Tuesday 11 March 2008, 7.30pm
Llyr Williams, piano
One of the most outstanding pianists of his generation, Llyr Williams brings an extraordinary musical intelligence to all his work, as soloist, accompanist and chamber musician.
Llyr read
music at Queen's College, Oxford, graduating with
a first class alpha degree. He went on to take up a
postgraduate scholarship at the Royal Academy
of Music where he won every prize and award.
In the last few months he has appeared as one of the 'official accompanists' at the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, made a studio recording with baritone Paul Carey Jones and as we go to print he will be preparing to perform Rachmaninov's Concerto No. 2 in front of an expected audience of 3500 at the Welsh National Eisteddfod.
"Those with ears to hear will have followed Williams's playing as it has grown ever more secure and expansive..." The Times, 4 April 2007, Hilary Finch (Wigmore Hall recital)
Programme:
| Brahms | Four Ballades Op.10 |
| Schumann | Piano Sonata No.1, Op11 |
| Chopin | Four Ballades |