IainBurnside
Contact
Hannah Bishay
Representation
General management with Askonas Holt
Partner Manager:
Sarah Bruce (Trio Balthasar)
About Iain
Thanks to prolific careers both as pianist and award-winning broadcaster, Iain is one of the UK’s best-known musicians.
Iain has worked with a broad roster of international singers: Dame Margaret Price, Rosa Feola, Ailish Tynan, Joyce DiDonato, Laurence Brownlee, Roderick Williams, and Bryn Terfel, among many others. He has recorded more than 60 CDs, often created around neglected composers, where his curatorial skills are displayed to the full. He is a great champion of young singers, playing a crucial role in introducing them to a wider audience. Recent highlights include a Rachmaninov Song Series at Wigmore Hall with outstanding Slavic singers, following his acclaimed Delphian recordings of Rachmaninov and Medtner. Other Delphian collaborations range from Schubert Lieder to songs from each of Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland.
Innovative programme planning has led Iain to expand his concert work into a hybrid form of music theatre, creating staged work around Brahms (Shining Armour), Wagner (The View from the Villa) and Gurney (A Soldier and a Maker). He has broadcast extensively on both radio and TV, notably as host of BBC R3’s acclaimed Voices series.
In addition to a long association with London’s Guildhall School, Iain is Visiting International Artist at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin. Competitions where he has served as a jury member include Concours Reine Elisabeth in Brussels, Busoni and Honens piano competitions and Wigmore Hall International Song Competition. He is Artistic Director of the Ludlow English Song Weekend and Artistic Consultant to Grange Park Opera, Surrey.
Listen to a selection of Iain’s collaborations here on Spotify.
Representation
General management with Askonas Holt
Partner Manager:
Sarah Bruce (Trio Balthasar)
Video
James Atkinson & Iain Burnside | Ganymed (Schubert) | Winter into Spring Festival 2021
James Atkinson and Iain Burnside perform Schubert’s Ganymed (D544) as part of Oxford Lieder’s Winter into Spring Festival 2021. Credit: Oxford Lieder
PlayingIain Burnside & Natalya Romaniw at Leeds Lieder
Iain Burnside accompanies Natalya Romaniw singing Arion by Rachmaninov at Leeds Lieder Festival 18 June 2021. Credit: Leeds Lieder
PlayingSwansong | Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Iain Burnside introduces ‘Swansong’, his music-theatre piece which presents Schubert’s 14 Schwanengesang songs interspersed with monologues from 6 characters, real and imagined. Credit: Guildhall School of Music & Drama
PlayingThe View From The Villa | Donald Macleod & Iain Burnside
The Wesendoncks and the Wagners. Grange Park Opera Credit: Grange Park Opera
PlayingJourneying Boys
‘Journeying Boys’, Iain Burnside’s new play, will be shown at the Britten Theatre on Friday 8 February. Credit: Royal College of Music
PlayingPUCCINI O mio babbino caro
Iain Burnside accompanies Ailyn Perez in ‘O mio babbino caro’ from Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi Credit: Rosenblatt Recitals
PlayingVERDI E strano…Ah, forsè lui…Sempre libera
Iain Burnside accompanies Ailyn Perez in ‘E strano…Ah, forsè lui…Sempre libera’ from Verdi’s La Traviata Credit: Rosenblatt Recitals
Playing
Press
Rachmaninov Song Series
Wigmore Hall, LondonApr 2024 - Jun 2024Iain Burnside’s “accompanying” was astonishing in that he was able to lead by basically staying in the wings. Never did he try to cast a shadow on his singers, but if one listens carefully one realizes that he is the one controlling the mood, the tone and the way to poem is realized. Yes, I say that because there was something very intellectual in the way he played, expressive and colourful as it was. He knew the structure of the music very well and was able to shape it the way he wanted to, coaxing the singer along with his deep understanding of the musical form.
- Jeremy Chan: Literally Left-handed
- 18 April 2024
Discography
- Songs from the North of Ireland: Dorothy Parke | Joan Trimble
- Schubert: Winterreise
- Schubert: Schwanengesang
- Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin
- Schumann, Kilpinen & Brahms: Nature's solace
- A Countertenor Songbook
- Duet
- Musica e Poesia
- Schubert Lieder: Nacht und Träume
- Britten & Schubert
- Joy Alone
- RACHMANINOV Songs
- Amore e Morte
- Poème d’un Jour