Llyr williams biography

Born in 1976 in Pentrebychan, North Wales, Llŷr Williams read music at The Queen's College, Oxford and went on to take up a postgraduate scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music where he won every available prize and award.
Llŷr Williams (born 1976) is a Welsh concert pianist.
Llŷr Williams is a Welsh concert pianist.

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Llŷr Williams - Biography

Llŷr Williams was supported by Borletti-Buitoni Trust between 2004 and 2008. For an up-to-date biography please visit www.victoriarowsell.co.uk

Welsh pianist Llŷr Williams is widely admired for his profound musical intelligence and for the expressive and communicative nature of his interpretations. An acclaimed performer of Beethoven, he has several complete sonata cycles under his belt, most recently at Wigmore Hall and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, as well as a Concerto cycle with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Williams regularly performs as a soloist with the major UK orchestras, and has given recitals in halls such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn and the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Festival appearances include the BBC Proms, Edinburgh, Verbier, Piano aux Jacobins, Ravinia and Gilmore.

Williams’ eclectic repertoire is reflected in his discography. April 2018 saw the launch of a 12-CD box-set Beethoven Unbound, on Signum Classics, featuring all 32 sonatas and other major work

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Welsh pianist, Llŷr Williams, is widely admired for his profound musical intelligence, and for the expressive and communicative nature of his interpretations. He has worked with orchestras around the world, including the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Sinfonia Cymru, I Pomeriggi Musicali, Meininger Hofkapelle, Berner Kammerorchester, Limburgs Symphony and the Mozarteum Orchestra in Salzburg. He also appears at the BBC Proms in London and has given many remarkable performances at the Edinburgh International Festival, including an astonishing performance of Charles Ives’ 'Concord' Sonata in 2010. He is a regular performer in the Wigmore Hall’s main piano series.

Llŷr Williams is a regular performer at the East Neuk Festival in Scotland, Handelsbeurs Concertzaal Gent, and in the Piano aux Jacobins series in Toulouse. He is also currently artist in residence at Galeri Caernarfon in Wales. 2010 saw the rele

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The Welsh pianist, Llŷr Williams, brings a profound musical intelligence to his work as soloist, accompanist and chamber musician. He has performed with orchestras around the world, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales (with whom he toured the USA), London Mozart Players, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Sinfonia Cymru and the Minnesota Orchestra. He also appears regularly at the BBC Proms in London and has given many remarkable performances at the Edinburgh Festival 2009/10 Season included a very successful debut in Salzburg, performing Schumann's piano concerto with the Mozarteum Orchestra and Ivor Bolton, several concerts at the Schubertiade in Perth Concert Hall, a return to Welsh National Orchestra to play Mozart with Carlo Rizzi and Beethoven's Emperor Concerto with the London Philharmonic and Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Throughout 2010 Llŷr Williams performed a Beethoven sonata cycle around the UK which received universal praise; after the last three Sonatas in Cardi