Education
Royal Academy of Music.
Royal Academy of Music.
He gave his first London recital at the age of fifteen and toured extensively throughout Britain as solo recitalist and concerto soloist. He made his debut as soloist at Symphony Hall, Birmingham and the National Concert Hall, Dublin, in 1998. Duncan Honeybourne has played concertos and given recitals at many major venues and at leading festivals, and is especially renowned for his interpretations of 20th century British and Irish piano music
Frequent broadcasts have included solo recital and concerto performances on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 3, RTÉ Lyric FM and FM3 (Ireland), Radio Suisse Romande (Switzerland), SABC (South Africa), American Broadcasting Company Classic FM (Australia) and Radio New Zealand Concert, and appearances on British Broadcasting Corporation and RTÉ Television.
Honeybourne has toured extensively as a recitalist, has partnered many renowned artists in chamber music and has given premieres of new works dedicated to him by several celebrated composers, including the Piano Sonata no.3 by John Joubert, the Piano Sonata no.2 by Andrew Downes and Four Nocturnes by Sadie Harrison. He gave the world premiere of the Andrew Downes Piano Concerto at Birmingham Town Hall on 1 March 2009.
Duncan Honeybourne is a Tutor in Piano at the University of Southampton and gives regular masterclasses and lecture recitals. He has devised and written several words and music programmes and is a frequent writer on music and musicians.
Duncan Honeybourne"s discography includes a 2 Civil Defense collection of English and Irish piano music for EM Records, featuring the complete solo piano music of East.J. Moeran alongside works by Vaughan Williams, Howells, Swaffield, Baines, Pitfield and Fleischmann.