Event overview
Join lecturer Pete Furniss with the first of the Department's Meet the Performer sessions with pianist / music director / composer-arranger Yshani.
As a multi-genre chamber musician, orchestral pianist and music director, Yshani has performed at venues including Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Barbican Theatre and West End Theatres. She has performed at events including the Oxford Lieder Festival, Kammer Klang and Live at the London Palladium and with such varied artists as City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mahogany Opera and comedian Nina Conti.
Yshani is currently Music Director for Olivier Award-nominated Goat for Rambert Dance Company, and King John for the Royal Shakespeare Company. She was MD for Emilia at the Vaudeville Theatre, As You Like It for National Theatre Public Acts, for circus troupe Circa at the Barbican and Assistant MD for the Royal Opera House west end transfer of Wind in the Willows, featuring CHROMA ensemble. Yshani was also an MD with Olivier award winning show Showstopper! The Improvised Musical.
Yshani is pianist of the Del Mar Piano Trio and Carismático Tango Band. She also has a strong interest in contemporary music; her commissions for piano, Commodore 64 and bespoke 8-bit synthesisers have been performed at the National Theatre Riverstage, The Place Theatre and the All Your Bass National Videogames Arcade festival.
Yshani was the winner of the 10th Yamaha Birmingham Accompanist of the Year Award. She was a scholar at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she's now a member of staff on the academic faculty.
These sessions, whilst compulsory for students on the BMus Music Advanced Performance pathway, are free and open to all to attend.
This session may be recorded and filmed as part of a new Meet the Performer podcast series. If you'd like to take part in the recording, filming, or editing of this event, please contact Pete Furniss (p.furniss@gold.ac.uk)
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 18 Oct 2019 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm |
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