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Göteborgs Pianofestival bjuder in er till lunchkonsert med tidigare prisvinnare

ung pianist Philip Leslie från Skottland och fyrhändigt med Dvoraks slaviska danser! 

Söndag den 8 september 2024

Plats: Stenhammarsalen, Göteborgs konserthus

 

Kl. 12:30-13:30 Lunchkonsert med tidigare prisvinnare (2023) Philip Leslie från Skottland

Program

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

Sonatas K 380, K 531, K 438

Nazareno Ferruccio, piano

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Slaviska danser 

op. 46 nr. 1, op. 72 nr. 2, op. 46 nr. 8

Aisa Ijiri & Helena Sul, piano

 

L. Janacek (1854-1928)

On an Overgrown Path Book I

II. A Blown-Away Leaf

III. Come with Us

IV. The Frýdek Madonna

J. Suk (1874-1935)

‘Spring’ op. 22a

I. Jaro - Le Printemps

II. Vánek - La Zéphyr

III. Vocekavani - En Attende

IV. Andante

V. V Roztoužení - Le Désir

B. Smetana (1824-1884)

Concert Etude op. 17 “On the Seashore”

Philip Leslie, piano

BIOGRAPHY

British pianist, Phillip Leslie is known for his captivating playing and diverse programming.

Praised for his sense of “culture and refinement” by the Liszt Society he has received considerable

acclaim for his performances. He has been described by ESM as a “tour-de-force” and “a real artist’

by the Keyboard Charitable Trust, he has performed extensively across the UK and Europe

including recitals in Germany, Sweden, France, Italy & Spain. Notable concert engagements

include performances at Salle Cortot, Steinway Hall, Palau de la Musica, St John’s Smith Square,

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Castellon Auditorio & the Wigmore Hall. He made his ‘Emerging

Artist’ debut recital at the Usher Hall during the 2023/24 season.

A prize winner of the Anton Rubinstein International Piano Competition in 2023, he recently won

First Prize and ‘Best Interpretation of a Swedish work’ at the Gothenburg International Piano

Competition in Sweden. He is a laureate of the Liszt International Piano Competition (UK), EPTA

Piano Competition, Vienna International Piano Competition, Jock Holden Mozart Prize and a

finalist in the Beethoven Society of Europe Competition in 2021. Named a Park Lane Group Artist

in 2018, he made his Southbank Centre debut in 2019 with works by Knussen and Boulez. Phillip

has been broadcast on BBC Radio playing works by Kenneth Leighton and has performed for the

BBC Philharmonic Chamber Recitals at the Bridgewater Hall. He has collaborated with orchestras

including the Scottish Sinfonia and Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestras, conductors Neil Mantle,

Dominic Peckham & Robert Baxter and has enjoyed festival appearances at Perth Festival,

Hertfordshire Festival & Endellion Festival amongst others.

Phillip is a Keyboard Charitable Trust, Concordia Foundation, Live Music Now and Cross Trust

Artist and is grateful for their support. Next season will see the release of his debut album of Alan

Rawsthorne & John McCabe piano works on Divine Art, Holst 150th Anniversary Recital at Pallant

House, John Ireland’s Piano Concerto under the baton of John Lubbock and recitals at Bechstein

Hall, National Concert Hall of Ireland & Madrid A Tempo. Educated at Trinity Laban, Royal

Conservatoire of Scotland, RNCM & L’Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, he received the

Weingarten Prize and Silver Medal Keyboard Award for his studies in London. His teachers have

included Philip Fowke, Alexander Ardakov, Margaret Fingerhut, Kathryn Stott & Aaron Shorr. He

currently teaches at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance.

www.phillipleslie.co.uk

 

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