Presented by YCAT
Richard Uttley
14 May, 7:30pm (£10/£8/£5)
Born in Bradford, Richard Uttley studied at Cambridge University, graduating in 2008 with a double first. He was awarded a distinction in his Master’s from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where he studied with Martin Roscoe and is now a Fellow. In 2006 he won the British Contemporary Piano Competition, and in 2010 took 1st Prize in the Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition.
YCAT (Young Classical Artists’ Trust) is a fully-fledged artists’ agency specifically for young performers in the early stages of major careers. Auditions to get on their books are highly competitive and PAC is delighted to be welcoming one of their most recent signings, the pianist Richard Uttley, a young musician with a special affinity with contemporary repertoire, on 14 May at 7.30pm.
“...evangelical enthusiasm... assiduous clarity ... lyrical poise... a brilliant recital.”
NEIL FISHER, THE TIMES
Programme
Bach
Partita No.1 in B flat, BWV 825
Chopin
5 Mazurkas, op.7
Debussy
Images Book I
Magnus Lindberg
Piano Jubilees
Thomas Adès
Mazurkas, op.27
Gershwin
Three Preludes
Chopin
Polonaise in A flat, op.53, “Heroic”
PAC would like to thank Cheltenham Music Society for helping to publicise these concerts. For more details on their contemporary concerts or chamber concerts series please visit their website or pick up a brochure from Parabola Arts Centre.