Timothy Ravenscroft – Piano

Timothy Ravenscroft studied piano at the Royal College of Music where he was awarded many prizes, including the prestigious Leonard Borwick Prize. He subsequently gained a scholarship to study at the Vienna Hochschule.  There he obtained the Concert Diploma with distinction.

Timothy now pursues a busy career, as a renowned London teacher, concerto soloist, recitalist, and accompanist. He has performed concertos with orchestras such as the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, the Salzburg Musici, and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.  With the English Piano Trio and other artists he has recorded many CDs for Meridian, Kingdom, Naxos and Epoch labels.

Timothy is a regular recitalist throughout much of the world.  He performs in Europe every year, and also appears on the concert platform in South America.  He is a regular visitor to Japan, as a soloist and accompanist, and also as a visiting professor of piano. 

Jane Faulkner studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Manoug Parikian.  She was the recipient of many prizes and awards, including the York Bowen prize, the John McEwan award, and the prestigious Harold Craxton prize.

She held a subprincipal position in a London orchestra for a number of years before relinquishing this in order to concentrate on solo and chamber music.  Following her first South Bank recital she was described by the Daily Telegraph as ‘one of Britain’s front rank musicians.’

In addition to her work with the English Piano Trio, Jane has a busy career as a teacher, London orchestral player, and a recitalist.  With the Greek pianist Elena Konstantinou, she presented a series of concerts in London, ‘Greece in Britain’, celebrating both British and Greek music for violin and piano from the classical period through to the present day.  Jane also has a duo with the pianist Wing Yun Wu, specialising particularly in the classical and romantic repertoire. She is a member of the string trio, the Hoffmeister Ensemble.

Jane’s interest in the piano trio led her to form the Piano Trio Society, an organisation dedicated to dealing with all aspects of the piano trio, including performance, research and education.

Justin Pearson is one of London’s busiest and most enterprising musicians. He is Principal cellist and Artistic Director of The National Symphony Orchestra (UK), Guest Principal cellist of the Royal Philharmonic and English Sinfonia Orchestras and cellist of the English Piano Trio. Justin is artistic director and manager of the Locrian Ensemble of London, one of the most sought after, and often-recorded ensembles in Britain today. He also performs regularly with the Michael Nyman Band, and for over twenty years has been the chosen solo cellist for Andrew Lloyd Webber in London’s West End.    

Justin has played chamber music in Downing Street, performed by invitation to Queen Elizabeth ll (The Commonwealth Institute) and the Prince of Wales (Hampton Court). He has appeared live on stage with “Oasis”, Eric Clapton and toured on the Asian Music Network in Britain.

Justin has recently written scripts for plays with music that are touring Britain: “Tango! Tango!”, a play with narrator, tango band and dancers about the life of the tango composer, Astor Piazzolla; “The Angel of Rome”, the poignant story of the last surviving castrati singer, Alessando Moreschi. His latest drama, “Stirring the Spirit”, commissioned by the Sarratt Festival, was so enthusiastically received that it toured most successfully to fifteen regional theatres and both  Edinburgh and Cambridge Festivals. The play came to London’s West End theatre in August, 2006.

Tours abroad have included performing with the Feinstein Ensemble in Egypt, playing solo recitals at the Edinburgh and Spoleto Festivals, touring Germany and Holland, and performing many concertos, including the Elgar, at St.Martin-in-the-Fields. Just recently he has undertaken his first solo recital tour to the USA.

Justin has recorded CDs for the following classical labels: Hyperion (Schubert), Naxos (Malcolm Arnold - a “Gramophone” award winning disc, and chamber works of Martinu), 4 discs for Guild (Beethoven Quintets, chamber music by Othmar Schoeck, piano trios and string quartets by Volkmar Andreae), ASV (Mozart and Schubert Viola and Cello Quintets), Dutton Epoch (8 discs: Rebecca Clarke, Walter Leigh, Richard Arnell, Arthur Benjamin, McDowell, Clifford and Bainton), Carlton Classics (Piazzolla) and, most recently, the Limerick-based composer, Osborne, for the Irish Lyric fm label. He has also produced independent programmes for BBC Radio 3, featuring the chamber music of Ginastera and Gliere.

Justin is to be heard playing the solo cello line in the film about the life of Oscar Wilde, “Wilde”, starring Stephen Fry, and is also the featured soloist on the soundtracks to cinematic successes, “Female Perversions” and “Frozen”.

Originally born in Dublin, Justin left Ireland at 14 to study in England with Derek Simpson of the Aeolian String Quartet. He entered the Royal Academy of Music where he won all available prizes for chamber music playing. Justin continues to return to Ireland to lecture and adjudicate at the Cork School of Music.

Justin serves as Chairman of the governers of the Royal Society of Musicians, a charity that supports musicians in need, is Co-Chair of the London cello Society, and is Musical Patron of  Sunbeams Music Trust, helping children and adults with special needs, through music, in Cumbria.

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