Gershwin: Rialto Ripples (Rag)

Firmly established as one of Britain’s leading pianists, Graham Scott has performed widely in UK and internationally both in piano recitals and with leading orchestras including the London Philharmonic (at the Royal Festival Hall), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Belgium National Symphony Orchestra, Monte Carlo Philharmonic, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinlandpfalz under such conductors as Sir Charles Groves, Alexander Lazarev, Marin Alsop and Bernhard Klee. He has broadcast on BBC Radio and National Public Radio (USA) and as of August 2003 he takes up the post of Chair of the Keyboard Department at the Chicago College of Performing Arts.

“Love him or hate him, audiences tend to have strong feelings about pianist Fazil Say. His jazz and boogie interpretations of classical works and his flamboyant performance style – in which he reaches inside the piano to pluck the strings or hums along with himself à la Glenn Gould – are cited as manifestations of genius or impudence, depending on whom you ask.” (New York Magazine, 19 April 1999)