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FORTHCOMING EVENTS 23 Apr : with Savitri Grier (violin) : Welwyn Garden Concert Club 14 May : with Ben Goldscheider (horn) : Weston Music Society 16 May : with Ben Goldscheider (horn) & Callum Smart (violin) : Chiltern Arts Festival 2 Jun : with Ben Goldscheider (horn) & Callum Smart (violin) : Swaledale Festival 9 Jun : with Ben Goldscheider (horn) : Hertfordshire Festival of Music 13 Jun : with Johannes Moser (cello) : live on BBC Radio 3 ‘In Tune’ 16 Jun : recording with Alex Wide & Richard Bissill : Three Worlds Records 27 Jun : with Callum Smart (violin) : Perez Galdós Theatre (Gran Canaria) 10 July : with Goldfield Ensemble : Lichfield Festival 14-17 July : with Callum Smart (violin) : Concerts in the West tour 20 July : with Goldfield Ensemble : Stapleford Granary |
LATEST NEWS & PROJECTS Transatlantic released on Orchid Classics Stravinsky/Milhaud/Satie review Saffron Hall Radio 3 broadcasts |
‘…seizing the music with amazing decisiveness… I would never have imagined a mere piano could have captured that world, but Richard Uttley’s tumultuous performance soon persuaded me.’
Ivan Hewett : The Daily Telegraph
‘Some of the day’s most arresting moments came in a recital by Richard Uttley. I was enthralled by his composure, lyricism and ability to hold a moment without forcing it.’
Kate Molleson : The Guardian
‘… Richard Uttley’s rapt performance …’
Andrew Clements : The Guardian
‘Two of the most inspired concerts came from young British pianist Richard Uttley’
Kate Makin : Vancouver Classical Music
‘… evangelical enthusiasm … assiduous clarity … lyrical poise … a brilliant recital.’
Neil Fisher : The Times
‘…excellently devised and executed…’
Paul Driver : The Sunday Times
‘I wouldn’t use this term of many pianists but, both from a purely aural perspective as well as watching him perform, Uttley comes across like a ballet dancer. His movements are graceful, lyrical, acrobatic; keys are sprung from, landed upon, tickled, urged, encouraged, coaxed—but rarely, it seems to me, merely struck.’
Simon Cummings : 5:4
‘… musical intelligence and pristine facility interlock seamlessly … compendious capacity for touch control … extremely refined, well considered and emotionally selfless … a pianist with something to say.’
Mark Tanner : International Record Review
‘breathtaking sensitivity’
Paul Kilbey : Bachtrack
‘… contemporary piano music has some fine young interpreters right now; Richard Uttley’s is a name to add to the distinguished litany.’
Paul Riley : BBC Music Magazine
‘intense and sensitive performance … a gifted and thoughtful Mozartean’
Louise Schweitzer : The Argus
‘Richard Uttley’s performance was as assured as the piano writing itself.’
Mark Berry : Seen and Heard International : Oliver Knussen Total Immersion Day
‘… a fascinating disc with which I cannot find fault, and it represents an impressive and auspicious debut for Richard Uttley. I hope it receives the widespread critical acclaim that it clearly deserves.’
Nicholas Salwey : International Record Review
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