Allan Schiller - Impulse

ALLAN SCHILLER

"the ideal Mozart pianist"

The Guardian

www.allanschiller.com

Allan Schiller first came to prominence when he made a sensational debut at the age of ten, with the Halle Orchestra under Sir John Barbirolli. A few years later, while still a teenager, he made his first appearance at the Promenade Concerts and the Edinburgh Festival.

Allan was born in Leeds, where he studied with Fanny Waterman, the founder of the Leeds International Piano Competition. After spending two years with Denis Matthews, one of the most stylish Mozart players of his day, Allan became the first British pianist to win a scholarship to the Moscow Conservatoire.

Returning to England, he soon established himself as a popular and highly regarded soloist. Allan has played with every major UK orchestra and has toured the United States and the former Soviet Union and, of course, Europe. The Guardian has described him as "the ideal Mozart pianist," and his fame for playing Mozart brought him invitations to Salzburg and Cape Town to take part in the commemorations of the 200th anniversary of Mozart's death. Earlier this year he performed all Mozart's solo piano works in one day to raise funds for the Bristol Cancer Help Centre, and has recently played the complete sonatas at the Hay on Wye Festival.

Allan Schiller has the rare quality of playing the piano in the vocal way which was treasured by all the great composers and, until recent years, by the vast majority of pianists. Instead of hitting the keyboard he coaxes sound from it in such a way as to make one forget the piano is a percussive instrument whose sound is forever dying. Such skills are highly valued.

Future engagements include a tour of South Africa in February 2002.

Allan has made numerous recordings of both solo works and chamber music.
ALLAN SCHILLER PLAYS Richard Baker's Favourite Piano Music UPBEAT CLASSICS URCD132

OTHER RECORDINGS BY ALLAN SCHILLER

ASV CD QS 6032 Fur Elise - 19 Popular Piano Pieces

ASV CD WHL 2051 Virtuoso Victoriana

ASV CD DCA 678 with the Coull Quartet
Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor Op.84.
Bridge Piano Quintet in D minor.

ASV CD DCA 714 with Leonard Friedman, Violin
Music by Ernest Bloch: Sonata No.1 (1920);
Sonata No.2 'Poeme Mystique' (1924); Baal Shem (1924)

ASV CD QA 6149 Chopin - The Complete Waltzes

ASV CD QA 6166 Chabrier - Pieces Pittoresques
and other piano pieces

URCD 151 Moods and Seasons - Pieces by Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Chaminade, Sinding and others.

New Release: Classic Piano Dreams
an album of relaxing music selected and recorded
especially to raise funds for the Bristol Cancer Help Centre

Allan Schiller is represented by:

Camerata Artists
4 Margaret Road
Harborne
Birmingham B17 0EU

Telephone: +44 (0)121 426 6208 Fax: +44 (0)121 608 0676

e-mail: humphreys@camerata.fsnet.co.uk