Siwan Rhys

Programme to include:

Joanna Bailie - Roll Call, for speaking pianist (2018)
Tim Parkinson - untitled 2021a (2021) (world premiere)
Ryoko Akama - 10 days etude (2020)
Oliver Leith - I spend most of my life with a screen (2019)

Pianist Siwan Rhys brings together diverse works from the last five years, including brand new pieces by University of Leeds composition students.

The programme includes private and intimate pieces for piano alone, written during the pandemic by Ryoko Akama and Tim Parkinson, alongside works for piano and film by Joanna Bailie and Oliver Leith, each conjuring their own eerie and distorted worlds.

Siwan Rhys

Pianist Siwan Rhys focuses on interpreting and creating new music, working closely with composers, improvisers, and other artists.

Recent performances have taken her to venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Shanghai Symphony Hall, Philharmonie de Paris, Esplanade Singapore, and festivals such as the BBC Proms, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, and Alderburgh Festival.

Recent commercial releases include a critically-acclaimed recording of Stockhausen's KONTAKTE, a Barbara Monk Feldman portrait disc, Oliver Leith's good day good day bad day bad day, and re-voicings by Mira Calix of John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes.

A regular chamber and ensemble pianist, Siwan works with groups such as the London Sinfonietta, Colin Currie Group, and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. She is one half of piano-percussion duo GBSR Duo and a member of new music group Explore Ensemble.

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