Charles Spencer (pianist)

Charles Spencer (* 1955 in Yorkshire ) is an English pianist and university professor.

Life

Spencer studied with Max Pirani at the Royal Academy of Music in London and at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . He received the funding award for artistic achievements of the Austrian federal government. He is mainly active as a song accompanist . He was the permanent pianist of Christa Ludwig , Bernarda Fink , Gundula Janowitz , Vesselina Kasarova , Marjana Lipovšek , Jessye Norman , Deborah Polaski , Thomas Quasthoff , Ildikó Raimondi , Peter Schreier , John Shirley-Quirk and Deon van der Walt . He has also accompanied Elīna Garanča , Petra Lang , Andreas Schmidt , Peter Seiffert , Petra-Maria Schnitzer , Janina Baechle and Iris Vermillion, among others . He has made numerous records - including Schubert songs with Gundula Janowitz and Thomas Quasthoff, Brahms songs with Marjana Lipovšek, Deborah Polaski, Deon van der Walt, Doris Soffel and Michael Volle, as well as recitals with Maria Venuti and Deon van der Walt. Supported by the state government of Schleswig-Holstein , he founded a song festival with the singer Ulf Bästlein in Husum . His Rossini CD with Cecilia Bartoli and his accompaniment of Christa Ludwig's “Farewell to Salzburg” received international recognition. Since 1999 Spencer has also been professor of song interpretation at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

personal data
SURNAME	Spencer, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English pianist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	Yorkshire