Oliver Poole (musician)
{{short description|British pianist and composer}}
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Oliver Poole (born 4 August) is a British pianist and composer.{{Cite web|url=https://slobodnadalmacija.hr/dubrovnik/arhiv/making-the-world-a-better-place-through-music-415693|title=Dubrovački - Making the world a better place through music|date=14 June 2015|website=Slobodnadalmacija.hr|accessdate=7 August 2020}}
Career
= Performances =
Poole gave his first performance as a soloist with the National Youth Orchestra at the age of eight and since has become the subject of numerous press features and broadcasts, including with the BBC, Sky Arts, The New York Times, The Guardian, Voice of America, Russia Today and L'Orient Le Jour.{{Cite web|date=2013-03-15|title=Oliver Poole le magnifique|url=https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/805386/Oliver_Poole_le_magnifique.html|access-date=2021-07-23|website=L'Orient-Le Jour}}{{Citation|title=Oliver Poole talks to Russia Today| date=7 May 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pvbElmFzzU|language=en|access-date=2021-07-24}}{{Cite web|date=2021-02-28|title=Classical highlights: concerts and opera to watch in March|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/28/classical-highlights-concerts-and-opera-to-watch-in-march|access-date=2021-07-24|website=the Guardian|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Top soprano to sing Christmas at the Castle|url=https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/18926398.top-soprano-sing-christmas-castle/|access-date=2021-07-24|website=The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald|date=7 December 2020 |language=en}}
Poole gave a centenary revival of Anton Rubinstein's 3rd piano concerto at the age of nineteen with the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and has since performed at venues around the world, including the Royal Albert Hall, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Royal Festival Hall, The Barbican, Cadogan Hall and with orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra, Almaty Symphony Orchestra, and Georgian Philharmonic.{{Cite web|last=Partnership|first=The Kolberg|title=Oliver Poole Piano Recital|url=https://www.allinlondon.co.uk/whats-on/event-77872-oliver-poole-piano-recital|access-date=2021-07-24|website=AllinLondon|language=en}}{{failed verification|date=July 2022}}
He has performed at festivals and events including the Al Bustan Festival, the International Composers Festival and Classic FM: Night at the Movies.{{Cite web|date=2015-04-11|title=Al Bustan – the classical music festival in Beirut that survives war and assassinations|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/11/al-bustan-classical-music-festival-beirut|access-date=2021-07-24|website=the Guardian|language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.composersfestival.com/composers|title=Composers / Performers|website=Composersfestival,com|accessdate=4 June 2020|archive-date=4 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604134559/https://www.composersfestival.com/composers|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=Orchestra's was a classic 'last night'|url=http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/radio/141919/orchestras-was-a-classic-last-night.html|access-date=2021-07-24|website=www.henleystandard.co.uk}}
He is an artist for Emma For Peace and youth ambassador for the 2022 International Composers Festival, as well as patron and former artist in residence at the Opus Theatre, where he co-founded the World Series concert series.{{Cite web|title=Opus Theatre {{!}} Hastings {{!}} UK|url=https://www.opustheatre.co.uk/worldseries|access-date=2021-07-24|website=Opus Theatre|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Outstanding young singer and virtuoso pianist perform at Opus Theatre|url=https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/outstanding-young-singer-and-virtuoso-pianist-perform-opus-theatre-938254|access-date=2021-07-24|website=www.hastingsobserver.co.uk|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Global artists join singer Nino Surguladze in children's charity concert|url=https://agenda.ge/en/news/2016/3148|access-date=2021-07-24|website=Agenda.ge}}
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Category:British classical pianists
Category:Alumni of the Royal College of Music