DANIEL TONG – piano
May 7, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
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Daniel Tong enjoys a diverse musical life and is regarded as one of Britain’s most respected and probing artists. Daniel performs as soloist and chamber musician, and directs two chamber music festivals, as well as teaching and writing. Born in Cornwall, Daniel first came to prominence as piano finalist in the BBC Young Musicians competition and has subsequently embraced a rich variety of musical experience, from concerto performances at Kings Place and St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, chamber concerts at the Wigmore Hall and frequent broadcasts on BBC Radio, to a current role as Head of Piano in Chamber Music at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. He released his first solo CD of works by Schubert for the Quartz label in 2012 and has recently released the three Op. 10 Piano Sonatas by Beethoven for Resonus Classics. He has also recorded piano works by Brahms for the same label, on a Blüthner instrument chosen by the composer from the Leipzig showroom in the 1890s. This material is due for release in 2023. Daniel also recorded short solo works by Frank Bridge for Dutton as part of a London Bridge Ensemble disc and broadcast Janacek’s piano sonata live on BBC Radio 3. He has appeared as concerto soloist at St Martin-in-the-Fields and King’s Place in London.
He has performed at many of the foremost British venues and festivals – Wigmore Hall, South Bank Centre, St Georges Bristol, Birmingham Town Hall, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh as well as the Cheltenham, Aldeburgh, 3 Choirs and Edinburgh Festivals. He has also performed in many other parts of Europe including festivals in St. Mere, Ponte de Lima, La Loingtaine, Resonances and Cucagnan, as well as concert venues in Paris, Brussels, Stockholm, Antwerp and Lyon. He is frequently heard on BBC Radio and his performances have been broadcast throughout Europe and beyond. His project ‘Music Discovery Live’, in collaboration with musicologist Richard Wigmore, has seen a series of lecture-recital weekends on Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann piano works. It continues throughout 2019 and 2020 in Oxford, Canterbury and other beautiful places. He has been invited to curate mini-festivals around the music of Elgar and Dvorak at King’s Place in London and also presented lecture-recitals on Beethoven piano sonatas at St Georges.