Pianist
Edward Liddall is a British pianist, in demand across many disciplines. He has performed at venues and festivals worldwide both as a solo pianist, and as a chamber musician, including at The Barbican; The Wigmore Hall; The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; New Philharmonic Hall, Bratislava; and Opéras Garnier and Bastille, Paris.
He was a 2017 YCAT Finalist as a collaborative pianist and a 2019 Parkhouse Award finalist with Amarins Wierdsma, both at The Wigmore Hall; he won the accompaniment prize at the 2015 Maureen Lehane awards, and was a finalist in the 2015 Royal Overseas League Competition as a solo pianist. Performance highlights include The Aix-en-Provence Art of Recital Academy, with soprano Louise Kemény, under the tuition of Stéphane Degout and Alain Planès, and joining the piano faculty of the Keshet Eilon festival in Israel; a playing and acting role in Iain Burnside’s play "Why Does The Queen Die?" at the Oxford Lieder Festival and in London, a performance of Schubert’s Winterreise as part of Graham Johnson’s Song "Guild", touring with "Où donc est tombée ma jeunesse?" in France and The Brighton Festival. Recent TV and radio broadcasts include appearances on BBC 4, BBC Radio 3, Dutch National Radio and Radio France.
He is currently a young artist in residence at the Académie of the Opéra National de Paris, where he has had the opportunity to participate in many productions and concerts. Edward has had the opportunity to take part in masterclasses with artists such as Ludovic Tézier, Karine Deshayes, Philippe Jordan, Graham Johnson, Malcolm Martineau, Ann Murray, Della Jones, and Andras Keller, and in 2016 he attended IMS Prussia Cove, where, together with 'cellist Leander Kippenberg, he took lessons with Thomas Ades.
He has completed a Junior Fellowship at The Guildhall School of Music & Drama under the tutelage of Caroline Palmer, having previously completed a Masters degree (with distinction) there. Prior to this, he studied with Thalia Myers both at the Royal College of Music, Junior Department, and as an undergraduate at King’s College, Cambridge. He is grateful to The Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers for supporting his studies at Guildhall; and to The Solti Foundation for providing a bursary to attend IMS Prussia Cove.