Andreas Boyde

"awesome perfection"
Instrumentalists — Piano

Manager: Mark Z. Alpert
Management Territory: Worldwide

"Boyde turns in one of the best interpretations I have yet heard. It’s a fabulous reading, tender and blisteringly exciting by turns, with a dexterity that suggests Horowitz himself – on more than one occasion I found myself holding my breath with excitement." —FANFARE MAGAZINE USA

"The brilliance of Andreas Boyde at the piano became immediately apparent... Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 turning into a masterful dialogue between solist and orchestra" —Suddeutsche Zeitung Wolfratshausen (Germany), 27th October 2009

"[Boyde] displayed the whole range of his interpretative mastery in the Largo movement. He performed the alternating pathos, flirtatious charm and tunefulness with great insight." —Main Post (Germany), 5th October 2009

About

Hailed by the critics as Monsieur 100,000 Volts, pianist Andreas Boyde’s performances have electrified audiences worldwide. His recitals in renowned concert venues and appearances as soloist with such orchestras as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Prague Radio Orchestra, the Zürich Kammerorchester, the Bamberger Symphoniker, the Hallé Orchestra Manchester, the Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, the Dresden Sinfoniker, the London Mozart Players and the Berliner Sinfonieorchester have secured Boyde’s reputation as an esteemed performing artist.

The pianist Andreas Boyde has concertized . . . internationally in Austria, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine and USA with upcoming debuts in Norway, Canada and New Zealand among others. Venues where he has appeared to acclaim include Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Royal Festival Hall and Wigmore Hall London, Cologne Philharmonic Hall, Zürich Tonhalle, Munich Herkulessaal, Symphony Hall Birmingham, Berlin Konzerthaus, Munich Philharmonic Hall, Hamburg Musikhalle, Teatro Municipal Santiago de Chile, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Munich Prinzregenten Theatre and Pierpont Morgan Library New York.

In 2008 Andreas Boyde concluded his recordings of Johannes Brahms’ complete solo piano works produced by OehmsClassics, the repertoire now being performed in a cycle. Boyde’s extensive CD recordings receive five star reviews from leading music magazines praising his interpretations “a stroke of genius” (Fono Forum, Germany). He enjoys a close association with German radio established by frequent broadcasts and productions.

The sought-after pianist’s wide-ranging repertoire encompasses all major areas of the piano literature. Also committed to contemporary music he gave the European premiere of Paul Schoenfield’s Piano Concerto Four Parables, as well as the first performance of John Pickard’s Piano Concerto, which is dedicated to him. Boyde’s musicological interests are demonstrated in his reconstruction of the ‘Schubert’ Variations by Robert Schumann, now published by Hofmeister Leipzig. It is a work that has enjoyed great international acclaim since its 2000 premiere in New York by Andreas Boyde at the Pierpont Morgan Library.

Born in Saxony, in the town of Oschatz Germany, Boyde studied with Christa Holzweißig and Amadeus Webersinke in Dresden and subsequently with James Gibb in London at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. His mentor and promoter Malcolm Frager also proved a major influence.

Andreas Boyde makes his home in London.

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