Luke Jones
United Kingdom
24 y.o.
withdrawn
Musical Education
- Private Study – Andrew Wilde 2003-2005
- Chethams’ School of Music – 2006-2013 (Principal Tutor – Murray McLachlan)
- Conservatorio di Musica Lorenzo Perosi – 2013-2015 (Principal Tutor – Carlo Grante)
- Royal Northern College of Music 2015- (Principal Tutors – Frank Wibaut (2015-2017) Dina Parakhina (2017-)
- MMus at RNCM from September 2019 under the tutelage of Dina Parakhina – Awarded an ABRSM Scholarship
Awards
- 3rd Prize EPTA National Piano Competition (2010)
- 3rd Prize Manchester International Concerto Competition (2011)
- 1st Prize Roma International Piano Competition Sezione A (2011)
- 1st Prize Aci Bertoncelj International Piano Competition (2012)
- Instrumental Blue-Riband Award – National Eisteddfod of Wales (2013)
- RNCM Chopin Prize (2016)
- RNCM Concerto Competition Award (2018)
- 2nd Prize and Mompou Prize – Maria Canals International Piano Competition (2018)
- 1st Prize Bromsgrove International Musicians Competition (2018)
- 3rd Prize Euregio Piano Award (2018)
Notable Performances (past and upcoming)
- Beethoven Concerto No.3 (RNCM Concert Hall, Manchester Camerata)
- Dora Stoutzker Hall (RWCMD, Cardiff)
- Barber Institute (Birmingham)
- Eaton Square Chapel Concerts (London)
- Pump Room (Bath)
- Wienersaal (Salzburg)
- Torre del Canyamel (Mallorca)
- Palau de la Musica Catalana (Barcelona)
- Jardí dels Tarongers (Barcelona)
- Philharmonie Luxembourg – Salle de Musique de Chambre (Luxembourg)
- Salle Cortot (Paris)
- St. George’s Hall (Bristol)
- Bradshaw Hall (Birmingham)
- St .David’s Hall (Cardiff, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rhapsody in Blue)
- Venue Cymru (Llandudno, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rhapsody in Blue)
- Bridgewater Hall (Manchester, Ravel Left Hand Concerto, RNCM Symphony Orchestra)
- Bridgewater Hall (Solo Recital for Manchester Midday Concerts Society due 2019/2020)
- Three Choirs Festival
- Bradshaw Hall (Beethoven’s 3rd Concerto with Orchestra of the Swan)
Envisaged programme
First round
J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Prelude and Fugue in C Major No. 1 BWV 846
L. van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53
Second round
F. Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
S. Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84
Semifinal
F. Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
C. Debussy: Images, Book 1, L 111
F. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10
Final
L. van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37