DIARY 2024
2 February
Edinburgh, Stockbridge Church, 1pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
4 February
Kelso Music Society, Old Parish Church, 3pm
Chamber concert with Nigel Clayton, Iona Brown, Catherine Yates and Nick Trygstad
7 February
Kendal Midday Concert Society, Town Hall, Kendal
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
16 May
Mellerstain House, Scottish Borders (Borders Music & Arts Society) 7.30pm
String Trio concert with Catherine Yates (viola) and Amy Jolly (cello)
7 June
Edinburgh, Stockbridge Church, 1pm
AMICI string sextet concert
7 June
Norham Church, nr Berwick-upon-Tweed, 7pm
AMICI string sextet concert
24 June-6 July
Norway, Lillehammer and Sund
Concerts and chamber coaching, guesting with the Maggini Quartet
9 July
Music in Peebles, Eastgate Theatre, Peebles, 7.30pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
16 October
Kirkcaldy Music Society, Old Kirk, KY1 1BG, 7.30pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
22 October
Devon, “Lukesland” nr Ivybridge, 7pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
24 November
Haddington Concert Society, 3pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
DIARY 2023
19 February
Penicuik Arts Centre, 3pm
String Trios with “Artisan”
2 March
Octagon Music, Clarendon Muse, Watford, 4pm
Quintet concert with “I Musicanti”
22 April
Musikhuset, Copenhagen, 4pm
Debussy Sonata with Soeren Rastogi (piano)
27 May
Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh, 6pm
Brahms Sextet with “Amici”
22 June
Mellerstain House, Borders Music & Arts Society, 7.30pm
Brahms Sextet with “Amici”
6 August
Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, 10.30am (live-streamed: watch on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xes5inAZr9Y)
Music for Royal Service with Simon Leach (piano)
20 October
Music in Dumfries, The Bridge, Glasgow Road, DG2 9AW
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
27 October
Haslemere, private concert, 11.30am
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
DIARY 2022
18 May
Egham, United Reform Church, 8pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
9-19 June
Royal Albert Hall, London
Leading orchestra for Matthew Bourne’s CarMan show
20 August
Oban Music Society, St John’s Cathedral, Oban, 7pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
4 September
Music in Peebles, Eastgate Theatre, peebles, 7.30pm
The music of Scottish composer, Learmont Drysdale, incl 2 violin pieces and his piano trio.
4 November
Edinburgh, Stockbridge Parish Church, 1pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
5 November
Melrose Music Society, Melrose Parish Church Hall, 7.30pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
19 November
Ludlow, St Laurence’s Church, 7.30pm
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with Ludlow Symphony Orchestra (conductor: Jon Lyness)
5 December
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, 1pm
A concert featuring the music of Scottish composer Learmont Drysdale, including Reverie and Ballade for violin and piano, and his piano trio.
DIARY 2021
4 July
Music-in-Peebles, Eastgate Theatre, Peebles, 4pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
5 July
Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts, Queen’s Cross Church, 3pm and repeated at 6pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
9 July
Kelso Old Parish Church, 7.30pm (Limited audience: reserve tickets on 07970 804802)
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
7 August
Oban Music Society, St John’s Cathedral, PA34 5NT, 7pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
DIARY 2020
16 January
King;s Place, London, 6.45pm
Late Beethoven Series with Brodsky Quartet,(Op 127)
26 January
Latvia, Great Amber Hall, Liepaja
Brodsky Quartet
2 February
Netherlands, Zwolle Odeon 11.30
Brodsky Quartet
6 February
King;s Place, London, 6.45pm
Late Beethoven Series with Brodsky Quartet (op131)
9 February
Peebles, Eastgate Theatre, 2.30pm
Patron’s concert, with Nigel Clayton (piano)
15 February
Netherlands, Leiden Stadsgehoorzaal, 20.15
Brodsky Quartet
16 February
Belgium, Bruges Concertgebouw, 15.00
Brodsky Quartet
26 February
Spain, Madrid, Fundacion Juan March, 19.30
Brodsky Quartet with Martin Roscoe (piano)
27 February
King’s Place, London, 6.45pm
Late Beethoven Series with Brodsky Quartet(Op132)
1 March
Glasgow, Pollok House, Music Room, House for an Art Lover, 5.30pm
Brodsky Quartet
5-8 March
Glasgow, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Stevenson Hall
Brodsky Quartet Complete Beethoven Quartet Education Project
7 concerts (details of concert times from www.RCS.ac.uk)
The Coronavirus hits the UK, causing many concert cancellations
12 March—cancelled
Netherlands, Utrecht, Tivoli Vredenburg, 20.00
Brodsky Quartet
19 March—rescheduled to 9 September 2020
King’s Place, London
Late Beethoven Series with Brodsky Quartet (Op133 and 135)
22 March—cancelled
Keswick Music Society
Brodsky Quartet
24 March—cancelled
Skipton Music Society
Brodsky Quartet
29 March—cancelled
Abbotsholme
Brodsky Quartet
31 March—cancelled
Nijmegen, Holland
Brodsky Quartet
2 April—rescheduled to 2 November 2020
King’s Place, London
Late Beethoven Series with Brodsky Quartet (Op 130)
18 April—cancelled
Heidelberg Lieder Weekend
Brodsky Quartet with Dan Norman and Sholto Kynoch
21 April—cancelled
Valencia, Spain
Brodsky Quartet
23 April—cancelled
St George’s, Bristol
Brodsky Quartet
27 April—cancelled
Pamplona, Spain
Brodsky Quartet
4 May—cancelled
Durham University concert and workshops
Brodsky Quartet
14 May—cancelled
Borders Arts and Music Society at Mellerstain House
Brodsky Quartet
16 May—cancelled
Alwinton Summer Concerts
Brodsky Quartet
20 May—cancelled, but rescheduled to 2021
Egham and District Music Club
Recital with Nigel Clayton, piano
24 May—cancelled
Castellon, Spain
Brodsky Quartet
28 May—cancelled
Swaledale Festival
Brodsky Quartet
10-12 July—cancelled, but rescheduled to 2021
Streetwise Opera Project “After Winter”
Brodsky Quartet with Roderick Williams and Christopher Glynn.
28 July–will be rescheduled to 2021
Alnwick Playhouse
Recital with Nigel Clayton, piano
DIARY 2019
10 February
Peebles, Eastgate Theatre, 2.30pm, Patron’s Concert
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano), and RCS showcase
12 February
Durham Town Hall, 7.30pm
Brodsky Quartet
12 March
Dornbirn, Austria
Brodsky Quartet
17 March
Kelso, Old Parish Church, 3pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
3 April
Herisau, Switzerland
Brodsky Quartet
15 April
London, St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm
Brodsky Quartet (prog includes Haydn 7 Last Words)
30 April
Oxford, d’Overbroeck’s School, 7.30pm
Brodsky Quartet (Vaughan-Williams “On Wenlock Edge” with Daniel Norman and Sholto Kynoch)
5 May
Australia–Sydney, Sydney Opera House, Utzon Room, 3pm
Brodsky Quartet
6 May
Melbourne, Melbourne Recital Centre, 7.30pm
Brodsky Quartet
8 May
Canberra International Festival, Fitters Worshop, Canberra, 6.30pm
Brodsky Quartet
9 May
Canberra, Fitters Worshop, 7.30pm
Brodsky Quartet
13-22 May –New Zealand Tour with Brodsky Quartet
13th Auckland, Town Hall, 7.30pm
15th Dunedin,Glenroy Auditorium, 7.30pm
16th Invercargill, Civic Theatre, 7.30pm
17th Christchurch, “The Piano” Centre for Music and Art, 7.30pm
19th Palmerston North, Globe Theatre, 5pm
20th Wellington, Convention Centre, 7.30pm
22nd Napier, Hawkes Bay, MTG THeatre, 7.30pm
31 May
Wiltshire Music centre, Bradford-upon-Avon, 7.30pm
Brodsky Quartet
25 June
“Lukesland”, Ivybridge, Devon, 7.30pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
27 June
Isle of Man, Mananan Festival, Erin Arts Centre
Brodsky Quartet
7 and 9 July
Varignana Music Festival, Palazzo di Varignana, nr. Bologna, Italy
Brodsky Quartet
21 July
Buxton Festival, Pavilion Arts Centre, 2pm
Brodsky Quartet
DIARY 2018
28 February
“Lukesland”, Ivybridge, Devon, 7.30pm …this concert was cancelled due to snow and moved to June!
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
12 April
Cadogan Hall. London,
Leading London Chamber Orchestra
21 April
Metronomen, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, 3pm
concert with Trio Satie, playing Debussy Sonata with Elisabeth Westenholz
18 May
Cadogan Hall, London, 7pm
Leading London Chamber Orchestra
16 June
Ripley Arts Centre, Bromley, 7.30pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
21 June
BMAS, Mellerstain House, Scottish Borders, 7.30pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
29 June
“Lukesland”, Ivybridge, Devon, 7.30pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
16 August
BMAS, Mellerstain House, Scottish Borders, 7.30pm
Schubert Rondo for violin and orchestra with the Engegaard Quartet
29 September
St Michael’s Church, Alnwick, Northumberland, 7.30pm
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with Northumbria Sinfonietta
12 October
Teie Hovedgaard, Tonsberg, Norway, 7.30pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
13 October
Cafe Vulkan, Oslo, Norway, 1pm
recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
2-5 October
Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.30pm
Leading the orchestra for “Carlos Acosta-A Celebration” (4 nights)
20 October
Melrose Music Society, Melrose Parish Church Hall, 7.30pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
18 November
Haddington Concert Society, 3pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
4 December-27 January 2019
Sadlers Wells Theatre, London
Leading the New Adventures orchestra for Matthew Bourne’s “Swan Lake”
DIARY 2017
Peebles Music Society, Eastgate Theatre, 2.30pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
17 January
Perth Concert Society, St John’s Kirk, Perth, 7.30pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
21 February
Alnwick Music Society, Alnwick Playhouse, 7.30pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
22 February
Kendal Midday Concerts Society, Kendal Town Hall, 1pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
1 April
Alnwick Playhouse, 7.30pm
Soloist in Bruch Violin Concerto with Northumbria Sinfonietta
7 April
Tickhill Music Society, nr Doncaster
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
7 May
Sydenham Parish Church, 6pm
Piano Quintet concert with Ian Brown
20 May
MacArts, Bridge Street, Galashiels, 7.30pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
27 May
High Church, Hilton, Aberdeen, 3pm
Soloist with Aberdeen Sinfonietta, Bruch Violin Concerto
28 May
Caird Hall, Dundee
Soloist with Aberdeen Sinfonietta Bruch Violin Concerto
8 July
Constance Green Hall, St Aidan’s School, Oatlands Drive, Harrogate, 7.30pm
Soloist with Harrogate Philharmonic Orchestra (Mendelssohn Violin Concerto)
26 July
Minehead Festival
Soloist with Minehead Festival Orchestra (Bruch Scottish Fantasy)
9-20 August
Orlando Festival, Netherlands
Concerts and masterclasses
13 October
Norway, Villa Klassisk series, Tonsberg
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
1 November
Copenhagen, Denmark (Garnisonskirke) – Chamber Music Society of 1911 – 7.30pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
2 November
Birkeroed Music Society, Denmark (Mantziusgaarden)
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
7 November
Society of 1868, Copenhagen, Denmark
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
9 November
Fredericia Music Society, Jutland, Denmark
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
11 November
Lancaster, Great Hall, Lancaster University, 7.30pm
Soloist with Haffner Orchestra (Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto)
12 November
CODA, Kent (Arts Theatre, Rose Hill School, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9SY)- 3pm
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
28-31 December
Royal Albert Hall, London
Leading “Nutcracker” ballet
DIARY 2016
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Violin Masterclass
17 January @ 2.30pm
Minehead Methodist Church, Somerset, UK
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
21 February @ 7.30pm
Aberdeen Music Hall, Scotland
Soloist in Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with Aberdeen Sinfonietta (cond. Garry Walker)
10 March evening
Adjudicator for the new Worcester Young Musicians’ Platform, Worcester
30 March-3 April
Adjudicator for Bromsgrove Competition, Bromsgrove School
7 April @ 11.30am
Clumber Studio, Haslemere (invitation only)
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
5 May @ 1pm
Imperial College, (Read Theatre, Sherfield Building), Kensington, London
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
12 May @ 1pm
Warwick University Lunchtime concert
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
19 June @ 2.30pm
Music at Peebles Fundraising concert, Eastgate Theatre, Peebles, Scotland
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
3-7 October
Leading orchestra for Carlos Acosta Ballet Show at Royal Albert Hall, London
29 October
Bollington Chamber Music Society, 7.30pm
String Trios with Catherine yates and Nicholas Trygstad
7-10 November
Benslow Music violin course, Hitchin, Herts.
20 November
“Lukesland”, nr Ivybridge, Devon
recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
November 2016-January 2017
Leading orchestra for Matthew Bourne’s new ballet production of “Red Shoes”
(Plymouth, Salford and Sadlers Wells, London)
DIARY 2015
Lancaster University
Brahms Sextet with students and staff from RNCM
15 March @ 7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Brahms Sextet with students and staff from RNCM
22 March @ 6.00pm
Charity concert at Gaskell House, Manchester
String Trios with Catherine Yates and Nicholas Trygstad
21 April @ 1.00pm
St Mary’s Music School, Edinburgh
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
21 April @ 7.30pm
PLEASE NOTE: This recital is on 21 April, not 12 April as advertised in GalaLife magazine
MacArts, Bridge Street, Galashiels
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
12 May @ 7.30pm
Embleton Room, St James Church, Pottergate, Alnwick
Lecture for Alnwick Recorded Music Society
12 June @ 7.30pm
Little Benslow Hills, Hitchin, Herts
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
12 – 14 June
Little Benslow Hills, Herts
Violin Workshop weekend
20 June
Ripley Arts Centre, Bromley, Kent
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
25 June @ 7.30pm
Mellerstain House, nr Kelso
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
26 June @ 7.30pm
Newton Stewart Music Society
Summer soiree recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
13 July – 9 August
Sadlers Wells Theatre, London
Leading the orchestra for Matthew Bourne’s “Car Man” ballet show
10 – 12 August
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Teaching at Summer School for young musicians.
19 September
Craigiebuckler Church, Aberdeen
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
7 October @ 7.30pm
Old Bexley Music Society, Townley Theatre, Townley Girls’ Grammar School, Bexleyheath, Kent
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
17 October @ 7.30pm
Duffield Music Society, Derbyshire
Sextet Concert (with Catherine Yates, Louise Williams, Kimi Makino, Nicholas Trygstad and Jess Burroughs)
10 November
Talk for Alnwick Recorded Music Society
11 November @ 7.30pm
Dundee Concert Society, Marryat Hall
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
18 November @ 7.30pm
Lukesland, Ivybridge, Devon
Recital with Nigel Clayton (piano)
24-29 November
Tour of Hong Kong with London Chamber Orchestra
7 December
Private Function for Anglo-Danish Society, Athenaeum Club, London
String trios with Catherine Yates and Nicholas Trygstad