British Contemporary Piano Competition

Posted on by Jeremy Thurlow

Two pianists, Simon Smith and Paul Kean, have chosen to play The Will of the Tones as part of their programme in the British Contemporary Piano Competition, which is taking place at the University of Surrey in Guildford over the next few days. This is a fantastic competition, in which a number of incredibly brave young pianists tackle a terrifying mountain of contemporary piano repertoire and are gradually whittled down over three rounds. For more information, see http://www.britconpc.co.uk/

Music by Jeremy Thurlow

Published by Jeremy Thurlow

Jeremy Thurlow is a composer, writer and pianist. His music has been performed by the BBC Philharmonic, Sequitur, the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, Endymion, the Kreutzer Quartet, the Schubert Ensemble, the BBC Singers, Matthew Schellhorn, Rolf Hind, among many others. His book on Dutilleux is published in French by Millénaire III, and he has also written and broadcast on Messiaen and numerous other twentieth-century composers.