded before. It recently received an outstanding review in Gramophone magazine.

Jonathan is also very much in demand as a chamber player and has appeared with Raphael Wallfisch, Yuko Inoue, Leonid Gorokhov, as well as many ensembles including the Scottish Ensemble, Guildhall Ensemble and the Coull and Vellinger Quartets.

For the past two years Jonathan has appeared at the 'Pianoworks' Festival at Blackheath Concert Halls, where he took part in solo recitals, masterclasses and massed piano concerts with amongst others, Stephen Coombs, Leslie Howard, Artur Pizarro, Vladimir Ovchinikov, Kathryn Stott and Marc Andre Hamelin.

In 1999 Jonathan gave the first open-air classical recital at a national game park in South Africa, this unique occasion was televised for the popular SABC series 'Top Billing' and made into a feature length programme to be broadcast worldwide.

Highlights of last season included a live six-hour BBC broadcast of Satie’s ‘Vexations’ at Hay Festival, a recital in the magnificent Music Room of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, appearances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and at the Chichester, Newbury, Norfolk & Norwich Festivals. This season’s engagements include a recording for the Hyperion Records 'Romantic Piano Concerto' series, a return visit to South Africa and a recital tour of Saudi Arabia.

Reviews

"In works that called for an intimate approach, he was remarkable, building a performance of quiet intensity that seemed to go directly to the heart of the music"
NEW YORK TIMES
 
"After only a few moments at his Purcell Room recital everyone will have been aware of his quite exceptional technical and poetical qualities."
DAILY TELEGRAPH
 
"To describe Jonathan Plowright's recital at the Purcell Room as sensational is tempting but misleading; playing of such calibre, such compelling musical vigour, delicacy and authority suggests something above and beyond mere thrills."
MUSIC & MUSICIANS
 
"Plowright demonstrated a keen and passionate sensitivity, which kept the audience enthralled right to the very end"
BUSINESS TIMES, SINGAPORE
 
"One immediately heard and saluted a genuine artistic 'voice', individual in stamp, totally confident in utterance and possessed of real musical breadth."
FINANCIAL TIMES
 
"Plowright is an exceptional artist with a fine career ahead of him"
THE TIMES
 
"there just has to be a touch of the supernatural around Plowright's fingers - how else does he hold us spellbound"
BBC RADIO
 
“Technically, his accomplishment is remarkable, and musically he communicates an absolute wholeness”
THE SCOTSMAN

Recordings


Jonathan Plowright: CD 1. Paderewski / Master Musicians / ESCD004

“Plowright’s musical judgement is exemplary, with exquisite shaping of phrases and range of colour... the playing is superb” GRAMOPHONE


Jonathan Plowright:CD 2. Jonathan Plowright Recital / SPJP1002
Scriabin, Janacek, Szymanowski, Paderewski, Rachmaninov.

"one of the most accomplished and complete artists in Britain today" CD REVIEW


Jonathan Plowright:CD 3. Chopin Vol.1 / Master Musicians / ESCD001

“distinguished Chopin playing by a master musician”
“he has an uncanny knack of making the most familiar music sound fresh and interesting” BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE


Jonathan Plowright:CD 4. Brahms / Kingdom / KCLCD2016

"Plowright is an outstanding pianist, both powerful and tender" CLASSIC CD


Jonathan Plowright:CD 5. Capital Virtuosi / SPCV1001
Mozart, Bach, Haydn and Pachelbel.

“On the evidence of this, their first recording, they have much to offer, largely because of the very keen rapport existing between the players and the group's founder, pianist Jonathan Plowright" GRAMOPHONE


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