ANDREW BALL: Piano

Andrew Ball studied with Kendall Taylor at the Royal College of Music and read music at Queen's College, Oxford.  Since then a busy career has taken him all over the world.  He has a reputation for innovative and imaginative programming, and chamber music and contemporary music have always been important to him.  He has given countless premieres (including the first British performance of Sofia Gubaidulina's Piano Sonata at the Bath Festival), made his BBC Proms debut playing Messiaen and studied Tippett's sonatas with the composer.  He has played with the Nash Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, Villiers Piano Quartet and Gemini.  Many acclaimed CDs range from the complete Tippett song-cycles with Martyn Hill to Billy Mayerl's works for piano and orchestra.  Formerly a sought-after teacher at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Andrew Ball became Head of Keyboard at the Royal College of Music in September 1999.  He also gives many master classes most recently in Berlin and Japan.