ROSCOE, MARTIN (b 1952 )The British pianist Martin Roscoe performs as a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician all over the world. As a concerto soloist, he has worked with Sir Simon Rattle, Libor Pešek, Kent Nagano, Yuri Temirkanov, Luciano Berio, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Lü Jia, Andrew Litton and Mark Wigglesworth, among others. He has performed with orchestras in Germany, France, and Croatia. Further afield he has given concerts in South Africa, Hong Kong, and Singapore. In Britain he has appeared with all the major orchestras, keeping especially strong links with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with which he has appeared on more than ninety occasions. A close relationship with the BBC has led to over four hundred broadcasts on Radio 3 and invitations to perform at the BBC Proms on six occasions. As a recitalist he performs at the Wigmore Hall in London each season, and further afield has given recitals in South America, Australia, Lebanon and across Europe. In chamber music he has partnered Tasmin Little, Peter Cropper, Emma Johnson, Steven Osborne, the Chilingirian, Endellion, Lindsay, and Sorrel Quartets amongst others and has formed a trio with Peter Cropper and Moray Welsh. For Naxos Martin Roscoe has recorded fours discs of the piano music of Karol Szymanowski, and has recorded widely for a number of leading companies. He was a professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Music for six years, and is currently professor of piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. The Artistic Director of the Beverley Chamber Music Festival, he also initiated and directs the Ribble Valley International Piano Week.
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