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"Where words leave off, music begins." - Heinrich Heine

Kathryn Stott

One of Britain’s most versatile musicians, Kathryn Stott studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Royal College of Music, and was a prize-winner at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 1978. She is a Visiting Professor and an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music.
As a concerto soloist she regularly appears with many major orchestras through- out the world, and she enjoys long-standing musical relationships with many distinguished instrumentalists. A special interest in contemporary music has led to many world premières, including concertos by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Michael Nyman. She is also a remarkable exponent of tango and other Latin dance music, reflected for instance in a noted collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma and leading South American musicians on disc and on tour. Kathryn Stott has recorded a number of discs, including solo piano works by John Foulds and Ervín Schulhoff, violin sonatas by Ferruccio Busoni and several projects with the cellist Christian Poltéra, all for BIS. With her duo partner Noriko Ogawa she has recorded a disc of works by Delius arranged for two pianos, and Circuit, a concerto for two pianos and orchestra written for them by Graham Fitkin. She has also been the artistic vision behind several major festivals and concert series, in the UK and Italy, and was the artistic director of the Manchester Chamber Concert Series from 2009 until 2014.