Christopher Glynn Publicity sheet

Artist Management: Ingpen and Williams Ltd Jonathan Groves [email protected] Helen Hogh / Lulu Chivers [email protected]

Ingpen and Williams 7, St George’s Court, 131, Putney Bridge Road, London SW15 2PA Tel: +44(0)20 8874 3222 Fax: +44(0)20 8877 3113

To contact Chris directly, please email him at [email protected]. Website: http://www.cglynn.com

Biography

Christopher Glynn performs widely as pianist and accompanist, working with many leading singers, instrumentalists and chamber ensembles in concerts, broadcast, and recordings throughout Europe, North America and the Far East.

He has accompanied singers including Sir , Matthew Best, Claire Booth, Susan Bullock, Allan Clayton, Ronan Collett, Lucy Crowe, Sophie Daneman, Neal Davies, Sarah Fox, Michael George, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, , Julie Kennard, , Yvonne Kenny, Dame , , Hillevi Martinpelto, Henk Neven, Alan Oke, Ian Partridge, Hila Plitmann, Derek Lee Ragin, Joan Rodgers, Kate Royal, James Rutherford, Carolyn Sampson, Toby Spence, , Ailish Tynan, Lillian Watson, Roderick Williams, Catherine Wyn Rogers and many others. He has also performed with instrumentalists including Julian Bliss, , Michael Collins, Nicholas Daniel, Daniel Hope and , with chamber groups including the Elias Quartet, Fitzwilliam Quartet, Alberni Quartet and London Winds, and with choirs including Consortium and The Sixteen.

Chris was born in Leicester and read music at New College, Oxford before studying piano with John Streets in France and at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won every major award for piano accompaniment as well as the accompaniment prize in the 2001 competition and the 2003 Gerald Moore award.

Chris made his debut at in 2001 and has since performed there many times as well as in all the main UK concert halls and in major concert venues and festivals throughout the world. He has made recordings for labels including Hyperion, Decca, Signum, Erato, Coro and Cantoris. He has also made many studio recordings and live broadcasts for BBC Radio 3, Classic FM and for European television and radio. He is a Professor at the and an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music; he also works often with the Samling Foundation and has adjudicated in several international competitions. Chris has devised programmes for the Wigmore Hall and the National Portrait Gallery and in 2010 he was appointed Artistic Director of the Ryedale Festival.

Recent highlights include a recording of the songs of Michael Head on Hyperion with Ailish Tynan, Catherine Wyn Rogers and Roderick Williams. Future plans include concerts at the Wigmore Hall and for the BBC, a US and Canadian tour with Kate Royal, recording projects for Hyperion, Signum and Decca and concerts throughout Europe. In 2011/12 Chris will also curate a concert series entitled The Songs of Ravel and his circle for the Wigmore Hall.

Reviews

‘at Carnegie Hall…pianist Christopher Glynn was an exemplary partner, by turns impossibly delicate, colourfully nimble and thunderously firm.’ Opera News

‘pianist Christopher Glynn had beauties and insights aplenty – a superb accompanist’ The Times

‘the intense accompaniment, tackled with breathtaking sensitivity by pianist Christopher Glynn….infinitely subtle dynamic range and some impeccably moulded phrasing…One suspects this repertoire could have found no finer exponents.’ Gramophone

‘Supporting Royal with the utmost musical sensitivity, Glynn proved a first-rate accompanist – indeed every bit as impressive and inspirational as the wonderful Malcolm Martineau is on the CD recording. Many of these songs required virtuosic pianism, which Glynn tackled effortlessly. At other times, his delicacy of touch was irresistible.’ Opera Britannica

‘sensitive accompanist Christopher Glynn….a stunning rendition’ The New York Times

‘pianist Christopher Glynn provided exemplary accompaniment’ Montreal Gazette

‘Kate Royal was exquisitely accompanied by Christopher Glynn who created beautiful intimate atmospheres and seemed to play with fingers of velvet’ Opera Magazine

‘fantastically talented pianist Christopher Glynn’s playing was outstanding for its clarity and sensitivity’ The Scotsman

'pianist Christopher Glynn's sensitive voicing and nimble articulation were as impressive as Kate Royal's expressivity' The Independent

'Regrettably Graham Johnson was indisposed but Christopher Glynn was in no way a second-best replacement. His innate empathy with this repertoire was immediately apparent, and his alert responsiveness to the nuances of the texts was sustained throughout the performance.' Opera Today

‘superb playing from Christopher Glynn’ The Telegraph

‘beg, borrow or buy this disc immediately….Superlative and compelling performances…. with piano accompaniment from Christopher Glynn…simply glorious!’ Gramophone

‘Christopher Glynn…perfectly balanced partnership’ The Guardian

‘outstanding pianist Christopher Glynn - always imaginative’ Evening Standard

‘fine pianist Christopher Glynn showed what real performance is all about, not just accuracy and technical command, but imaginative daring’. Musical Opinion

‘Christopher Glynn on the piano accompanied with masterly command of nuance and expressiveness’ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger

‘Christopher Glynn’s piano accompaniments were of the highest calibre’ Le Monde

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