clive swansbourne
pianist
 

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  Clive Swansbourne recognizes the importance of making the music he performs, no matter what it is, more accessible to his audience. At recitals he offers brief spoken introductions to the music, placing it in the context of its times and the life of its composer, and pointing to features to listen out for.

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  Selected Performances
 

NEW YORK CITY
Carnegie Recital Hall
Symphony Space*
Broadcasts on WNCN and WNYC radio

LONDON
Purcell Room, South Bank
St. John's, Smith Square
Three BBC national radio broadcasts, including a live recital in celebration of Sir Michael Tippett's 85th birthday

CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL
Two recitals (including the four Tippett Piano Sonatas)

GLASGOW
Premiere of Ian McQueen's Phaedrus: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

FRANKFURT
Amerika Haus

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Phillips Collection Concert Series* (broadcast on NPR)
 

CHICAGO
Chicago Art Institute*
Public Library Concert Series (broadcast on NPR)

BOSTON
Gardner Museum (broadcast on NPR)

PHILADELPHIA
Bach Society
Ethical Society*

LOS ANGELES
Steinway Hall

SAN FRANCISCO
Hellman Hall
Old First Church Concert Series*

ST. LOUIS
Concordia Concert Series

ST. PAUL
Landmark Center* (broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio)

* Included city premiere performances of Tippett's Fourth Piano Sonata
 

  Music Festivals
 

Cheltenham International Music Festival (U.K.)
Music in the Mountains (CA)
Missouri Southern International Piano Competition and Festival, (Founder, Director, Performer and Judge)
Luzerne Chamber Music Festival (NY) (run by members of the Philadelphia Orchestra)
American Liszt Society Festival
Friends of the Arts Beethoven Festival, (NY)
Beethoven Society for Pianists (Univ. of Illinois, Carbondale)
New Haven Schubert Festival (Director and Pianist)
 

  Other Recitals
  Yale University British Art Center
Dartmouth College
Middlebury College
SUNY Albany
Briar Cliff College
University of San Francisco
University of California at Davis
University of California at Santa Cruz
University of Washington
Stanford University
Rice University
University of Pittsburgh
University of Houston
University of Texas
University of Arizona
University of Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
University of Southern Illinois (Beethoven Festival)
James Madison University
University of Richmond
Oregon State University
Furman College
Carlton College
University of Arkansas
University of South Florida
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Vancouver B.C.
University of South Carolina at Aiken
Reed College
Occidental College
Brigham Young University
Idaho State University
Pacific University
Pittsburgh State University
Birmingham Southern College
University of Arkansas
Santa Fe, NM (Bach 300th Anniversary Celebration)
Taos Arts Center
Adirondack Lakes Performing Arts Center (broadcast on NPR)
Scotland (20-concert tour)

And over 400 other performances in most of the 50 states and in England and Canada.