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Iain Burnside is a Scottish classical pianist and accompanist, and a former presenter on BBC Radio 3. Following study at Merton College, Oxford, the Royal Academy of Music and the Chopin Academy, in Warsaw he became a freelance pianist, specialising particularly in song repertoire.
Iain Burnside is a versatile musician who performs, records and teaches a wide range of repertoire, especially English song. He also creates and directs original theatre pieces based on composers' lives and works.
Whatever the variation, the overarching theme of Burnside’s marvelously multifarious career centres on his distinctive pairing of the worlds of music and poetry within an interpretative framework fragranced by musical intelligence, historical sensitivity and playful humour.
TV, notably as host of BBC R3’s acclaimed Voices series. In addition to a long association with London’s Guildhall School, Iain is Visiting International Artist at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin. He is Artistic Director of the Ludlow English Song Weekend and Artistic Consultant to Grange Park Opera, Surrey.
Iain Burnside (Piano) and details of their recordings available to browse and buy. Scottish pianist Iain Burnside studied at Merton College Oxford, the Royal Academy of Music and at the Warsaw Chopin Academy, and is widely regarded...
He is Artistic Director of the Ludlow English Song Weekend and Artistic Consultant to Grange Park Opera, Surrey. Future projects include Ludlow Day and the series Beyond Rachmaninov at Wigmore Hall, recitals in Zurich with Rosa Feola and Amsterdam with Roderick Williams, and concerts with Trio Balthasar in Italy and Belgium.
Iain Burnside. Pianist and Broadcaster. Interweaving roles as pianist and Sony Award-winning broadcaster with equal aplomb, Iain Burnside (“pretty much ideal” BBC Music Magazine) is also a master programmer with an instinct for the telling juxtaposition.
