Jeremy Young
Pianist and Composer
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Biography
Jeremy Young’s international career as a soloist and collaborative pianist has seen him performing in venues such as the Lincoln Center (New York), Herbst Theater (San Fransisco), Esplanade Hall (Singapore), Almaty Concert Hall (Kazakhstan), Shenzhen Concert Hall (China), Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, The Arts House (Singapore), Hsingchu Concert Hall (Taiwan), Bridgewater Hall (Manchester) and London’s Wigmore Hall.
As a collaborative pianist Jeremy has partnered many of the worlds most distinguished musicians including Sasha Sitkovetsky, Olivier Charlier, Mark Padmore, Julian Bliss, Liwei Qin, Peter Cropper, Roderick Williams, and Karine Georgian. He has performed with ensembles including Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Psappha and Piano Circus, and alongside world leading string quartets such as the Elias, Talich, Heath, Benyounes and Quatour Voce.
Concerto solo performances include working with Sir Richard Hickox and Marcus Stenz.
Jeremy has broadcast for BBC Radio 3, Classic FM, RTÉ Lyric FM, BBCTV, Channel 4 and radio in USA, China, Russia and much of Europe. His critically acclaimed recordings are available on EMI Asia, Decca, Sony, Hyperion, Meridian, Signum, Champs Hill, Somm and Naxos. His playing can also be heard on TV and films including recent releases such as ‘Supernova’ and ‘Munich-The Edge of War’.
Jeremy Young was able to study at the Purcell School of Music through the UK Government Specialist Music and Dance Scheme that supports young talented musicians. He went on to gain scholarships to study at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music.
His teachers included Christopher Elton, Frank Wibaut, Vladimir Ovchinikov and Menahem Pressler.
Quotes
“Jeremy Young brings sparkle and a real sense of narrative to the virtuosic piano part”
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE 2022 (CD recording of William Sterndale Bennett with Villiers Quartet)
“Young matches her with a prodigious technique that demonstrates the full range of his artistry and his piano’s capabilities. -this latest entry by Sadie Fields and Jeremy Young is definitely one I shall be keeping and returning to often. Very strongly recommended “
FANFARE MAGAZINE (USA) (CD recording of Brahms Sonatas for Violin and Piano- Champs Hill)
Mr Qin and his pianist, Jeremy Young opened the program with a lush account of a Boccherini sonata in A, They also collaborated on a suave rendering of Beethoven’s Sonata in D,”
THE NEW YORK TIMES (Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center)
“First mention must go to British pianist Jeremy Young, who had the far more notes to conquer and was every part the perfect collaborator. Often the protagonist and agent provocateur, he set the pulse of these masterpieces, which paced from arch solemnity to unbridled joie de vivre.
THE STRAD (with cellist Karine Georgian Somm Records)
“a player of natural ebullience, he was stylish all evening”
THE YORKSIRE POST (piano recital at Harrogate International Festival)
Links
Website: https://www.jeremyyoungmusic.co.uk
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLe4Qm9LN3fM-xq2bq3eexw
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jtjyoungmusic
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7BPvdpzfKNXKaNSh62taya