JAYSON GILLHAM Wednesday 2 November 7.30Pm | Salon Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre
The Ursula Hoff-Valma Angliss Piano Recital JAYSON GILLHAM Wednesday 2 November 7.30pm | Salon Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre ARTIST Jayson Gillham, piano PROGRAM JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 - 1750) Toccata in C minor, BMV 911 GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685 - 1759) Chaconne in G, HWV 43S LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 - 1827) Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 INTERVAL ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810 - 1856) Symphonic Etudes, Op.13 (including posthumous variations) ABOUT THE ARTIST 'He plays Beethoven in a very open, honest, secure way – with a sort of ‘glow’… always a lovely sound – gorgeous'. - Sir Mark Elder London-based, Australian pianist Jayson Gillham has gained an international reputation for his compelling and elegant performances. His outstanding performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 at the 2014 Montreal International Music Competition was described in The Huffington Post as being performed ‘with such streamlined patrician elegance that he took home First Prize and a string of engagements to follow’. Following his recent performances as part of the 2016 Perth International Festival, The Australian maintains that; 'Jayson Gillham showed why his career has flourished in recent years, playing with a beautiful bell-like tone, a great sense of expressive lyricism, and virtuosity'. Jayson performs with the world’s leading orchestras and conductors with recent and future highlights including concerto performances with London Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony / Vladimir Ashkenazy, Melbourne Symphony / Benjamin Northey, Adelaide Symphony / Jeffrey Tate, Nashville Symphony / Asher Fisch, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana and Wuhan Philharmonic amongst many others. A keen recitalist Jayson performs at the world’s leading venues including Wigmore Hall (London), Louvre Auditorium (Paris), City Recital Hall Angel Place (Sydney) and Melbourne Recital Centre.
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