Education
She studied in Newcastle, York and Birmingham with Denis Matthews, in Switzerland with one of Claudio Arrau"s most renowned students, Edith Fischer and, through a Hindemith Foundation chamber scholarship, with Bruno Giuranna.
She studied in Newcastle, York and Birmingham with Denis Matthews, in Switzerland with one of Claudio Arrau"s most renowned students, Edith Fischer and, through a Hindemith Foundation chamber scholarship, with Bruno Giuranna.
She was a finalist in the British Broadcasting Corporation Young Musician competition at the age of 11 in 1984 and one of the youngest recipients of a Dame Myra Hess Award at the same age. A soloist and chamber musician, she has broadcast, performed live and given masterclasses in the United Kingdom, around Europe, the United States of America and Russia and has worked with many international orchestras including the Hallé, London Mozart Players, London Philharmonic, English Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, British Broadcasting Corporation Concert Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. In addition to her new piano duet venture with James Lisney, she leads four chamber groups: Anton Stadler Trio (with clarinettist Janet Hilton and violist Robin Ireland), Clarion³ (with Janet Hilton and bassoonist Laurence Perkins), Trio Melzi (with violinist Richard Howarth and cellist Hannah Roberts) and a duo with Janet Hilton.
She also taught keyboard at the University of New York
She has recorded works by Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Britten (the world premiere of whose Three Character Pieces she gave in 1989), Chopin, Debussy, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Rawsthorne on the Semaphore label.
