Brian Davidson, Pianist
Scottish pianist Brian Davidson studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, the Royal College of Music, and later in Paris with Vlado Perlemuter on a Sir James Caird Travelling Scholarship. He completed his postgraduate studies at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada where he also gave his first televised broadcast.
Since then, he has performed frequently throughout the UK as well as overseas in Norway, Poland, Sri Lanka, Portugal and Germany, to great critical acclaim. Highlights of his career include his London debut at St John's Smith Square in 1989, which included the premiere of Ronald Stevenson's 'Symphonic Elegy for Liszt', a televised appearance at the Powsin International Piano Festival near Warsaw, and an extensive series of Schubert recitals in Britain during the composer's bicentenary in 1997.
In 2003 he was invited to open the new concert season at the Stadthalle in Heidelberg, and in 2008 he returned once again to open the current season.
His broadcasting experience at home includes an appearance on the BBC Scotland programme 'Edinburgh Nights', as well as performances for BBC Radio Scotland.
In addition to his performing activities, he lectured for several years at the RSAMD and is also a frequent contributor to several periodicals including 'International Piano'.