Concerts & Events
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
Solo recital at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, October 2023.
ARD International Music Competition, Munich
Chairing the piano trio jury of the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, September 2023.
Cottier Festival, Glasgow
With the Aurea Quartet at the Cottier Festival, Glasgow, 2016
Concert & Event Dates
Here are some details of my concerts and other events in the next few months. If you have enjoyed reading my blog and would like to attend a live event (concert, teaching, talk) please look to see if there’s one near you. You can also read reviews from previous concerts.
April 2026
Friday 17 April at 1pm, Wigmore Hall, London W1: solo recital marking the publication of my new book Nocturnes and the Fascination of Night Music. Programme will include nocturnes and other night-related piano music. More details and ticket information to come in January.
March 2026
My new book, Nocturnes – and the Fascination of Night Music, will be published by Yale University Press on March 24, 2026. It can be pre-ordered now through Yale or through your favourite bookseller.
January 2026
January 9 at 1pm, ‘Fridays at One’, Concert Hall, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow: solo recital of music by some of the historical women pianists featured in my book. Ticket info and programme here.
December 2025
December 2-4 in London: Recording a solo disc of piano music by some of the historical women pianists featured in my book Women and the Piano. The disc should be released later in 2026 on Hyperion Records and streaming platforms.
November 2025
November 19 and 20, Coaching Astatine Trio in London for ChamberStudio
November 26 at 4.15pm in St Mary’s Music School, Edinburgh – a ‘try-out concert’ for the repertoire I’ll be recording for Hyperion in December (invited audience)
October 2025
October 15, Zoom seminar for postgrad students at the University of North Florida, USA
October 24 at 1pm: solo recital in the Henry Barber concert series, Elgar Concert Hall, University of Birmingham
August 2025
Wednesday 6 August at 11am: Solo recital for Lake District Summer Music, Ambleside Church, Cumbria
Wednesday 13 August at 1pm: Solo recital in St Mary’s Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh – part of the Edinburgh Fringe (tickets are free, but get there early as this is a popular series).
Please note that this concert is in St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Palmerston Place, and not St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral in Broughton Street – last year, a few people got mixed up about the location and arrived halfway through the concert!
May 2025
Tuesday 13 May: The paperback edition of my book Women and the Piano is published by Yale University Press.
March 2025
Thursday 6 March at 6pm: as part of Women’s History Month, I’m giving a talk at the museum of historical instruments at St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, Edinburgh. In conversation with historian Robert Philip, I’ll be discussing some of the attitudes that confronted women who dreamed of a career in music. The talk will last for an hour. There is no specified ticket price – it’s ‘pay what you can’. Booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-history-month-talk-for-you-music-can-be-only-an-ornament-tickets-1044926522357?aff=oddtdtcreator
Sunday 16 March at 3.30pm: Solo recital in Kelso Old Parish church for Kelso Music Society in the Scottish Borders – programme details and more info here
Saturday 22 March at 3pm – solo recital at King’s College Cambridge after Foundation Lunch event – invited guests only
January 2025
I start this year in a writing phase, because I have a book due in to the publisher by May. So, probably not so many outside events to list. Here’s one, though.
Friday 24 January: Online seminar for the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, USA.
November 2024
Monday 4 November at 1pm: Solo recital, Wesley Chapel, Harrogate. Piano music by Joseph Haydn, John Field, Clara Schumann, Edvard Grieg.
October 2024
Sunday 6 October at 3pm: I’ll be playing a solo recital of music by historical women pianist-composers at the London Piano Festival, King’s Place, London. The concert will be followed by a Q&A between me and Tim Parry, editor of International Piano magazine, about the history of women playing the piano.
January 2026
January 9 at 1pm, Concert Hall, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow: solo recital of music by some of the historical women pianists featured in my book
December 2025
December 2-4 in London: Recording a solo disc of piano music by some of the historical women pianists featured in my book Women and the Piano. The disc should be released later in 2026 on Hyperion Records and streaming platforms.
November 2025
November 19 and 20, Coaching Astatine Trio in London for ChamberStudio
November 26 at 4.15pm in St Mary’s Music School, Edinburgh – a ‘try-out concert’ for the repertoire I’ll be recording for Hyperion in December (invited audience)
October 2025
October 15, Zoom seminar for postgraduate music students at the University of North Florida, USA
October 24 at 1pm, solo recital for the Henry Barber Concert Series, Elgar Concert Hall, University of Birmingham
August 2025
Wednesday 6 August at 11am: Solo recital for Lake District Summer Music, Ambleside Church, Cumbria
Wednesday 13 August at 1pm: Solo recital in St Mary’s Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh – part of the Edinburgh Fringe (tickets are free, but get there early as this is a popular series).
Please note that this concert is in St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Palmerston Place, and not St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral in Broughton Street – last year, a few people got mixed up about the location and arrived halfway through the concert!
May 2025
Tuesday 13 May: The paperback edition of my book Women and the Piano is published by Yale University Press.
March 2025
Thursday 6 March at 6pm: as part of Women’s History Month, I’m giving a talk at the museum of historical instruments at St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, Edinburgh. In conversation with historian Robert Philip, I’ll be discussing some of the attitudes that confronted women who dreamed of a career in music. The talk will last for an hour. There is no specified ticket price – it’s ‘pay what you can’. Booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-history-month-talk-for-you-music-can-be-only-an-ornament-tickets-1044926522357?aff=oddtdtcreator
Sunday 16 March at 3.30pm: Solo recital in Kelso Old Parish church for Kelso Music Society in the Scottish Borders – programme details and more info here
Saturday 22 March at 3pm – solo recital at King’s College Cambridge after Foundation Lunch event – invited guests only
January 2025
I start this year in a writing phase, because I have a book due in to the publisher by May. So, probably not so many outside events to list. Here’s one, though.
Friday 24 January: Online seminar for the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, USA.
November 2024
Monday 4 November at 1pm: Solo recital, Wesley Chapel, Harrogate. Piano music by Joseph Haydn, John Field, Clara Schumann, Edvard Grieg.
October 2024
Sunday 6 October at 3pm: I’ll be playing a solo recital of music by historical women pianist-composers at the London Piano Festival, King’s Place, London. The concert will be followed by a Q&A between me and Tim Parry, editor of International Piano magazine, about the history of women playing the piano.
Unyoking the horses
Today's blog post is on quite a niche subject. When I was writing a short biography of pianist Sophie Menter (1846-1912) for Women and the Piano, I mentioned some of the extravagant things her fans used to do to show their adoration. When she played in Copenhagen in...
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