Wednesday 20 January
LUNCHTIME CONCERT
1.15pm
Masayuki Tayama
Piano
Beethoven
Sonata in C minor, Op.13 'Pathetique'
Schumann
Sonata No.2
Rachmaninov
Etudes Tableaux
Masayuki Tayama studied at Toho University of Music
in Tokyo, and later was awarded a Fellowship under the Japanese Government Overseas Study Programme for Artists to study in the UK, where he gained the Performer's Diploma with Honours from both the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Tayama lives in London, and performs extensively in Europe and returns regularly to Japan for recital and concerto appearances. His recital at Toppan Hall in Tokyo in 2005 was broadcast on Nikkei national Radio in Japan, and his performances of Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.3 with Osaka Symphonika at The Symphony Hall in Osaka, twice on the same day in July 2006 were hailed as “re-inventing the image of Rachmaninov”. He made his USA debut in January 2006 at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, where the recital was broadcast live on the Internet. His growing reputation as an exciting pianist has led to invitations by many major Festivals and Music Clubs, and he has already appeared at the Chelsea Schubertiad Festival in London, the Manolis Kalomiris Festival in Greece, and makes a regular return to the Music Festival of the Nations, giving two annual solo recitals in Rome. His first London concert appearance was in 2002 at the South Bank’s Purcell Room, and in 2003 he gave his concerto debut at the Fairfield Halls, both of which were met with critical acclaim. Most recently he made his first Cadogan Hall concerto appearance, and gave his debut recital to a sell-outaudience at the Wigmore Hall. His recent performance with orchestras include Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos.2, 3, 4 and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, and the two Piano Concertos by Brahms, collaborating with conductors including Stephen Bell, Adrian Brown, Darrell Davison, John Gibbons, Levon Parikian and Vladimir Valek.
