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  David Quigley, piano

plays for the Hinckley Music Club

  on Saturday, 26th September 2009

    at 7.30 p.m.  

   at Holy Trinity Church, Hinckley

The Marjorie King Recital

David makes a welcome return visit.

He studied at Birmingham Conservatoire, Paris Conservatoire and the Liszt Academy, Budapest. Winner of many major competitions, he combines an international performing career with teaching and is also founder and Director of the Birmingham International Piano Academy (BIPA), an annual summer school and festival held at the Conservatoire. David has performed as recitalist and concerto soloist worldwide in many major concert halls including Carnegie Hall (New York), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Symphony Hall (Birmingham) and the Musikverein (Vienna). David has collaborated with many distinguished conductors such as Barry Wordsworth, David Porcelijn, Barry Douglas and Takuo Yuasa.

Recent Recordings & Broadcasts

• Carnival of the Animals Jeremy Young (piano), Lancashire Sinfonietta
• 2006: Piano Music from Northern Ireland (Lorelt)
• 2006: BBC Radio 3 broadcast - Mozart Concerto No.8 in C major Chethams Chamber Orchestra, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
• BBC Radio Ulster broadcast - Beethoven Piano Trio in D major Op 70 No.1 (‘Ghost’), Ceasar Franck Sonata for violin and piano Joanne Quigley (violin), Sian Evans (cello)
• Recent performances include recitals at: Philips Collection (Washington DC), Banff centre for the Arts (Banff Canada), Ulster Hall (Belfast), Waterfront Hall (Belfast), Symphony Hall (Birmingham), Palais des Beaux Arts (Brussels), Megaron Athens, Mozarteum Salzburg, Wigmore Hall (London), Queen Elizabeth Hall (London)

Commissioned Works

• 2005: Aguecheek’s Antics from Paul Patterson for Stratford upon Avon Festival

Awards & Prizes

• Royal Overseas League, winner of keyboard section
• BBC Young Musician of the Year, finalist
• Worshipful Company of Musicians Carnwath Scholarship
• Myra Hess Award
• Rising Stars UK representative 2002 - 2003

“I doubt if composers could have had better performances than those of David Quigley”    Musical Opinion

“But the most complete performance was of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No2 where the conductor and orchestra had a compelling partner in the soloist, David Quigley”     The Irish Times

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