Martin Roscoe
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Martin Roscoe (born 3 August 1952) is an English classical pianist. He performs as a concerto soloist, as a recitalist and as a chamber musician.{{citation |url=http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/music/people/undergraduate_music_staff/department_of_keyboard_studies/piano/martin_roscoe.html |title=Martin Roscoe |access-date=5 March 2008 |publisher=Guildhall School of Music and Drama |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409185940/http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/music/people/undergraduate_music_staff/department_of_keyboard_studies/piano/martin_roscoe.html |archive-date=9 April 2008 |df=dmy-all }}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Martin Roscoe
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|08|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = Runcorn, Cheshire, England
| genre = {{hlist|Classical music}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Pianist|Educator}}
}}
Early life
Martin Roscoe was born in Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire. He first became serious about music at the age of 7 after being ‘bowled over’ by a performance at The Proms of the Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz on 19 August 1959. He later went on to study at the Royal Manchester College of Music with Gordon Green and Marjorie Clementi.{{Cite Grove |last=Morrison |first=Bryce |title=Martin Roscoe}} Awards early in his career included the Davas Gold Medal in 1973, the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians in 1974, the British Liszt Piano Competition in 1976{{citation |url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Roscoe-Martin.htm |title=Martin Roscoe (Piano) |access-date=5 March 2008 |publisher=Bach Cantatas Website }} and he was a prizewinner in the Sydney International Piano Competition in 1981.{{citation |url=http://www.sipca.com.au/ |title=1981 Prize-Winners |access-date=4 March 2008 |publisher=The Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia }}
Career
Roscoe has developed close links with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Manchester Camerata. He has played as a soloist under many of the world's leading conductors, including Simon Rattle, Kent Nagano, Libor Pešek, Luciano Berio, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Andrew Litton and Mark Wigglesworth. He gives regular recitals at the Wigmore Hall. Roscoe has appeared in BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on six occasions and has made over 300 broadcasts with the BBC. He has an international reputation and has played in many countries, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, South America, Australia, USA and France.{{citation |url=http://classicalplus.gmn.com/artists/artist.asp?id=2044&bio=true |title=Biography |access-date=7 March 2008 |publisher=Global Music Network }}
As a student, he formed a piano duo with Peter Donohoe and they have performed and made recordings together since. Their recording of music by Gershwin on Carlton Classics was chosen as Editor's Choice in the August 1997 issue of Gramophone. As a chamber musician he has performed with Tasmin Little, Emma Johnson, Steven Isserlis, Michael Collins, Steven Osborne, the Leopold String Trio and the Chilingirian, Vanbrugh, Tale, Schidlof, Carmina, Brodsky, Endellion and Sorrel String Quartets. The details of Roscoe's recordings are shown in the table below.
Before becoming a teacher at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Roscoe had held positions at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music. He is the artistic director of the Beverley Chamber Music Festival and the Ribble Valley International Piano Week. He has been granted an honorary Doctorate of Music by the University of Hull.
Discography
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! style="width:50px" |Year ! style="width:250px" |Title ! style="width:200px" |Composer ! style="width:128px" |Record Company ! style="width:100px" |Reference ! style="width:256px" |Other artistes |
| 1977
|Silentium |EMI Classics | |
| 1993
|[https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W2455_66684 Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor, Op. 5] |CDA66684{{citation |url=http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/details/66684.asp |title=The Romantic Piano Concerto – 6 |access-date=6 March 2008 |publisher=Hyperion Records}} |
| 1993
|Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes |ASV Platinum |Michael Collins, clarinet |
| 1994
|[https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W7547_66911 Dolly Suite] [https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W7534_GBAJY9591308 Souvenirs de Bayreuth] |Hyperion |Kathryn Stott, piano |
| 1994
|[https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.223480 Dance Suite, Op. 28 |Marco Polo |
| 1994
|Fratres (1980); Spiegel im Spiegel |EMI Classics for Pleasure |Tasmin Little, violin |
| 1995
|[https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.553016 Piano Works, Volume 1] | |
| 1995
|Quintet for Piano and Strings, Op. 67
Sonata for Viola/Cello and Piano |ASV |
| 1996
|[https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.553300 Piano Works, Volume 2] |Naxos | |
| 1996
|[https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.553867 Piano Works, Volume 3] |Naxos | |
| 1997
|Rhapsody in Blue |Carlton Classics |Peter Donohoe, piano |
| 1998
|[https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W2355_67069 Piano Concerto No 1 in F major, Op. 10] |Hyperion |
| 1998
|Piano Sonatas | |
| 1998
|Violin Sonata in E minor |Global Music Network |Tasmin Little, violin |
| 1998
|Works for cello and piano |Black Box |Moray Welsh, cello |
| 2001
|[https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67316 Peacock Pie] |Various |Hyperion |Guildhall Strings |
| 2001
|[https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W2591_67354 Piano Concerto in B flat minor, Op. 27] |Hyperion |BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
| 2002
|[https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.557146 Concerto for two pianos and orchestra] |Naxos |Peter Donohoe, piano |
| 2002
|[https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.557062 Music for two pianos] |Rachmaninoff |Naxos |Peter Donohoe, piano |
| 2002
|The Berserking |
| 2002
|Warsaw Concerto from |Richard Addinsell |Chandos |BBC Philharmonic |
| 2003
|[https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67366 Visions de l'Amen] |Hyperion |Steven Osborne, piano |
| 2003
|[https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67468 Piano transcriptions] |Bach, transcribed Samuil Feinberg |Hyperion | |
| 2003
|[https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.557283 Phantasy, Piano Quartet in F{{music|sharp}} minor] |Naxos |
| 2003
|[https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.557168 Piano Works, Volume 4] |Szymanowski |Naxos | |
| 2004
|From The Unforgettable Year 1919 |Chandos |
| 2005
|Piano Quintet, Op. 57 |Shostakovich |Chandos |Sorrel Quartet |
| 2005
|Ballade No. 1 |Dunelm | |
| 2006
|[https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.570413 Music for two pianos] |Bax |Naxos |Ashley Wass, piano |
| 2006
|Violin Sonata in D, Op. 12, No 1 |ASV Gold |Peter Cropper, violin |
| 2011
|Highland Concerto [https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W13721_GBAJY1183701 Concertstück] |Hyperion Records |
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