Llŷr Williams – pianist
Welsh pianist Llŷr Williams is widely admired for his profound musical intelligence, and for the expressive and communicative nature of his interpretations. He has performed with all the major UK orchestras under conductors including Michael Tilson Thomas, Jiří Bělohlávek, Carlo Rizzi, Vasily Petrenko, Jaime Martín, Osmo Vanska , Joseph Swensen, Grant Llewellyn and Jac Van Steen, and he has a particularly longstanding relationship with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with whom he has in recent seasons performed concertos ranging from Mozart and Beethoven to Bartók and Mathias.
As a recitalist, Llŷr Williams regularly performs at venues and festivals including Wigmore Hall, Perth Concert Hall, the St David’s and Dora Stoutzker Halls in Cardiff, and the Edinburgh and East Neuk Festivals. His long association with the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has included acclaimed multi-recital cycles of Beethoven, Schubert,and Chopin. The 2023-24 season sees him returning to Wigmore Hall, as well as the start of a six-recital Haydn-Mozart-Schumann series at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Further afield, the season includes return invitations to the Festival Cultural de Mayo in Guadalajara for a complete Beethoven Sonata cycle, the Capital Region Classical series in Schenectady, USA and Salle Bourgie in Montreal, and his debut at the ‘Le Piano Symphonique’ festival in Lucerne.
Contact:
Nicolas Papageorgiou (Director)
Aude-Marie Auphan (Director)
Videos
(Salle Bourgie, November 2023)
(East Neuk Festival 2021)
(East Neuk Festival 2021)
(Wigmore Hall, February 2021)
Concert Dates
August-December 2023
Date & Time | Venue | Details |
Monday 31st July 2023 15:00 |
Aberystwyth Arts Centre |
Solo recital |
Saturday 5th August 2023 14:30 |
St. Andrew’s & St. George’s West, Edinburgh |
Recital with Andrei Kymach |
Sunday 17th September 2023 17:00 |
Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge |
Recital with Rosalind Ventris |
Thursday 5th October 2023 19:30 |
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama |
Recital with Mark Padmore |
Saturday 14th October 2023 19:30 |
Breinton Recital Society, Surrey |
Solo Recital |
Wednesday 25th October 2023 13:00 |
Holywell Music Room, Oxford |
Recital with Andrei Kymach |
Sunday 29th October 2023 15:00 |
William Aston Hall, Wrexham |
Solo Recital |
Sunday 5th November 2023 15:00 |
Union College, Schenectady |
Solo Recital |
Tuesday 7th November 2023 19:30 |
Salle Bourgie, Montreal |
Solo Recital |
Friday 17th November 2023 19:30 |
Wigmore Hall, London |
Solo Recital |
Thursday 7th December 2023 19:30 |
Pontio, Bangor |
Solo Recital |