Neil Cowley - Piano
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
David Gallant talks to the pianist about how he got started, the instruments he has played over the years and his all time favourite choice. Young meteor Cowley and his trio crescendoed on to the national jazz scene just last year with their highly acclaimed, mesmeric debut album Displaced. Cowley though has form. He played Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall – aged 11! “Yeah,” says Cowley in his usual self deprecating manner. “I was nurtured by Eric Stevenson for the Royal Academy junior exhibition, which means you go in on Saturdays. He was very influential, and managed to organise concerts for his students at the Queen Elizabeth Hall."
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