Since his debut in 1998 at Symphony Hall, Birmingham and the National Concert Hall, Dublin, Duncan has established a distinguished reputation as soloist, chamber musician and teacher. He has given solo recitals at major venues in London, Dublin and most of the principal British and Irish cities.  He has toured extensively as a recitalist and concerto soloist throughout Britain and Ireland and has broadcast for BBC Radio 3 and RTE Radio. Duncan has appeared as chamber partner to many distinguished artistes, and is widely recognized as an interpreter of British piano music, having premiered new works written for him by several leading composers. He has been invited to give recitals in Norway in 2009/10.

His recital at Andover will pay particular attention to the bicentenary of the birth of Robert Schumann in 2010.

Duncan Honeybourne won the senior piano prize in the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department at seventeen, and was awarded a place to continue at the senior RAM, choosing instead to move to the Birmingham Conservatoire where he graduated with First Class Honours and won many prizes, including all the chamber music prizes open to pianists. He also worked with John York and Fanny Waterman, completing his studies in London for three years with the Russian pianist Mikhail Kazakevich. Since then he has enjoyed a varied career as pianist, teacher and lecture recitalist.

He has appeared as concerto soloist at Birmingham’s Town Hall, Symphony Hall and CBSO Centre and at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, in concertos by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Grieg, Rachmaninov, Hindemith, Shostakovich and Finzi, plus the premiere of a new concerto written for him by English composer Andrew Downes. He has given many hundreds of solo recitals, appearing at major venues in London, Dublin and most of the principal British and Irish cities and touring extensively to music societies, festivals and arts centres throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Eire. He has broadcast as a solo pianist on BBC Radio 3 at home, RTE Radio in Ireland and for several BBC regional programmes, has appeared on BBC and RTE TV and the BBC World Service and has toured as a chamber music partner to many distinguished instrumentalists and singers. He has a high reputation as an interpreter of British piano music; he has given acclaimed recitals of rare repertoire, including complete surveys of the piano music of Moeran and the sonatas of Downes and Joubert, both of whom dedicated piano sonatas to him.

Duncan is a sought-after specialist piano teacher, adjudicator and masterclass tutor and, since 2003, he has been a Piano Tutor and Coach/Accompanist at Bryanston School. He is also a staff member at the Dorset Rural Music School and for three years was also a Visiting Lecturer and Performance Tutor at the University of Chichester. He has devised and presented several recital series featuring standard and rare repertoire, including Masterworks of Piano Music, a seven-recital survey of three centuries of keyboard literature, which he gave to great acclaim at venues in West Sussex and Herefordshire. He has given organ recitals at Brecon and Truro Cathedrals.

Duncan Honeybourne is Founder/Artistic Director of the Weymouth Lunchtime Chamber Concerts in his native Dorset, a series which began in 2002 and in 2009 reached its hundredth concert. In 2007 he received the honorary award of HonBC from the Birmingham Conservatoire for professional distinction.

Duncan Honeybourne is delighted to be making his first appearance in Andover for a special personal reason. His father was brought up in Weyhill Road and educated at Andover Grammar School, and Duncan’s grandparents are buried in St. Mary’s Churchyard.

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