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Goldberg Variations by Candlelight

venue addressSt Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Edinburgh County EH1 1EH
event dateSaturday 26 April
event times6:15pm-7:15pm
£15, £19, £25, £35
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Goldberg Variations by Candlelight

Treat yourself and your loved ones to an exceptional early evening piano recital at the beautiful candlelit venue of St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. Featuring a renowned British concert pianist, to be announced soon, the concert includes J.S. Bach's masterpiece, The Goldberg Variations. A rare opportunity to hear a full performance of this outstanding work in what's certain to be a concert to remember!

Featuring
Daniel Grimwood (piano)

Programme
The Goldberg Variations - J.S. Bach

About Daniel Grimwood
With a repertoire ranging from Elizabethan Virginal music to the works of living composers, Daniel enjoys a solo and chamber career which has taken him around the globe, performing in many of the most prestigious concert platforms, including the Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Purcell Room in London, Saffron Hall, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Symphony Hall Birmingham, the Sage Gateshead, the Three Choirs Festival, the Rachmaninoff and Gnessin Halls in Moscow, as well as venues chamber career which has taken him around the globe, performing in many of the most prestigious concert platforms, including the Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Purcell Room in London, Saffron Hall, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Symphony Hall Birmingham, the Sage Gateshead, the Three Choirs Festival, the Rachmaninoff and Gnessin Halls in Moscow, as well as venues in Germany, Austria, Italy, The Netherlands, Slovenia, Estonia, Taiwan, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Lebanon, Oman and Australia. His musical interest started as a 3-year-old playing the next door neighbour's piano in Kent, and by the age of 7 he was performing in front of audiences. His training continued with Graham Fitch at the Purcell School, where he also studied violin, viola and composition, giving him a broad appreciation of classical music, and later with Vladimir Ovchinnikov and Peter Feuchtwanger.

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