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Sholto Kynoch is an English
pianist A pianist ( , ) is a musician who plays the piano. A pianist's repertoire may include music from a diverse variety of styles, such as traditional classical music, jazz piano, jazz, blues piano, blues, and popular music, including rock music, ...
.


Biography

Born in
London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
, Kynoch attended
Ampleforth College Ampleforth College is a co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging boarding and day school in the English Public school (United Kingdom), public school tradition. It opened in 1803 as a boys' school. It is near the villa ...
before reading music at
Worcester College, Oxford Worcester College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1714 by the benefaction of Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (1648–1701) of Norgrove, Worcestershire, whose coat of arms was ad ...
, where he was organ scholar. He studied piano accompaniment at the
Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the firs ...
and the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music school, music and drama school located in the City of London, England. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz al ...
; his teachers have included Michael Dussek, Graham Johnson, Malcolm Martineau, Ronan O'Hora and Vanessa Latarche. He is the founder and artistic director of the Oxford International Song Festival, and is the pianist of the Phoenix Piano Trio.


Discography

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Hugo Wolf Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (; ; 13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, so ...
- the complete songs - volume 5: Heine, Reinick, Shakespeare & Byron (with Sarah-Jane Brandon - soprano, Daniel Norman - tenor & William Dazeley - baritone), Stone Records 2013 *
Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...
piano trios (with Phoenix Piano Trio), Stone Records 2012 *
Hugo Wolf Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (; ; 13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, so ...
- the complete songs - volume 4: Keller, Fallersleben, Ibsen & other poets (with Mary Bevan - soprano, & Quirijn de Lang - baritone), Stone Records 2012 *
Hugo Wolf Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (; ; 13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, so ...
- the complete songs - volume 3: Italienisches Liederbuch (with Geraldine McGreevy - soprano, & Mark Stone - baritone), Stone Records 2012 *
Hugo Wolf Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (; ; 13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, so ...
- the complete songs - volume 2: Mörike Lieder part 2 (with
Sophie Daneman Sophie Daneman (born 1968) is a British soprano specializing in the baroque repertoire. Biography Sophie Daneman, a daughter of the actor Paul Daneman, studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She became known during the ...
- soprano, Anna Grevelius - mezzo-soprano, James Gilchrist - tenor, & Stephan Loges - baritone), Stone Records 2011 *
Hugo Wolf Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (; ; 13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, so ...
- the complete songs - volume 1: Mörike Lieder part 1 (with Sophie Daneman - soprano, Anna Grevelius - mezzo-soprano, James Gilchrist - tenor, & Stephan Loges - baritone), Stone Records 2011 *Fantasy (with Kaoru Yamada - violin), Stone Records 2010


References

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Interview with KynochViolin recital CD Review in The GuardianWolf Lieder CD Review in The GuardianBangor TV interview with KynochOxford International Song Festival websiteStone Records website
English male classical pianists Living people Accompanists 21st-century English classical pianists Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century English male musicians People educated at Ampleforth College Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford {{UK-classical-pianist-stub