In concert with Dame Evelyn Glennie and Noriko Ogawa, Japan (photo: Muza Kawasaki)
Some 2012 highlights:
28 Jan:
Bartok and Kanno with Dame Evelyn Glennie, Noriko Ogawa, Janet Fulton, Manchester Camerata, Gabor Takacs-Nagy at Bridgewater Hall
16 Feb:
Lunchtime recital at The Lighthouse, Poole
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25 Feb:
Mozart concertos at St. Botolph’s, Colchester
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16 and 17 March:
piano duets with Noriko Ogawa in Wales
20 May:
piano duet recital with Noriko Ogawa at St. Botolph’s, Colchester
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22 June:
with Dame Evelyn Glennie at Wigmore Hall, London
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7 July:
Mozart concertos at St. Botolph’s, Colchester
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What the papers say...
"...poetry as well as virtuosity ... what makes his playing so complete is the combination of an innate musical simplicity with a highly developed technique... "
-- DAILY TELEGRAPH
"...the Rachmaninoff displayed Smith's total command of the piano. Possessed with exceptional hands, he elicited exquisitely legato phrasing and melodic lines that sang ... his finger dexterity was unbelievable..."
-- EAST AMERICAN PRESS
"...extraordinary technical ease and elegance ... tenderness, genius and poetry..."
-- MIAMI HERALD
"...great feeling for emotional nuance..."
-- UTRECHTS NIEUWSBLAD
"...displayed not only consummate virtuosity but also musicality of the highest level..."
-- THE TIMES