Workshop with James Kirby: How to Interpret a Score

We welcome pianist James Kirby to Aureus Conservatory, where he will be leading a workshop and imparting knowledge upon our students. The great Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel said that the best playing is the perfect marriage of thinking and feeling. With reference to specific works, James will discuss harmony and structure and show how knowledge of these important aspects can empower a performance.

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As a soloist and chamber musician James Kirby performs regularly throughout the UK and Europe. His recital work includes appearances at major concert series in France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Holland, the Czech Republic, Bermuda, Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Malaysia and in the UK at Wigmore Hall and the Edinburgh and Aldeburgh festivals.

He has served on the Juries of several international Piano competitions, notably in Romania, Latvia, Russia and Slovenia and gives many masterclasses, both in the UK and overseas, most recently in China and Hong Kong. He is in considerable demand as an adjudicator and is a member of the ABRSM examining panel, which has taken him to Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Indonesia and many European countries.

James is a dedicated teacher and enjoys posts at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, Royal Holloway, University of London and Eton College.