Alfred Brendel is a Czech-born Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer, and lecturer who is noted for his performances of Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven.
Krystian Zimerman is a Polish concert pianist, conductor and pedagogue who has been described as one of the greatest pianists of his generation. In 1975, he won the IX International Chopin Piano Competition.
Gerald Moore CBE was an English classical pianist best known for his career as a collaborative pianist for many distinguished musicians. Among those with whom he was closely associated were Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Kathleen Ferrier, Elisabeth Schumann, Hans Hotter, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Victoria de los Ángeles and Pablo Casals.
Dame Mitsuko Uchida, is a Japanese-English classical pianist and conductor. Born in Japan and naturalised in England, she is particularly notable for her interpretations of Mozart and Schubert.
Murray David Perahia is an American pianist and conductor. He has been considered one of the greatest living pianists. He was the first North American pianist to win the Leeds International Piano Competition, in 1972. Known as a leading interpreter of Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schumann, among other composers, Perahia has won numerous awards, including three Grammy Awards from a total of 18 nominations, and 9 Gramophone Awards in addition to its first and only "Piano Award".
Sir András Schiff is a Hungarian-born British classical pianist and conductor. He has received numerous awards and honours, including the Grammy Award, Gramophone Award, Mozart Medal, and Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize, and was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to music. He is also known for his public criticism of political movements in Hungary and Austria.
Benjamin Grosvenor is a British classical pianist.
Alexei Lubimov is a Russian pianist, fortepianist and harpsichordist.
Huw Thomas Watkins is a British composer and pianist. Born in South Wales, he studied piano and composition at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, where he received piano lessons from Peter Lawson. He then went on to read music at King's College, Cambridge, where he studied composition with Robin Holloway and Alexander Goehr, and completed an MMus in composition at the Royal College of Music, where he studied with Julian Anderson. Huw Watkins was awarded the Constant and Kit Lambert Junior Fellowship at the Royal College of Music, where he used to teach composition. He is currently Honorary Research Fellow at the Royal College of Music.
Peter Jablonski is a Swedish concert pianist.
James Edward Rhodes is a British-Spanish concert pianist and writer, and an activist for the protection of minors against sexual abuse in Spain.
Mark Bebbington is a British concert pianist. He is a notable advocate of British music.
Vanessa Benelli Mosell is an Italian pianist and conductor.
Danny Driver is a British classical pianist.
Karl Lutchmayer is a British-Goan concert pianist, lecturer and writer.
Charles Owen is a British classical pianist.
Joseph Middleton is a British classical pianist and lied accompanist.
Malcolm Troup was a Canadian classical pianist, musicologist, academic administrator and teacher, who spent much of his career in London.
Nicolas Namoradze is a classical pianist, composer, and educator. He came to international attention in 2018 upon winning the triennial Honens International Piano Competition, one of the world's largest and most comprehensive prizes for pianists, in Calgary, Canada.
Dominic Ferris is a British pianist, conductor, music producer, musical director, and singer. The son of pop songwriter and former Beatles sound engineer Roger Ferris and singer-songwriter Glo Macari, he is a Global Ambassador for Steinway & Sons. He is active in classical music, pop, and musical theatre, and performs as a solo artist, in the duo The Piano Brothers, as an accompanist and studio musician, and with orchestral shows. He is also an active producer and arranger known for working with a wide variety of artists, and as a conductor.
