Jonathan Plowright
Hailed by reviewers as "a colossal musical mind" with a "transcendent technique", Jonathan Plowright is recognised globally as a truly exceptional pianist.

Gold Medallist at the Royal Academy of Music and a Fulbright Scholar, prize winner in many competitions, Jonathan won Gold Medal First Prize at the Royal Overseas League Competition as well as the European Piano Competition, since when he has been in demand all over the world as recitalist, appeared with leading orchestras and ensembles and given numerous radio broadcasts.

Jonathan's last nine CD recordings have all been hugely successful and exclusively for Hyperion Records. His 2010 commemorative 'Hommage a Chopin' recording was one of their best sellers and attracted unanimous praise, including the prestigious Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Gramophone Editor’s Choice, and Diapason D'Or, as well as CD of the Week on ClassicFM and ABC Classic FM.

His most recent solo recording 'Homage to Paderewski' was released in November 2011, also to great critical acclaim, including a 5 star Classical CD of the Week in the Daily Telegraph.

His tenth, (and his first chamber music recording for Hyperion), the Zarebski Piano Quintet and Zelenski Piano Quartet with the Szymanowski Quartet, recently released is BBC Music Magazine Chamber Choice for December 2012.

He will be releasing his first disc of Brahms solo piano music for BIS Records in December 2012 in Sweden (February 2013 in the UK), and his third Romantic Piano Concerto recording for Hyperion in May 2013.

Jonathan has been a member of international piano competition juries, given numerous masterclasses, taught at summer schools and is currently Head of Keyboard at the University of Chichester and on the Keyboard Faculty of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.