John Reid
Piano
[Short Biography]
John Reid is a pianist of notable versatility and range, an outstanding chamber musician,
song accompanist, soloist and exponent of new music.
A regular visitor to festivals and music clubs across the UK, John has worked with a wide
range of very distinguished singers and instrumentalists, as well as with ensembles. He
has given recitals at the major London venues and widely across Britain and the Continent.
John has worked with contemporary chamber music groups, giving many first performances.
He is a principal of the Aurora Orchestra, with whom he has appeared at the BBC Proms and
the Proms Plus series.
He has recorded numerous times for Radio 3. Recent and forthcoming releases on disc
include trios with the Emanuel Ensemble and premiere recordings of music by York Bowen.
John Reid studied at Clare College, Cambridge, then at the Royal Academy of Music with
Michael Dussek. He has also studied song interpretation with Malcolm Martineau and Rudolf
Jansen and at the Britten-Pears School. The recipient of the Gerald Moore Award and the
RAM Queen’s Commendation for Excellence, John also won the Kathleen Ferrier and Maggie
Teyte Pianist Prizes.
[Longer Biography]
John Reid’s career to date has shown him to be a pianist of notable versatility and range,
with wide experience as an outstanding chamber musician, song accompanist, soloist and
exponent of new music.
In recital, he has worked with artists including singers Joan Rodgers, Dame Felicity Lott,
Lucy Crowe, Nicholas Mulroy, William Berger and Diana Moore; instrumentalists Thomas Gould,
Adam Walker, Alexander Baillie, Alison Balsom, Gemma Rosefield, Jennifer Pike, Timothy
Orpen, Sarah Williamson, Oliver Coates and William Bennett; as well as with groups
including the Barbirolli Quartet, the Emanuel Ensemble, the Aurora Wind Ensemble and
members of the Northern Sinfonia and the Britten Sinfonia. He has given recitals at
Wigmore Hall and the other major London venues; in recent seasons he has also made debuts
at Bridgewater Hall; The Sage Centre, Gateshead; Salisbury Cathedral (a solo recital as
part of the 750th anniversary celebrations); the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and in Italy,
Switzerland, Germany (Mecklenburg Festival), France, Slovenia (Maribor Festival), Denmark
(the Langvad Chamber Music ‘Jamboree’) and the Middle East. He has given numerous concerts
at festivals and music clubs across the UK, often under the auspices of YCAT and the
Tillett and Countess of Munster trusts.
He was a founder member of the contemporary chamber music group Radius and has also
worked with the Ossian Ensemble. At the centre of this work, he has given over fifteen
first performances by composers including Ian Vine, Errollyn Wallen, Raymond Yiu and
members of the Camberwell Composers Collective. He enjoys ongoing collaborations with
Martin Suckling, whose set of Songs Without Words he commissioned and premiered at the
2010 Chelsea Schubert Festival; and Emily Hall, whose Love Songs he has played at the
Aldeburgh Faster than Sound and Latitude Festivals, and whose Life Cycle he will perform
(with cellist Oliver Coates and singer-songwriter Mara Carlyle) during 2011 at the South
Bank and at Opera North. He is a principal player of the Aurora Orchestra, with whom he
has appeared at the Aldeburgh Festival, at King’s Place, the BBC Proms and the Proms Plus
series (as part of the Inspire competition for young composers).
He has recorded numerous times for Radio 3, most recently as part of the Genius of Mozart
series.
Releases on disc include premiere recordings of music by York Bowen (works for two pianos
with Michael Dussek for Dutton Epoch), Clifford Benson (for Landor Records), Rhian Samuel
(for Deux Elles), Charles Camilleri (for Divine Art) and Nico Muhly (with Aurora for Decca).
A disc of trios and duos with the Emanuel Ensemble – including rarely-heard music by
Louise Farrenc and Nikolai Kapustin – is scheduled for release by Champs Hill Records in
2011.
John Reid read music and musicology at Clare College, Cambridge, before taking up a
scholarship to study with Michael Dussek at the Royal Academy of Music. He has also taken
lessons in song interpretation with Malcolm Martineau, in Amsterdam with Rudolf Jansen
and at the Britten-Pears School. While still a student, he won the coveted Gerald Moore
Award, as well as the pianist prizes at the Kathleen Ferrier and Maggie Teyte competitions.
He was awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Excellence on graduating, and is now an
Associate of the RAM.
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