Christine Stevenson enjoys a distinguished career as a pianist throughout the UK and abroad. She is an Artistic Director of the annual Summer School for Pianists at Stowe where she gives recitals and masterclasses (visit www.pianosummerschool.co.uk for details), and is on the staff of the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music in London. She writes about piano music at www.notesfromapianist.wordpress.com

Recent engagements include recitals of music by Chopin and Paderewski given in London and at Highclere Castle (television’s ‘Downton Abbey’) to celebrate 100 years of Polish Independence, performances of music for Twenty Digits – piano duet and piano duo – featuring Gustav Holst’s own arrangement of ‘The Planets’ for two pianos, while future concerts include chamber music by Clara Schumann presented by LSO animateur Rachel Leach, and a return visit to France for recitals in the Dordogne region.

Christine’s recording credits include music by award-winning British composer Thomas Hewitt Jones, as well as the premiere CD recording of Alkan’s Rondo Brillant with members of the London Mozart Players. Her solo recording of Liszt’s ‘Années de Pèlerinage – II – Italie’ has been critically acclaimed.

Born in Melbourne, Christine graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with distinction, being twice awarded the Gaitskell prize for the most outstanding student. She studied with pupils of Cortot, of Nadia Boulanger and of Michelangeli, and with the celebrated English pianist, Ronald Smith, also participating in masterclasses given by Sergei Dorensky, Aldo Ciccolini and Vlado Perlemuter.