Philip Smith (pianist)
Philip Smith is an English pianist.
Smith has been a concert pianist since the 1980s. He has performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra , the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the English Chamber Orchestra in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia and has played a. a. the piano concertos by Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms .
His collaboration with percussionist Evelyn Glennie began with an appearance at the Proms in 1989. This was followed by joint appearances at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Kennedy Center in Washington, the Hollywood Bowl and in 1998 at the Lincoln Center in New York. In 1999 he gave concerts in East Asia and America and played his third cycle of Beethoven piano concertos in Nottingham. In 2000 he started his partnership with clarinetist Bernhard Röthlisberger with concerts in Switzerland and Great Britain.
He played George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham and the Royal Festival Hall in London, and Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the London Barbican Hall . Smith's CD recordings include the Soirées de Vienne by Franz Liszt , several CDs with Evelyn Glennie, compositions by Dave Heath with Evelyn Glennie and the saxophonist John Harle, and clarinet sonatas by Johannes Brahms and Gustav Jenner . Smith lives in London with the Japanese pianist Noriko Ogawa .
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| SURNAME | Smith, Philip |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |