Biography

Pianist Libby Burgess is well-known on concert stages across Britain, playing as song specialist and chamber musician in the country’s major halls and festivals, and on Radio 3. Equally admired for her programming, she is founding Artistic Director of New Paths Music, curating fourteen festivals of song, chamber music and community outreach, and was Co-Artistic Director with Martin Roscoe of the Beverley Chamber Music Festival 2018-2022.

Libby’s recent calendar includes song concerts at Wigmore Hall, Oxford Lieder, Leeds Lieder and Aldeburgh Festival; The Rite of Spring with Chris Hopkins; the complete Beethoven cello sonatas with five cellists; and broadcasts with the BBC Singers. Her premiere with Marcus Farnsworth of Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s Everything Grows Extravagantly was selected as a Times highlight of the year.

Currently undertaking a Bach marathon, Libby is performing Bach’s entire Well-Tempered Clavier nationwide, to date raising over £32,000 for Help Musicians, Live Music Now, Future Talent and Youth Music.

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