PHILIP MARTIN - PIANIST		    



The celebrated Irish pianist and composer, PHILIP MARTIN, has just returned from his native Dublin where he premiered his third piano concerto with

     
the National Symphony of Ireland. This concerto, entitled “The Nine Orders of Angels” adds an important work to his already distinguished concerto repertoire of over 60 concertos.

He has used these in his many concerto appearances in Ireland, the United Kingdom and abroad, with all the BBC orchestras, the Halle, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, City

        
of Birmingham Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and those in London such as the London Sinfonietta, the LSO and the RPO.
     

Late in 2005, he toured Mexico and played recitals of Debussy, Liszt, Philip Martin and Louis Moreau Gottschalk in the Palace of Fine Arts. He was immediately requested to return for further concerts.

  
2007 marks his 60th birthday and he is planning a major National and International tour under the direction of ArtScope, his Irish management. In March of this year, his performance of Gershwins Concerto in F met with particular critical acclaim.
 
This and many other American concerti are but one of his specialities. He has recorded an eight - volume set of CDs for Hyperion Records of the music of the colourful 19th century American composer, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, as well as a critically acclaimed recording called “The Maidens Prayer” which is heard repeatedly on Classic FM. [More...]