Music Evening​

Simon Watterton

'The Sacred, the Profane and the Fantasy between'

12th September 2024

7:30pm (doors at 7pm)

Includes interval wine and canapes

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Wirral born pianist Simon Watterton has given recitals as soloist and chamber musician all across the world. In recent years he has performed in China, Canada, the USA, Sweden and Italy as well as extensively in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
He made his concerto debut at London’s Cadogan Hall and was featured as a Rising Star in International Piano Magazine at the time of a cycle he gave of all the Beethoven piano sonatas in London. He has appeared at the Wigmore Hall, St John’s, Smith Square and the Purcell Room, as well as performing live on Radio 3’s InTune and for Classic FM.
As chamber musician he has made two visits on a collaborative piano internship to the Banff Centre, Canada, and has worked with a number of artists including his wife, Irish violinist Anna Cashell, ‘cellist Raphael Wallfisch and violinist Daniel Rohn. In addition to this his piano trio have also performed extensively in the UK to critical acclaim.
Whilst a specialist in the music of Beethoven, Mozart and Schumann, Simon’s repertoire encompasses a broad range of styles and periods. He has also given lecture recitals ranging from Liszt’s Anness de Pelerinage to Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
As a writer on music he selected and wrote the foreword for a new edition of Frank Bridge’s piano music published by Dover Publishing of New York, which came out in October 2014.
He is currently a visiting teacher at Royal Holloway, University of London and the University of Limerick in the Republic of Ireland.
Simon studied at the Purcell School of Music with Patsy Toh and the Royal College of Music with Yonty Solomon, where he won a range of prizes and awards, including the Hopkinson Silver Medal, the Marmaduke Barton Piano Prize and the Peter Wallfisch Prize.
Recent concerts included an evening of chamber music at Cadogan Hall with the London International Players, a cycle of Beethoven’s piano sonatas at Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre in Walton-on-Thames and a performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations in St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh.

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Join us for an evening music performance in the beautiful setting of the Music Room at Stansted House

 

Thursday 12th September 2024

 

7:30pm (doors at 7pm)

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Tickets

£15.00 (£10.00 for Friends of Stansted Park)

to include interval refreshments of wine and canapes

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The Music Room

Stansted Park

 

Charity No. 1101251

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