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He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London under Guido Agosti, Guy Jonson, and Gordon Green.
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Martin Jones
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His London debut was at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in 1968. His New York debut was at Carnegie Hall, also in 1968. Jones has performed with various orchestras throughout the world, including the London Festival Orchestra, the Halle Orchestra, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and the British Broadcasting Corporation Welsh Orchestra.
Besides many standard concertos, he has played the Ferruccio Busoni concerto and the Samuel Barber concerto, as well as concertos by William Mathias, John McCabe, Constant Lambert, and Xaver Scharwenka.
He toured Canada with the British Broadcasting Corporation Welsh Orchestra and has given recitals in Florida, Tennessee, and California, a Brahms recital at Wigmore Hall in 1993, and radio broadcasts in Britain, Ireland, and the United States. He was pianist-in-residence at University College, Cardiff, from 1971 to 1983.
Jones performed the piano part in the Oscar-nominated soundtrack to Howards End, performing Percy Grainger"s Bridal Lullaby and Mock Morris. The score was by Richard Robbins.
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