Christine Stevenson enjoys a distinguished career as a piano recitalist and concerto soloist throughout the UK and abroad. Her concerts continually draw critical acclaim for her virtuosity, musicianship, and the engaging rapport she establishes with audiences of all ages.

In 2012 she is exploring piano repertoire by Debussy, particularly with reference to his links to Chopin and Liszt; her blogposts this year on www.notesfromapianist.wordpress.com are sub-titled The French Connection.

 

The 2010 season's projects celebrated the music of Chopin, particularly works written during his 'Winter in Majorca', from November to February 1838-1839; concerts in festivals in Kent, Suffolk and Cumbria, and participation in a performance of Satie's 'Vexations' as part of the London Sinfonietta's 'Experiment!' Festival at King's Place, London. A tour in Australia in June 2009 included recitals at the Woodend Winter Arts Festival, recorded for broadcast by the ABC, as well as masterclasses in Melbourne and Geelong. A well received recording of music by award-winning British composer Thomas Hewitt Jones was released on CD and online.


Winner of the prestigious Dom Polski Chopin Competition, Christine's wide experience includes the premiere CD recording of Alkan's Rondo Brillant with members of the London Mozart Players, live and recorded broadcasts for the ABC and BBC, a period as Musician in Residence at the Chisholm Institute, performances in a film featuring chamber music of Margaret Sutherland and Helen Gifford, and an Arts Council tour of northern Australia in collaboration with selected actors, a visual artist and a dancer in multi-arts presentations.

An inspiring communicator, she is a tutor at the annual Hereford Summer School for Pianists, and has given masterclasses at Morley College, the City Lit, Jackdaws and Hindhead; she has taught advanced pianists at Lancaster University, and is on the staff of the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music in London.

Born in Melbourne, Christine graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with distinction, being twice awarded the Gaitskell prize for the most outstanding student. She studied with pupils of Cortot, of Nadia Boulanger and of Michelangeli, and with the celebrated English pianist, Ronald Smith, also participating in masterclasses given by Sergei Dorensky, Aldo Ciccolini and Vlado Perlemuter.

Future plans include projects to celebrate the forthcoming bicentenary of another great pianist-composer of the Romantic Period  - Alkan.