피아노

Former professor at Korea National University of Arts
한국예술종합학교 교수 역임

Former professor at Hanyang University, College of Music
한양대학교 음대 교수 역임

Former professor at Korea National University of Arts
한국예술종합학교 교수 역임

Former professor at Hanyang University, College of Music
한양대학교 음대 교수 역임

Former professor at Korea National University of Arts
한국예술종합학교 교수 역임

Former professor at Hanyang University, College of Music
한양대학교 음대 교수 역임

피아노 최유진 피아노 최유진 (Eugene Choi) 예원 학교 필기, 실기 수석 입학, 음악과 180명중 실기 전체 수석 (음악상) 졸업 서울 예술 고등학교 입학. 서울 예고 청소년 실내악 콩쿠르 대상 수상 이후 도미 미국 New England Conservatory Preparatory School 수석 졸업– 500명 졸업생 중 단 1명에게만 수여되는 Francis B. Lanier Award 수상 Walnut Hill School for the Art 우등 졸업 New England Conservatory 학사 과정 수석 입학, 수석 졸업 New England Conservatory 석사 과정 수석 졸업 독일 Frankfurt 국립 음대 (Hochschule fuer Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main)최고 연주자 과정 최고 득점 동양 여성 최초로 ‘Journal of Frankfurt’에서 선정한 ‘프랑크푸르트에서 가장 중요한 인물 50인의 리스트’ 중 11위로 선정된 피아니스트 최유진은 ‘마법적이고 매혹적’, ‘그녀의 쇼팽은 청중의 마음과 영혼을 흔든다'(프랑크푸르트 알게마이너 차이퉁), ‘카리스마 넘치는 무대위의 존재감에 개인적인 매력까지 더해져..'(프랑크푸르트 노이에프레세), ‘흔들림 없이 견고한 테크닉과 탁월한 감수성'(더 인터네셔널 피아노), ‘젋은 마에스트로’ (보스톤 글로브) 등으로 미국과 유럽의 주요 미디어에서 호평받고 있다. 정치, 경제, 스포츠, 연예인의 구분 없이 순위가 결정된 이 리스트에서 유럽 중앙 은행의 회장, 알테 오퍼 프랑크푸르트의 단장 등과 함께 순위에 오른 그녀는 2011년부터 SONY Classical (소니 클래시컬)의 전속 아티스트로 발탁되었고, 현재 스위스 취리히에 위치한 칼라이도스 음악 대학의 피아노과 전임 강사이자 주)유진온뮤직, EON International Music Center.Ltd의 CEO & 예술 감독으로서 전문 연주자, 교수로서의 인생 1막에서 경영자로서의 역할까지 더한 1인 3역의 인생 2막을 성공적으로 열어 나가고 있다. 피아니스트 최유진은 8살 때 서울에서 첫 독주회를 시작으로 11살에 서울 시립 교향악단과의 협연에서 솔리스트로 공식 데뷔하였다(세종 문화 회관). 13세에 서울에서 두번째의 독주회를 가진 이후 그녀는 16살 때 보스턴 심포니 홀에서 마에스트로 Keith Lockhart의 지휘 아래 보스턴 팝스 오케스트라와 성공적으로 미국 데뷔 무대를 마쳤으며, 여러 저명 아티스트들의 favorite 연주홀이기도 한 Boston의 Jordan Hall에서 영국의 명 지휘자 Maestro Bennjamin Zander의 바톤 아래 협연도 마쳤다.그녀의 나이 20살 때는 다시 Jordan Hall에서 유럽의 명 지휘자인 Maestro Stanislaw Skrowazewski와 함께 쇼팽 피아노 협주곡 2번을 협연하기도 하였다. New England Conservatory 학사 졸업시에는 졸업생 대표로 다시 Jordan Hall에서 지휘자 Richard Hoenich과 함께 Liszt Totentanz를 연주하였다. 그녀는 서울 시향과의 한국 데뷔 후 20년 만에 서울 예술의 전당에서 서울 시향과의 랑데뷰를 포함한 부산, 인천, 경기, 광주, 대구, 유라시아 필하모닉 오케스트라 등 한국의 국내 유수의 오케스트라와도 협연하였다. 또한 그녀는 독일의 라인가우, 바일부르크, 홀츠하우켄슐뢰셴, 아우구스부르크 모차르트, 쇼팽 게셀샤프트, 벡슈타인 콘서트 시리즈, 크로아티아의 바라즈딘, 오파티아, , 몬테네그로의 코토르, 슬로베니아의 류블리아나, 이탈리아의 메라노, 스위스의 스타인웨이 시리즈 등 세계적으로 유명한 페스티벌에서의 초청과 재초청으로 수많은 독주회를 가지기도 하였다. 유진의 세련된 연주는 한국 정부의 예술 컨설턴트들로부터 주목을 받으며 대한민국과 룩셈부르크, 세르비아, 노르웨이 간의 외교 관계를 축하하는 무대에 올랐다. 주한 노르웨이 대사관 초청으로 진행된 그녀의 그리그 피아노 협주곡 연주는 노르웨이 대사관 관계자들로부터 세계적으로 유명한 자국의 피아니스트 ‘레이프 오베 안드네스와 견줄 만하다’ 찬사를 받았습니다. 주 벨그라드 한국 대사관의 초청으로 이루어진 벨그라드 세르비아의 Great Kolarac 홀에서의 그녀의 독주회는 세르비아 라디오 텔레비전의 CD 제작 제안으로 이어졌고, 주한 룩셈부르크 대사관 초청으로 이루어진 최유진과 도이치그라모폰 소속 룩셈부르크 저명 피아니스트 프란체스코 트리스타노와의 조인트 리사이틀 역시 관계자들의 호평속에 마무리 되었다. 이후 소니 클래시컬은 2011년에 최유진을 전속 아티스트로 영입, 그녀의 데뷔 앨범인 “프란츠 리스트: 리플렉션”을 발매하였다. 최 씨는 예원학교를 최고 영예로 졸업했고, 미국 보스톤의 뉴잉글랜드 음악원예비 학교와 월넛힐 예술 고등학교도 최고 영예로 졸업했다(프란시스 C. 라니어 상). NEC에서 학업을 이어가며 음악원 주최 모든 콩쿠르를 석권하고 학사 및 석사 학위를 모두 최고 영예로 수상했습니다. 이후 보스턴에서 학업을 마친 후 그녀는 독일 프랑크푸르트 국립 음대의 레브 나토체니 교수를 사사하며 유럽 최고의 전문 연주자 과정인 ‘콘체르트엑자멘’을 최상위점으로 취득하며, 곧 바로 나토체니 교수의 조교로 임명되었다. 그녀는 전문 연주자로서의 바쁜 활동 중에도 나토체니 교수의 클래스의 모든 학생들을 10년 동안 가르치면서 지도자로서의 성장을 위한 필수 지식과 경험을 쌓으며 도움이 필요한 학생들을 지원하는 데 전념했다. 벨그라드 음악대학교, 현대 온드림 앙상블, 예원학교, 한국 오픈 피아노 포럼, 독일 헤센의 Schlossmusik Akademie, Talent Music Summer(이탈리아), Classical Hugs(미국) 등 다양한 마스터 클래스에 초청 교수로 재직하기도 하였다. 2016-2019 시즌 동안 그녀는 유럽의 여러 페스티벌에서 아카데미 디렉터/창립자 및 교수로 재직했다: 독일 Bad Ems에 위치한 페스티벌 게겐 덴 스트롬(독일)에서 피아노 아카데미의 예술 감독직을 위임받아 독일 최초의 엘리트 피아노 아카데미를 설립하여 첫 회부터도 드라마틱한 성공을 이끌어내었고, 크로아티아 스플리트에 위치한 피아노 루프 아카데미에서도 위임을 받아 아카데미의 레벨을 한결 높였으며, 그리고 ‘Prof. Dr. 레프 나토체니 국제 피아노 연구소’의 디렉터로 재직하며 실질적으로 연구소의 창립과 모든 커리큘럼등을 설립하였다.이러한 그녀의 다채로운 경험과 노력들은 그녀 자신의 꿈을 펼치기 위한 후학 양성과 문화 예술 사업을 위한 주)유진온뮤직, 영문명 EON (EugeneONmusic, Excellent Online Network,) International Music Center 를 설립하는데 큰 보탬이 되어 주었다. 그녀의 열정과 공감 능력, 유연하고 배려심 깊은 성격과 항상 격려를 아끼지 않는 교육적 접근은 초심자부터 전문 연주자까지, 모든 수준의 수많은 학생들의 인생을 바꿔주고 있는 중이다. Described as ‘magical and mesmerizing’, ’her Chopin touches people’s heart and soul’ (Frankfurt Allgemeiner Zeitung), and having a ‘charismatic stage presence multiplied by her personal charm’ (Frankfurter Neue Presse) with ‘formidable technique and exceptional sensitivity’ (The Piano), EUGENE CHOI is a pianist of iron will, utmost devotion, and romantic inspiration. Today, EUGENE CHOI, an exclusive artist of SONY Classical and a piano faculty at Kalaidos Musikhochschule in Zürich, Switzerland, is engaged in her new project – ‘International Online Music Academy EugeneONmusic’.  Ms. Choi commenced her performing career with her first solo recital at the age of 8 in Seoul, Korea, followed by her official debut as a soloist with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 11. At 16, Eugene made her USA debut as a soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra at the Boston Symphony Hall under Maestro Keith Lockhart, as well as with Maestro Benjamin Zander at Jordan Hall, Boston. Again at age 20, she performed Chopin’s Piano Concerto in F Minor at Jordan Hall with Maestro Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. She has collaborated with several orchestras including re-engagements with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra 20 years after her debut at Seoul Art Center, Süddeutsche Kammerorchester’ in Germany, and numerous national and state orchestras in Korea such as Busan, Inchon, Kyunggi, Gwangju, Daegu, and Eurasian Philharmonic Orchestras, among others.  Ms. Choi has presented numerous solo recitals at world-renowned festivals such as Rheingau, Weilburg, Varazdin, Opatia, Kotor, Montenegro, Lyubliana, Holzhausenschlöschen, Augusburger Mozartiade, Chopin Gesellschaft, Steinway series, Bechstein concert series, and seven consecutive appearances at Alte Oper Frankfurt, which led to her recognition as ‘the 11th most important person in Frankfurt’ within the article “50 most important people in Frankfurt” by ‘Journal of Frankfurt’. This list included prominent figures

피아노 총 림 피아노 총 림 (chong lim) To hold master classes and teach students around the world 세계 각지에서 마스터 클래스 개최 및 후학 양성 중 A judge of a number of international competitions    수많은 국제 콩쿠르 심사위원으로 활동 중 Hailing from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pianist–composer Ng Chong Lim studied at the Royal College of Music (RCM), London under the tutelage of Professor Frank Wibaut. He continued his piano studies with Professor Elza Kolodin and subsequently with Professor Beat Furrer at the Universitat fur Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz, Austria for music composition. Chong Lim was the Winner of Malaysian National Piano Competition 1993, Prize winner of the Royal Overseas League Competition and The Anthony Saltmarsh Junior Fellowship (RCM). Chong Lim has performed both as a soloist and chamber musician in many international venues, with recent appearances at ‘Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas Project’ in Singapore and The 3rd Asian Grand Piano Concert in Seoul, Korea.  In 2013, he was invited to “Evmelia” International Music Festival, Greece, “Opusfest” Antipolo 2013- International Piano and Chamber Music Festival, Philippines. In 2014, he performed at “21st New Music Festival”held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.  Chong Lim has served as juror of international competitions, including The 5th & 6th ASEAN International Chopin Piano Competition in Malaysia, The jakarta International Piano Competition held in Indonesia and National Music Competitions for Young Artists in Manila, Philippines. A keen composer, Chong Lim has had his works commissioned by and premiered in various countries. Notable works include  “Three Sketches for two pianos” (premiered in Taiwan 2004), “Rimba”, “Window” and “Xiang”(premiered by the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in 2006-7), “Amorphous” for String Orchestra (premiered at “Streams” New Music Festival in  Brauweiler,  Germany, 2010), “Footprints” for Piano Solo (premiered at “John Donald Robb Composers’ Symposium, New Mexico, USA, 2011), “Shadows” for Piano and Malay Traditional Instruments (premiered at “International Festival Of Classical Music” Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2011), “Three Sketches” for Oboe, Cello and Piano (commissioned by the Ernst von Siemens Foundation for Chambre d’écoute, Germany, 2012), “Dragonfly(s)” (specially commissioned for the 5th ASEAN International Chopin Piano Competition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2012) A committed pedagogue, Chong Lim was a faculty member of Universiti Malaya (Malaysia) and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore).  Many of his students have won major prizes at both local and international competitions. For his great contribution to the Malaysian music scene, Chong Lim was awarded STM (Pingat Setiawan Tuanku Mukhriz – Associate-Order of Loyalty to Tuanku Mukhriz) by the Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia in 2011. 총 림 유튜브 채널

피아노 니콜라이 사라토프스키 피아노 니콜라이 사라토프스키 (Nikolai Saratovsky) Russian President’s Award for his musical accomplishments. 음악적 업적에 따라 러시아 대통령 상 수상 Professor at the National Taipei University of Education    타이베이 국립 교육대학원 음악과 교수 Nikolai Saratovsky is an internationally acclaimed Russian concert pianist.  He graduated from the Moscow Central Music School and Moscow State Conservatory under guidance of Professor Elena Richter.  Saratovsky`s development is followed by world-renowned artists such as Dmitry Bashkirov, Nelson Delle-Vigne Fabbri, Philippe Entremont, Jerome Lowenthal, Michel Beroff, Robert Roux and Artiom Agazhanov.    Nikolai Saratovsky is a prizewinner of numerous competitions such as Hamamatsu, Ferrol competitions, and many others.     Nikolai Saratovsky is regularly invited to conduct masterclasses in Russia, Japan, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Luxembourg, Hong Kong and Taiwan.   The pianist has performed in major concert halls around the world including the Great, Small, and Rachmaninoff Halls of the Moscow Conservatory; National Concert Hall in Taipei; Brussels Royal Conservatory Hall; Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Luxembourg Philharmonic. He has performed solo and with orchestras in 24 world capitals across the globe including New Zealand, Belgium, Luxembourg, USA, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan, Japan and Russia.  His newest CD was released in November 2018 in the presence of the Russian Ambassador in Luxembourg. In 2020, Nikolai Saratovsky became a piano professor in the faculty of the Music Department of National Taipei University of Education. 니콜라이 사라토브스키 유튜브 채널

피아노 이웬 셴 피아노 이웬 셴 (Yiwen Shen) Assistant Dean of Tianjin Juilliard School, China 중국 텐진 줄리어드 음악원 부학장 Active conductor, composer, and pianist.    지휘자, 작곡가, 피아니스트로 활동 중 Yiwen Shen is a Chinese conductor, composer, and pianist, and he currently serves as the assistant dean of performance activities at The Tianjin Juilliard School. Shen made his conducting debut in China with the National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra at the National Performing Arts Center in Beijing. In Europe, he has worked with North Czech Philharmonic, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, MÁV Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of Magna Graecia, Royal Camerata, Bucharest Philharmonic, and Bucharest Symphony Orchestra. In North America, he has worked with the Juilliard Orchestra, Prince George’s Philharmonic (MD), University of Maryland’s Symphony Orchestra and Repertoire Orchestra, as well as the Monteux Festival Orchestra. Shen’s composition awards include the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Award, Gena Raps String Quartet Award, and Arthur Friedman Prize; first prize from SCI/ASCAP Composition Commission; second prize from the First China Clarinet Composition Competition; winner of the Nashville Symphony’s Composer Lab, Minnesota Orchestra’s Composer Institute, and Albany Symphony’s Composer to Center Stage Competition; two top prizes from Chinese National Composition Competitions, Chinese Golden Bell Award, and Distinguished Achievement of the Year in Music Composition in Shanghai. Other highlights include major orchestral premieres with the Minnesota Orchestra, Nashville Symphony, American Symphony, Albany Symphony, Beijing Symphony, Shanghai Symphony, Shanghai Opera House Orchestra, Juilliard Orchestra, and Bard Conservatory Orchestra for its first international tour of China. His full-length ballet, The Crane Calling, commissioned by the National Ballet of China, premiered in 2015, toured over 30 cities in China, and received its European debut in 2017 and North American debut in 2018. His music has also been commissioned and performed by ensembles such as Bowling Green Philharmonic, Aeolus String Quartet, Omer String Quartet, Colorado String Quartet, Da Capo Chamber Players, Music from China Ensemble, TALEA Ensemble, Dal Niente Ensemble, The New York Virtuoso Singers, among others. As a pianist, he was a soloist with the Bard Conservatory Orchestra and New Juilliard Ensemble, and performed with Juilliard’s AXIOM. Shen can  be heard in the recording of Chinese bamboo flute master Tang Junqiao’s Magical Flute of China, released by Channels Classics Records in 2007. Shen holds a dual bachelor’s in composition and German studies from Bard College and the Bard Conservatory of Music, a master’s and doctorate in composition from Juilliard (where he taught from 2011 to 2016), and a master’s in orchestral conducting from the University of Maryland. 이웬 셴 유튜브 채널

피아노 노르마 피셔 피아노 노르마 피셔 (Norma Fisher)Norma Fisher Professor at Royal College of Music, UK 영국 왕립 음악원 교수 Artistic Director of London Master Class Series, UK    영국 런던 마스터클래스 시리즈 예술 감독 Norma Fisher was born in London of Russian-Polish parents. Recognised as ‘a rare musical talent’, at the age of 11 she was awarded a Junior Exhibition to study with Sidney Harrison at the Guildhall School of Music. At 14 she was heard by the celebrated Greek pianist Gina Bachauer who became her mentor, introducing her to the distinguished Hungarian teacher Ilona Kabos, with whom she subsequently studied. A period was also spent in Paris studying French music with Jacques Fevrier. Her highly acclaimed early performances for the BBC led to an invitation by RIAS (Berlin) to perform with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra – which launched her career in Europe. Success in the Busoni International Piano Competition as a top prize-winner followed and in 1963, when she shared the much-coveted Piano Prize in the Harriet Cohen International Music Awards with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Norma’s international reputation was sealed. That same year she made her debut at the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall and became a favourite soloist with all the leading British orchestras. She is known for her versatility as a performer, receiving international acclaim as one of Britain’s leading pianists. This versatility extends to chamber music, which she plays with leading musicians throughout the world. The CDs of Norma’s recently re-issued BBC recordings by Sonetto Classics, “Norma Fisher at the BBC Vol 1”, and “Norma Fisher at the BBC Vol 2” have been received with international acclaim, being awarded Editors and Critics Choice 2018 and 2019, by The Gramophone Magazine. Norma’s reputation as a teacher is widely established and many of her prize-winning students are well known on the international concert circuit. She is invited to give masterclasses throughout the world and is also much in demand as an adjudicator being regularly invited on the jury of many major international piano competitions. She is Artistic Director of London Master Classes whose courses attract major talent from around the world to work intensively with top performers/teachers in London. In 2018 London Master Classes celebrated 30 years of offering prestigious events. 노르마 피셔 유튜브 채널

피아노 예카테리나 레베드바 피아노 예카테리나 레베드바 (Yekaterina lebedeva ) Professor at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, UK 영국 트리니티 라반 음악대학 교수 Visiting lecturer in City University, UK    영국 시티 대학교 출강 Yekaterina has launched an initiative of performances that have combined music with images, dance, poetry, and film, both as solo piano or chamber music. Examples include: – a sold-out recital in the South Bank Centre where she used colour and light to enhance Scriabin’s music – a programme for the International Herald Tribune London Arts season with Rambert dance company with original choreography, contemporary music and discussions on the interplay of Soviet culture, music and politics – a series of concerts for piano and cello or piano and flute with a black and white film of Paris and Buenos Aires of 1930s – a concert for piano and violin with live poetry – a series of concerts for piano, flamenco dance, and original paintings projection, with voice and flute. Yekaterina Lebedeva made her performance debut in an extensive national concert series in her native Russia. In 1988 she entered the Kiev State Conservatoire in the Ukraine. There, she became in constant demand as a recitalist, performing solo and chamber concerts, and appearing at major festivals in both the Ukraine and Russia. She graduated from the Conservatoire with Distinction in 1993. Yekaterina moved to London to establish a European base from which to develop her solo career further. In March 1998, she made a debut in the Purcell Room, invited to play as part of the SBC Young Musician’s Platform ‘FRESH’. Since then, she has appeared regularly at the South Bank Centre and abroad. Highlights of past seasons included Schnittke’s concerto for Piano and String Orchestra (Cairo Symphony Orchestra), repeat sell-out return performances in the Purcell Room (South Bank Centre), and Stravinsky’s Concert for Piano and Winds at the Athens Megaron (Orchestra of Colours, Athens). Her performing career has also taken her to France, Austria, Russia, Greece, Sicily, Turkey, Dubai and Jordan where she performed under the Patronage of HRH Prince Ali Ben Al Hussein. Yekaterina took part in the International Forum on music performance and pedagogy in India, resulting in the recital at the most prestigious hall of New Delhi – Teen Murti Bhavan in the former residence of India’s former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Yekaterina was invited to create the musical programme of the ‘Breathless’ London art season, sponsored by the International Herald Tribune. In three “stunning” concerts, she performed major classical works (with Rambert Ballet dancers and original choreography), confirmed her versatility with further concerts of contemporary global music and uncovered hidden gems of Soviet music, while discussing the relationship between music and society with the IHT European editor. As an educator, Yekaterina is a Professor of piano at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, teaches at the Royal College of Music, as well as at the City Lit Institute in London. Her students have won many International prizes including, first prize in the Concours International de Piano Lalla Meryem in Morocco, second prize in the Young Pianist of the North International piano competition in UK, first prize in the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe piano competition, second prize in the Scriabin International piano competition in Paris, second prize in Piano Talents International piano Competition in Milan, second prize in Valletta International Competition and others. Her students regularly perform at Wigmore Hall, broadcast on BBC Radio 3. A special relationship has been developing between her students and Lang Lang. Two of her students were Lang Lang Award winners and have played in the Royal Festival Hall at the ‘Lang Lang Inspires’ concert and followed up concerts in the Purcell Room and the Queen Elisabeth Hall concert. Two of them have had a Masterclasses with him in London and at the Stowe School. Yekaterina has been an Artistic Director of Young Virtuosi Festival in France for 5 years. She is the founder and Artistic Director of the Musical Odyssey Masterclasses in Nafplio, Greece. 예카테리나 레베드바 유튜브 채널

피아노 네이슨 윌리암슨 피아노 네이슨 윌리암슨 (Nathan Williamson) Founded and directs “the Southwold Music Trust” “The Southwold Music Trust”의 설립자 및 지휘자 Since 2016 has been alongside as Artists-in-residence at Brunel University London, UK 2016년부터 런던 브루넬 대학교 상주 아티스트    Active in performing all over the world Nathan Williamson’s career crosses genres, styles and performance practices. Alongside regular solo, chamber and concerto performances, Nathan is in demand for new work from a wide variety of artists both at home and abroad. He also stages and facilitates a range of musical projects on a local and national level, ranging from collaborations on new repertoire, performances for the concert hall and theatre, and music-making for musicians of all ages and abilities. As well as working alongside numerous living composers in performances of their work, Nathan has collaborated with a diverse rostra of artists, including Claire Bloom, James Gilchrist, Guy Johnston, Arisa Fujita, the Gryphon Trio, Njabulo Madlala, Boris Kucharsky, Alexander Baillie, Ensemble Endymion, the Rossetti Ensemble, the Allegri and Sacconi Quartets. Since 2016 Nathan has been a member of the ensemble Piano Circus who, alongside their position as Artists-in-residence at Brunel University London, have commissioned over 100 new works and undertake regular international tours. January 2022 saw the final release of the three-volume recording project for SOMM-Recordings, ‘100 Years of British Song’, with tenor James Gilchrist. The discs included premiere recordings of Holst, Maconchy, Carwithen, John Woolrich, Geoffrey Poole, and Nathan’s own work, as well as songs by Bridge, Clarke, Gurney, Bush, Alwyn, Rawsthorne, Dickinson and Dring. Awarding its ‘Recording of the Month’ accolade, Limelight described Volume I as a penetrating, frequently revelatory start to a promising new series. Reviews from The Gramophone followed: James Gilchrist’s contribution is past praise in its probing range of expression and unfailing sensitivity to the text. What’s more, he enjoys immaculate support throughout from Nathan Williamson, who also provides a stimulating booklet essay. Glowingly realistic sound and full texts boost the desirability of a most impressive release… Of Volume II MusicWeb International said: It is redundant to declare that this is a superlative CD. Considering the two performers, the technical prowess of SOMM Recordings, the excellent liner notes and the imaginative and wide-ranging programme, it could be nothing else. Following these recordings Nathan founded The Art of British Song in September 2021, a longer-term project celebrating British song, its legacy and its future, through performance, education, and the development and funding of new work. Since then Nathan and James Gilchrist have given recitals at Snape Maltings, The Alwyn Music Festival, the English Music Festival, and Surrey University, before staging a series of ‘Salon Recitals’ in the summer 2022, presenting British song in its more ‘natural’ environment of the domestic setting. This theme continues with the premiere of Nathan’s new song-cycle, Grey and Green are all my Light, written for the baritone Jonathan Eyers, which will take place at Reydon Hall in April 2023. Nathan’s enthusiasm for British music has also been reflected in recent solo piano projects. An exploration of the Sonatas and Nocturnes by Malcolm Lipkin, and the 24 Preludes and Fugues by Christopher Brown, both culminate in 2023 with the release of premiere recordings of this repertoire for Lyrita. 2022 also saw Nathan give the first performance for some 20 years of Thomas Pitfield’s First Piano Concerto at Aldeburgh in his own arrangement for chamber orchestra commissioned by the Pitfield Trust, as well as several concerts and broadcasts focussed on the music of Doreen Carwithen in her centenary year. Prior to the pandemic Nathan’s CD of British 20th century solo piano works for SOMM, Colour and Light, was chosen as Album of the Month in International Piano Quarterly:  ‘No praise could be high enough of Williamson’s performances… Whether in the dream-world of the Delius Nocturne or in the fire and ice of the Herschel Hill Toccata, Williamson unearths musical treasure beyond price’ (Bryce Morrison). No stranger to the classical repertoire, Nathan celebrated Beethoven’s 250th anniversary in 2020 with a cycle of the complete Piano Concertos at Aldeburgh. His debut recording, Brahms and Schubert: Late Piano Works, was reviewed by Donald Sturrock as ‘a truly electrifying debut from a musician with a rare marriage of thoughtfulness and passion… I doubt this Sonata [Schubert D.959] has ever had a more powerful advocate.’ His first CD for SOMM, Great American Sonatas (2017), was hailed by Musical Opinion as ‘a landmark in recordings of American Piano Music’. During the recent lockdowns Nathan gave online solo recitals and duo recitals with violinist Marije Ploemacher for City Music Live, the Southwold Music Trust and the Delius Society, as well as streaming regular live music into local schools and care homes. Nathan’s own compositions are a mixture of extremes, ranging from complex, virtuosic chamber works and songs to music written specially for young performers, and arrangements for amateur instrumental ensembles and choirs to opera and incidental theatre music. Recent works include The little that was once a man, a song cycle to texts by Bryan Heiser written for James Gilchrist, a major new Sonata for cello and piano commissioned by Charles Watt, and Crystal, a mammoth single movement work for piano quartet written during the pandemic and premiered by the Rossetti Ensemble in 2021. Machine Dream, a children’s opera commissioned by Mahogany Opera Group for their ground-breaking ‘Snappy Operas’ project, has been performed by numerous primary schools across the UK. Nathan’s music for piano, which he regularly performs in recital, includes a number of works commissioned as personal tributes or to mark special occasions, including Intermezzo (2012), Flowers of the Field – a lament (2013) Variations on a Theme of Cole Porter (2014), and Dreams (2016). Nathan has also been commissioned by Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra, Bury St. Edmund’s Cathedral, Mariko Brown and Julian Jacobson, Endymion, Pushkin House, as well as works for younger and amateur performers by Pro Corda and Music Works chamber music courses, Rugby School, Waveney and Blyth Arts, and the Chamber Music 2000