John Lill, pianist

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	John Lill *Piano*
	JOHN LILL's rare talent emerged at an early age - he gave his first piano recital at the age of nine. At eighteen he performed Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto under Sir Adrian Boult and made his much-acclaimed London debut playing Beethoven's Emperor Piano Concerto at the Royal Festival Hall. His success was reflected in major prizes and awards, and in 1970 he won the most coveted of these, the Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition, which led to engagements with major orchestras throughout the world, working with conductors such as Barbirolli, Jochum, Ozawa, Svetlanov and Rozhdestvensky. International demand has taken John Lill to over forty countries, both as a recitalist and as a soloist with the majority of the world's leading orchestras. He has performed in the Soviet Union, the Far East and Australasia, and plays regularly in all the European capitals including Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, Prague, Stockholm and Rome. He is a frequent visitor to the United States, where he has appeared at the Hollywood Bowl and worked with the New York Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, Philadelphia, Cleveland, San Diego Symphony, Dallas Symphony, and with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood. John Lill has an extensive repertoire, including more than seventy concertos, and is recognised in particular as a leading interpreter of Beethoven. He is a regular visitor to the BBC Proms, and frequently works with the City of Birmingham Symphony, Hallé, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National and the major London orchestras. He has toured the UK with a number of orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra under Frühbeck de Burgos, the Gürzenich Orchestra with Janowski and the Tokyo Philharmonic under Otaka. He has also toured abroad with the London Philharmonic to Russia and the LSO to Japan. Most recently John Lill performed with, amongst others, the Stockholm Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony and City of Birmingham Symphony orchestras and gave concerts and recitals in London, throughout the UK and in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, the Czech Republic, Yugoslavia, Russia, Canada, South America and the Far East. Highlights of the 98/99 season include concerts with the St Petersburg Philharmonic, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Yevgeny Svetlanov, the Halle Orchestra and Paavo Järvi as well as a German tour with the Noord Nederlands Orkest and a recital in London's Royal Festival Hall. John Lill has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, EMI (Beethoven Piano Concerto Cycle with the RSNO and Gibson), ASV (Beethoven Sonata Cycle and Brahms Concerti with Hallé and Loughran), and Pickwick Records (Tchaikovsky l with the LSO under Judd). He has also recorded the complete Prokofiev sonatas for ASV, and his recent recording of the complete Beethoven Bagatelles and Piano Concerti with the CBSO and Weller is available on Chandos. In 1993 he recorded Malcolm Arnold's Fantasy on a Theme of John Field (dedicated to John Lill) with RPO and Handley for Conifer, and has just finished recording the complete Rachmaninov concerti and solo piano works for Nimbus. John Lill lives in London and was awarded the OBE for his services to music in 1978. "Lill's performance was not just magisterially precise, but warmly and brilliantly alive, with countless moments of charm and imagination." Manchester Evening News, August 1997 Contact details and further information E-mail Representative For further details, see Askonas Holt Back to Directory home page

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