Sholto Kynoch is an
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pianist
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.
Biography
Born in
London
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, Kynoch attended
Ampleforth College
Ampleforth College is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in the English public school tradition located in the village of Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1802 as a boys' school, it is situated in the groun ...
before reading music at
Worcester College, Oxford
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, where he was organ scholar. He studied piano accompaniment at the
Royal Academy of Music
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and the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
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; his teachers have included
Michael Dussek,
Graham Johnson,
Malcolm Martineau, Ronan O'Hora and Vanessa Latarche.
He is the founder and artistic director of the
Oxford Lieder Festival, and is the pianist of the Phoenix Piano Trio.
Discography
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Hugo Wolf
Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Ro ...
- the complete songs - volume 5: Heine, Reinick, Shakespeare & Byron (with Sarah-Jane Brandon - soprano, Daniel Norman - tenor & William Dazeley - baritone),
Stone Records
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2013
*
Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classic ...
piano trios (with Phoenix Piano Trio),
Stone Records
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2012
*
Hugo Wolf
Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Ro ...
- the complete songs - volume 4: Keller, Fallersleben, Ibsen & other poets (with Mary Bevan - soprano, & Quirijn de Lang - baritone),
Stone Records
Stone Records is a British, independent, classical record label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishi ...
2012
*
Hugo Wolf
Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Ro ...
- the complete songs - volume 3: Italienisches Liederbuch (with Geraldine McGreevy - soprano, & Mark Stone - baritone),
Stone Records
Stone Records is a British, independent, classical record label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishi ...
2012
*
Hugo Wolf
Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Ro ...
- the complete songs - volume 2: Mörike Lieder part 2 (with
Sophie Daneman
Sophie Daneman is a British soprano specializing in the baroque repertoire.
Biography
Sophie Daneman, a daughter of the actor Paul Daneman, studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
She became known during the 1990s with t ...
- soprano, Anna Grevelius - mezzo-soprano,
James Gilchrist - tenor, & Stephan Loges - baritone),
Stone Records
Stone Records is a British, independent, classical record label
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2011
*
Hugo Wolf
Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Ro ...
- the complete songs - volume 1: Mörike Lieder part 1 (with Sophie Daneman - soprano, Anna Grevelius - mezzo-soprano,
James Gilchrist - tenor, & Stephan Loges - baritone),
Stone Records
Stone Records is a British, independent, classical record label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishi ...
2011
*Fantasy (with Kaoru Yamada - violin),
Stone Records
Stone Records is a British, independent, classical record label
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2010
References
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Interview with KynochViolin recital CD Review in The GuardianWolf Lieder CD Review in The GuardianBangor TV interview with KynochOxford Lieder Festival websiteStone Records website
British classical pianists
Male classical pianists
Living people
Accompanists
21st-century classical pianists
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century British male musicians
People educated at Ampleforth College
Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford
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