Sunday September 13th 3.00 pm

Michael Roll (piano)

Beethoven: Bagatelles Op 126

Brahms: Piano Pieces Op 76

Schubert: Sonata in B flat D960

Admission free with retiring collection. No tickets issued beforehand 

Born in Britain, the son of Viennese Jewish parents, Michael Roll began his studies with Fanny Waterman at the age of six and was a prolific performer from an early age. He made his concerto debut at ten with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and at the age of twelve, played Schumann's piano concerto with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and Sir Malcom Sargent and at fourteen Beethoven's third concerto with the Hallé Orchestra and Sir John Barbirolli. He won the inaugural Leeds International Piano Competition in 1963 at the age of 17, when the Sunday Times declared “No country can be expected to produce many talents of this order” . Since this success, his artistry and deepening maturity has brought continued and glowing praise from public and critics alike all over the world. His success at Leeds led to appearances worldwide, working with conductors such as Boulez, Boult, Giulini, Haitink, Masur, Previn, Sawallisch, Sanderling and more recently Gergiev and Steinberg. Orchestras have included the London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Leipzig Gewandhaus and Boston Symphony orchestras, with whom Michael made his American debut in 1974 with Sir Colin Davis. International festivals have included Vienna, Edinburgh, Hong Kong and Aldeburgh, where he performed together with Benjamin Britten. He has also appeared on sixteen occasions at the Promenade concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London.His engagements later this year which coincide with the 50th anniversary of his Leeds win include concerto performances in Budapest and Nuremburg and also a return to the London Philharmonic. Furthermore he will appear in Wigmore Hall's International Piano Series in London in 2015/16. Michael is married to the Bulgarian pianist Juliana Markova and they have one son, Max, a young actor

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