Christopher Glynn Publicity sheet
Artist Management: Ingpen and Williams Ltd
Jonathan Groves
Helen Hogh / Lulu Chivers
Ingpen and Williams
7, St George’s Court,
131, Putney Bridge Road,
London SW15 2PA
Tel: +44(0)20 8874 3222
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Biography
Christopher Glynn performs widely as a pianist and accompanist, working with leading singers, instrumentalists and chamber ensembles in concerts, broadcasts and recordings throughout the world.
He has performed in recital with singers including Sir Thomas Allen, Matthew Best, Claire Booth, Susan Bullock, Allan Clayton, Lucy Crowe, Sophie Daneman, Neal Davies, Bernarda Fink, Sarah Fox, Michael George, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Jonas Kaufmann, Julie Kennard, Andrew Kennedy,Yvonne Kenny,Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Hillevi Martinpelto, Henk Neven, Ian Partridge, Hila Plitmann, Derek Lee Ragin, Joan Rodgers,Kate Royal, Carolyn Sampson, Toby Spence, Noah Stewart, Bryn Terfel, Ailish Tynan, Lillian Watson, Roderick Williams, Catherine Wyn Rogers and many others.He has also performed with instrumentalists such as Julian Bliss, Andrej Bielow, Adrian Brendel, Natalie Clein, Michael Collins, Nicholas Daniel, David Garrett, Tine Thing Helseth, Daniel Hope, Steven Isserlis and Jennifer Pike, with chamber groups including London Winds and the Elias, Fitzwilliam, Alberni and Szymanowski Quartets, and choirs including Consortium, BBC Singers and The Sixteen.
Chris was born in Leicester and read music at New College, Oxford before studying piano with John Streets in France and Malcolm Martineau at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won every major award for piano accompaniment as well as the accompaniment prize in the 2001 Kathleen Ferrier competition and the 2003 Gerald Moore award.
Chris made his debut at Wigmore Hall in 2001 and continues to perform there frequently as well as in all the main UK concert halls and in major concert venues and festivals throughout the world. He has made recordings for labels including Hyperion, Decca, EMI, Signum, Erato, Coro and Cantoris. He has also made many studio recordings and live broadcasts for BBC Radio 3, Classic FM and for European television and radio. He is a Professor at the Royal College of Music and an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music; he is also a course leader for the Samling Foundation and has adjudicated in several international competitions. Chris has devised programmes for the Wigmore Hall and the National Portrait Gallery and in 2010 he became Artistic Director of the Ryedale Festival.
Recent highlights include an acclaimed recording of the songs of Michael Head on the Hyperion label and the Grammy award-winning album of music by Eric Whitacre Light and Gold. Future plans include concerts at the Wigmore Hall and for the BBC, recordings with Andrej Bielow and Julian Bliss, a US and Canadian tour with Kate Royal and concerts throughout Europe.In 2011/12 Chris will also curate a concert series for the Wigmore Hall entitled The Songs of Ravel and his circle.
Reviews
‘at Carnegie Hall…pianist Christopher Glynn was an exemplary partner, by turns impossibly delicate, colourfully nimble and thunderously firm.’
Opera News
‘pianist Christopher Glynn had beauties and insights aplenty – a superb accompanist’
The Times
‘the intense accompaniment, tackled with breathtaking sensitivity by pianist Christopher Glynn….infinitely subtle dynamic range and some impeccably moulded phrasing…One suspects this repertoire could have found no finer exponents.’
Gramophone
‘Supporting Royal with the utmost musical sensitivity, Glynn proved a first-rate accompanist – indeed every bit as impressive and inspirational as the wonderful Malcolm Martineau is on the CD recording. Many of these songs required virtuosic pianism, which Glynn tackled effortlessly. At other times, his delicacy of touch was irresistible.’
Opera Britannica
‘sensitive accompanist Christopher Glynn….a stunning rendition’
The New York Times
‘pianist Christopher Glynn provided exemplary accompaniment’
Montreal Gazette
‘Kate Royal was exquisitely accompanied by Christopher Glynn who created beautiful intimate atmospheres and seemed to play with fingers of velvet’
Opera Magazine
‘fantastically talented pianist Christopher Glynn’s playing was outstanding for its clarity and sensitivity’
The Scotsman
'pianist Christopher Glynn's sensitive voicing and nimble articulation were as impressive as Kate Royal's expressivity'
The Independent
'Regrettably Graham Johnson was indisposed but Christopher Glynn was in no way a second-best replacement. His innate empathy with this repertoire was immediately apparent, and his alert responsiveness to the nuances of the texts was sustained throughout the performance.'
Opera Today
‘colouristic underpinning came from the percussionists of Ensemble Bash and pianist Christopher Glynn...some of the most rapturously beautiful sounds I’ve heard in this year’s Proms season’
Daily Telegraph
‘Anchoring the entire programme is outstanding pianist Christopher Glynn, who provides elegant support for the vocalists and fills the piano lines with expressive musicality…magical.’
Metropolitan Opera News
‘superb playing from Christopher Glynn’
The Telegraph
‘beg, borrow or buy this disc immediately….Superlative and compelling performances…. with piano accompaniment from Christopher Glynn…simply glorious!’
Gramophone
‘Christopher Glynn…perfectly balanced partnership’
The Guardian
‘outstanding pianist Christopher Glynn - always imaginative’
Evening Standard
‘fine pianist Christopher Glynn showed what real performance is all about, not just accuracy and technical command, but imaginative daring’.
Musical Opinion
‘Christopher Glynn on the piano accompanied with masterly command of nuance and expressiveness’
Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger
‘meticulous performances…each phrase is perfectly balanced, its meaning directly communicated, its accompaniment supremely tactful’
The Guardian
‘Christopher Glynn’s piano accompaniments were of the highest calibre’
Le Monde
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