Ian Buckle
enjoys a busy and varied freelance career, working as soloist, accompanist,
chamber musician, orchestral pianist and teacher.
As concerto soloist, Ian has appeared alongside conductors Yan Pascal Tortelier, En Shao, Philip Ellis, Anthony Inglis and Gerard Schwarz. His London debut came in 1996 with a recital at Wigmore Hall, and he has given recitals in numerous U.K. festivals including Harrogate, Buxton, Huddersfield and Lichfield, the Ribble Valley International Piano Week and in the Bridgewater Hall for Manchester Midday Concerts. He has performed and broadcast recitals in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Turkey and Canada; and has appeared on BBC radio and television, most recently on the Radio 3 programme ‘In Tune’.
He works regularly with the wind ensemble Zephyr Winds and the Elysnan Horn Trio, of which he is a founder-member. His commitment to contemporary music is reflected in his work with the chamber groups Ensemble 10:10 and the Firebird Ensemble, and his piano duo with Richard Casey specialises in music of the last- and current centuries. As an accompanist he is in constant demand, performing and recording with singers and instrumentalists throughout the U.K. and in Europe. He combines his performing career with a position as pianist-in-residence at Huddersfield University and teaching at Leeds University.
Engagements in 2006-7 include concertos with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of Opera North, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the Manchester Concert Orchestra; piano-duo recitals of music by Boulez, Finnissy and Ligeti, a series of broadcasts with Ensemble 10:10, an annual series of recitals in the Buxton festival and concerts nationwide with Zephyr Winds. Various recording projects include CDs of Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’, solo- and chamber music by Humphrey Procter-Gregg and a disc of contemporary works for trombone and piano.
He is an enthusiast of “World” (especially French) Cinema and holds a season ticket at Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.
“Outstanding… Buckle is a pianist whose precision, power, musicianship and enviable composure allow us to experience the music without imposing superfluous affectation. His technique is dazzling, yet always in the service of the composer. A memorable event.” Yorkshire Post, October 2005
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