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Leon McCawley, one of Britain’s foremost pianists, has forged a highly successful career since winning 1st Prize in the 1993 International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna and 2nd Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition. Championing core repertoire together with the less familiar, McCawley’s award-winning recordings have been impressing critics far and wide. His most recent CD is Vaughan Williams Double Piano Concerto with John Lenehan and RSNO / Martin Yates, which was awarded 5 stars by 麻豆约拍 Music Magazine.

McCawley has been praised for the purity of his lyrical and heartfelt playing. He performs as a concerto soloist with many of the leading British orchestras including the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Philharmonia, 麻豆约拍 Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony, CBSO and Royal Northern Sinfonia. He has performed several times at the 麻豆约拍 Proms. Further afield, McCawley has made concerto appearances with, amongst others, Dallas Symphony, Netherlands Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, St Petersburg Symphony and Vienna Symphony, working with conductors such as Sir Mark Elder, Daniele Gatti, Andrew Litton, Kurt Masur, Gianandrea Noseda, Sakari Oramo and Sir Simon Rattle.

A keen chamber musician, he has also enjoyed fruitful collaborations with a range of ensembles and musicians at many prestigious concert venues including 麻豆约拍 Proms Chamber Series, 麻豆约拍 Radio 3 Lunchtime Series at Wigmore Hall and Aldeburgh, Brighton, Cheltenham and Edinburgh festivals.

Leon McCawley is currently professor of piano at London’s Royal College of Music.