Jayson Gillham

Curriculum Vitae (February 2014)

DOB: 15 August 1986 Nationality: Australian/British

Teachers Ms Leah Horwitz OAM Prof Christopher Elton

Education 2007-09 MA Royal Academy of Music – awarded DipRAM and Dove Prize for highest academic achievement 2004-07 BMus Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University – awarded Conservatorium medal for highest academic achievement

Funding, Support 2008- Keyboard Charitable Trust – Recitals in UK, Germany, USA, Italy 2009-11 Countess of Munster Musical Trust – Recitals across the UK 2009-11 Hattori Foundation (London, UK) 2010 Tait Memorial Trust (London, UK) 2008-09 Worshipful Company of Musicians (London, UK) 2008-09 ABRSM International Scholarship – free tuition at Royal Academy of Music 2008 Martin Musical Scholarship Fund (London, UK) 2007-08 Australian Music Foundation UK Scholarship (London, UK)

Prizes, Competitions 2013 Semi-finalist Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (USA) 2012 Finalist (6th Prize) Leeds International Piano Competition (UK) 2012 Gold Medallist – Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition (London, UK) 2011 1st Prize Brant International Piano Competition (Birmingham, UK) 2010 Semi-finalist XVI Chopin International Piano Competition (Warsaw, Poland) 2008 1st Prize Australian National Piano Award (Melbourne) – AU$20,000 2008 1st Prize Prix d’AmadèO de Piano (Aachen, Germany) – €5,000 2007-08 Royal Academy of Music – 1st prize in Bach, Beethoven, Romantic piano and 20th Century Piano Prizes 2006 Semi-finalist Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition 2005 3rd Prize London International Piano Competition – £7,000

Selected Performance Highlights Upcoming Mar 2014 Beethoven Concerto No. 2 – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Oct 2014 Piano Quintet residency and two concerts with the Carducci String Quartet – Two Moors Festival, Somerset, UK Oct 2014 Mozart Concerto in C major K. 467 – English Chamber Orchestra – Royal Festival Hall, London Nov 2014 Three performances of Rachmaninov 4th Concerto – Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana – Pesaro, Ancona, Fabriano Nov 2014 Solo recital at Louvre Auditorium, Paris

Past Jan 2014 Wigmore Hall full-length solo recital (Keyboard Charitable Trust) Oct 2013 Beethoven “Emperor” Concerto – Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Sept 2013 Grieg Concerto – Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Brisbane Mar 2013 Solo recital at Town Hall, Birmingham Mar 2013 Solo recital at Teatro Ghione, Rome Nov 2012 Mozart Rondo in A major, K. 386 – English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Ray Leppard Sept 2012 Leeds Competition Final – Beethoven’s “Emperor” with the Hallé, Sir Mark Elder Jul 2012/3 Recitals and chamber music at Linari Classic Festival, Tuscany, Italy Jun 2012 Concerto performances in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Mannheim and Bamberg (Germany), with the Queensland Youth Symphony – Beethoven’s “Emperor” May 2012 Wigmore Hall full-length solo recital (Kirckman Concert Society) Aug 2011 Performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Jun 2011 Two Mozart concertos with the Wuhan Philharmonic, Wuhan, China Feb 2011 Percy Grainger Festival at King’s Place, London Jan 2011 Recitals in Verona, Padova and Vicenza – Italy (Keyboard Charitable Trust) Sept 2010 Queensland Symphony Orchestra Northern Tour – Chopin Concerto in F minor May 2010 New York debut recital – Steinway Hall (Keyboard Charitable Trust)

Masterclasses Pierre-Laurent Aimard Leon Fleisher Joanna MacGregor Imogen Cooper Stephen Hough John Perry Pascal Devoyon Ivan Klansky Ferenc Rados Marc Durand John Lill Marc Silverman

Referees Prof Christopher Elton [email protected] Dr Leslie Howard [email protected] Trevor Green [email protected]