Christopher Glynn

‘beauties and insights aplenty … a superb accompanist’
The Times

Christopher Glynn performs widely as pianist and accompanist, working with many leading singers, instrumentalists and chamber ensembles in concerts, broadcasts and recordings throughout Europe, North America and the Far East.

He has accompanied singers including Sir Thomas Allen, Matthew Best, Claire Booth, Susan Bullock, Allan Clayton, Ronan Collett, Lucy Crowe, Neal Davies, Bernarda Fink, Sarah Fox, Michael George, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Jonas Kaufmann, Julie Kennard, Andrew Kennedy, Yvonne Kenny, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Henk Neven, Ian Partridge, Derek Lee Ragin, Joan Rodgers, Kate Royal, James Rutherford, Carolyn Sampson, Toby Spence, Bryn Terfel, Ailish Tynan, Lillian Watson, Roderick Williams, Catherine Wyn Rogers and many others. He has also performed with instrumentalists including Natalie Clein, Michael Collins, Nicholas Daniel, Daniel Hope and Jennifer Pike, with chamber groups including the Elias Quartet, Fitzwilliam Quartet, Alberni Quartet and London Winds, and with choirs including Consortium and The Sixteen.

He was born in Leicester and read music at New College before studying the piano with John Streets in France and Malcolm Martineau at the Royal Academy of Music. His many awards include the accompaniment prize in the 2001 Kathleen Ferrier competition and the 2003 Gerald Moore award. Chris made his debut at Wigmore Hall in 2001 and has since performed there many times as well as in all the main UK concert halls and in major concert venues and festivals throughout the world. He has made recordings for labels including Signum, Hyperion, Decca, Erato and Coro and many studio recordings and live broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. He is a Professor at the Royal College of Music and an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music; he also works often with the Samling Foundation.

Future plans include a series of concerts entitled ‘The Songs of Ravel and his Circle’ at the Wigmore Hall and for the BBC, recording projects for Hyperion, Decca and EMI and concerts throughout Europe and North America.

In 2010 Chris became Artistic Director of the Ryedale Music Festival.

www.cglynn.com