Markson Pianos presents their 2017 concert season, with monthly evening concerts showcasing well established and up and coming artists from around the globe.

Setting the stage for this central London series, is St Mary Magdalene Church, offering wonderful acoustics and a calming escape from the London rush.

In these series of performances, we will be showcasing our Bösendorfer 280 Vienna Concert Grand, a powerful new dynamic instrument with musical heritage and innovation.

Matthew Schellhorn/ Ten Piano Pieces by Ten Composers

Matthew will be performing a unique concert featuring ten composers and ten piano pieces in a continuous flow, a night not to be missed!

Born in Yorkshire in 1977, Matthew Schellhorn studied in Manchester and Cambridge. His teachers included Peter Hill and Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen. He has given recitals in many major venues throughout the UK, including Wigmore Hall and the Purcell Room. He has been guest soloist at several international festivals and has performed live on numerous international radio stations.

A prominent performer of new music, Matthew has given numerous territorial and world premieres with recent commissions including a collection of studies by Nicola LeFanu and various works by Gráinne Mulvey, Linda Buckley and Colin Riley. He has a particularly close working relationship with Irish composer Ian Wilson of whose music he is a frequent dedicatee. In 2012, he gave the world premiere of Ian Wilson’s Flags and Emblems in the Belfast Festival with the Ulster Orchestra, followed three years later by another world premiere with the same orchestra of Ian Wilson’s Mutazione: Piano Concerto; both performances were recorded live for BBC Radio 3. In 2014, Diatribe Records released Matthew Schellhorn’s solo disc, Ian Wilson: Stations, the world premiere recording of a new commission featured on RTÉ lyric fm as one of the ‘great cycles of 21st-century piano music’.

Concert Schedule:

1. Giles Swayne/ Canto

2. Massimo Lauricella/ Nuances

3. Richard Stoker/ Piano Sonata 1

4. Molly Klein/ Symmetrical Swans

5. Geoffrey Alvarez/ Toccata Wagogo & Fuga Errata

6. Torsten Hermann/ Prometheus Tanz

7. Joao Pedro Oliveira/ Piramides de Crystal

8. Edwin Roxburgh/ Prelude & Toccata

9. Colin Riley/ As the Tender Twilight Covers

10. Roger Briggs/ Jitterberg

All concerts will be approximately 1 hour in duration, with a complimentary glass of wine post-concert.