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63, Cambridge Street • London • SW1V 4PS
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7976 5041 • email: info@tashmina.co.uk
Daniel Tong
Piano
"Tong, whose cultured pianism affords unqualified pleasure throughout" Gramophone
“pianist Daniel Tong negotiates every difficulty with absolute control” Fanfare
Daniel Tong was born in Cornwall and studied in London, where he now lives. His musical life is spent performing as soloist and chamber musician, as well as directing two chamber music festivals and teaching. Outside the UK he has performed in Sweden, France, Belgium and Portugal. He has recently recorded his first solo CD of works by Schubert, soon to be released on the Quartz label.
Daniel has appeared at many of the foremost British venues and festivals - Wigmore Hall, South Bank Centre, St Georges Bristol, Birmingham Town Hall as well as the Cheltenham, Aldeburgh and Edinburgh Festivals. He is frequently heard on BBC Radio and has broadcast throughout Europe and beyond. His latest project, 'unravelled' in collaboration with musicologist Richard Wigmore, has seen a series of lecture-recital weekends on Beethoven and Schubert piano sonatas. It continues throughout 2011 and 2012 in Oxford and Winchester. In 2012 Daniel has been invited to curate a festival of Elgar's music at Kings Place in London. He will also give a series of presentations in northern Portugal, with performances by the Skampa Quartet, exploring the late Beethoven quartets and contemporary works by Schubert and Mendelssohn.
His London Bridge Ensemble has established itself as an exciting presence on the UK music scene, combining different combinations of strings, piano and voice to form challenging and inspiring programmes. They were resident for several years at the Ponte de Lima Festival in Portugal and have recorded two CDs of works by Frank Bridge for Dutton as well as Schumann for Sonimage. These releases have each been praised and recommended in the press. A further release is planned for 2011, featuring works by Fauré. In 2012 the ensemble returns to the Wigmore Hall, appears at Kings Place in London and gives a series of concerts in Portugal. They will also present their fifth annual festival - The Winchester Chamber Music Festival.
Daniel is excited about Opus 1, his new piano trio with Sara Bitlloch and Amy Norrington. He has collaborated with the Navarra and Allegri quartets and will perform with the Elias and Barbirolli quartets in 2012. He has a regular duo with baritone Ivan Ludlow.
Each year Daniel plays with an array of wonderful individual artists, often at his own chamber festival in the Wye Valley. Founded in 1999, the Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival attracts many of the most exciting chamber musicians of the younger generation to spend ten days making music in an area of outstanding natural beauty. The Festival has become a well-established and treasured event in the region’s cultural life, gaining national attention for its creative spirit and artistic vibrancy.
Daniel studied piano with Hilary Coates at school, with Irina Zaritskaya at the Royal College of Music and with Paul Roberts at the Guildhall in London.
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