Leon McCawley
Leon McCawley (born 12 July 1973) is a British classical pianist. He studied with Heather Slade-Lipkin at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, and with Eleanor Sokoloff at The Curtis Institute of Music in the United States, and latterly pianist Nina Milkina was a source of inspiration. He won the first prize in the Ninth International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna in 1993, and second prize in the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition.
Leon McCawley
- Born
- 1973 · Cheshire.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- pianist · musician
- Education
- Curtis Institute of Music · Chetham's School of Music
- Teachers
- Nina Milkina
- Languages
- English
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He has given solo performances with major orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. McCawley has produced CD recordings of music by Samuel Barber, by Ludwig van Beethoven, and by Robert Schumann, as well as a complete edition of Mozart's piano sonatas and a world premiere recording of the complete piano works of Hans Gál. Two of his recordings have earned the "Editor's Choice" award of the journal The Gramophone.
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London is recorded as a place of activity by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Leon McCawley studied at Curtis Institute of Music and Chetham's School of Music. Training under Nina Milkina is recorded. The recorded working language is English.
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Leon McCawley appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a pianist and musician (born 7 December 1973). Leon McCawley was born on 7 December 1973 in Cheshire.
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