Programme

Chopin

Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brilliante Op. 22

Carl Vine

5 Bagatelles

Gershwin 

Rhapsody in Blue for Solo Piano

Lance Coburn

Since winning 1st prize at the Tomassoni International Piano Competition, Cologne in 2001, Lance Coburn has established himself as a charismatic performer with an exceptional facility. He has performed with most of the major Australian orchestras including the Sydney Symphony and many international symphony orchestras including the RTE NSO and WDR Rundfunkkorchester Köln. Beginning his studies in his homeland of New Zealand, Lance graduated from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music with the school’s highest honours. He furthered his studies in the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire and the Royal Irish Academy of Music. During his studies, Lance was the recipient of numerous first prizes, including the inaugural Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition, the Australian Young Performers’ Award, the David Paul Landa Scholarship and the Hephizibah Menuhin Scholarship. He won the Australian National Piano award in 1996 - returning as a jury member in 2018. Lance’s reputation as a chamber musician has grown in recent years. He regularly plays with Irelands’ leading chamber musicians and has performed – as both a soloist and chamber musician - in many notable festivals. Highlights include The Beethoven International Festival in Bonn, The Dublin International Piano Festival and The Great Music in Irish Houses Festival. In 2012 Lance collaborated on a critically acclaimed CD of Esposito Sonatas with violinist Mia Cooper and cellist William Butt for the Champs Hill label. Then in 2018 he recorded an album of lesser known but equally varied and engaging Tchaikovsky solo piano works entitled Potpourri which was released by Naxos. Just recently Modal Citizen Records launched ‘Dreamtime’, a collection of solo piano works ftom the renowned Australian contemporary composer Carl Vine. Soon to be released with the Guild Label will be the complete Cello and Piano works by Beethoven with William Butt. Frequently adjudicating in Irish music festivals, Lance also gives masterclasses nationally and internationally. He is a piano lecturer in the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin. Lance is a Blüthner Artist