Concert: William Howard (piano)

William Howard is one of Britain’s leading pianists, enjoying a career that has taken him to over 40 different countries. His performing life consists of solo recitals, concerto performances, and guest appearances with chamber ensembles & instrumentalists. In 1983 he founded the Schubert Ensemble, with which he performed for the full 35 years of the Ensemble’s existence (it gave its final concert in June 2018). Winner of the 1998 Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Best Chamber Ensemble, the Schubert Ensemble earned a worldwide reputation as one of the finest piano and string ensembles, as well as setting up several ground-breaking educational projects and commissioning 50 concert works.

His solo career has taken him to many of Britain’s most important festivals, including Bath, Brighton and Cheltenham, and he has been artist-in-residence at several others. He has performed many times in the Wigmore Hall, at the South Bank in London, and has broadcast regularly for BBC Radio 3.

Janacek                        On an Overgrown Path (Series Two)

Howard Skempton    24 Preludes and Fugues

John Woolrich             Piano Book VII

Fauré                            Nocturnes No.6 and No.13

Ravel                             Jeux d’Eau