Uppingham School Piano Festival

Saturday 6 February at 7.30pm
in Uppingham School Memorial Hall

Stephen Hough - Piano

Sunday 7th February
10.00am - 1.00pm
in Uppingham Memorial Hall
Piano Masterclass with Stephen Hough
Six Uppingham Music Scholars join Stephen Hough for one-to-one coaching. Admission Free

9.30am - 6.00pm
in the Memorial Hall & Paul David
Recital Room
'The Spirit of Ellington Project'
160 young Uppingham School pianists join Richard Fairhurst, his innovative ensemble Triptych & Trumpet/flugelhorn player Tom Arthurs in a unique creative collaboration Admission Free

5.00pm - 6.00pm
in the Paul David Recital Room
Richard Fairhurst and Friends in concert
Triptych and guest Tom Arthurs join forces in a tour de force of virtuoso contemporary jazz.
Part 1: Richard Fairhurst, piano and Tom Arthurs, Trumpet/flugelhorn perform music from their Postcards from Pushkin BBC commission.
Part 2:Triptych (Richard Fairhurst piano, Jasper Hoiby Acoustic Bass, & Tim Giles Drum). A perfect union of meditative lyricism & raw funkiness - music to blow away the cobwebs & sooth the soul.
'A powerful keyboard virtuoso...one of the UK's most innovative pianists' John Fordham Guardian
'Fairhurst's piano is always luminous and lyrical...muscularly catchy originals laced with lyricism' Chris Parker The Times