Biography
It was an extremely young Imogen Cooper (aged only 5!) who decided to become a concert pianist, and determination is still one of her trademarks. Her performances are acclaimed for their combination of artistic integrity and emotion coupled with intelligent playing.
She travels all over the world to appear with the world's leading orchestras (recently with the New York Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic and Concertgebouw Orchestras). Conductors Sir Simon Rattle and Sir Colin Davis are both friends and fans.
Playing in smaller ensembles is equally magical to Imogen Cooper, as can be seen from her close working relationship with baritone Wolfgang Holzmair. Together they have recorded several discs and their performances of Schubert songs are considered by many critics to be unparalleled. Her solo discs include all of Schubert's last piano works, and one further and little-known fact about her - she is one of the soloists on the soundtrack for the film Amadeus!
Imogen lives in London and she greatly enjoys London's cosmopolitan attractions. An appetite for life and liberating laughter are two of her particular traits. However, she sometimes needs an escape from her busy schedule, and at such times she seeks the tranquillity of Southern France for gourmet delights and long walks. Forthcoming Events:
color=''FF5F00''>January 11, Queen's Hall, Edinburgh 19:45 Box Office: 0131 667 7776
Joseph Swensen / Scottish Chamber Orchestra
MOZART Ouverture, Clemenza di Tito
MOZART Piano Concerto No 17 in G major K453
MAHLER/SCHOENBERG Songs of a Wayfarer
SCHUBERT Symphony No2
color=''FF5F00''>January 12, City Hall, Glasgow 19:45 Box Office: 0141 287 5511
Joseph Swensen / Scottish Chamber Orchestra
MOZART Ouverture, Clemenza di Tito
MOZART Piano Concerto No 17 in G major K453
MAHLER/SCHOENBERG Songs of a Wayfarer
SCHUBERT Symphony No2
color=''FF5F00''>With Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Box Office: 212.896.1704
January 18, Morristown Community Theater NJ, Morristown, 20:00
January 19, Purchase Performing Arts Center, Purchase, 20:00
January 20, Carnegie Hall, New York, 20:00
January 30, McCarter Theater, Princeton, 20:00
COPLAND Three Latin American Sketches
MOZART Piano Concerto No17 in G Major K453
WEBERN Five Movements for String Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 1 Op 21 in C Major
The Artist Speaks:
My love affair with Schubert goes back many years. And calling it a love affair is right, his music moves me in a different way from any other composer''s. There is such humanity in it - joy, suffering, fear, an awareness of death, a love of nature, a sense of the mystical - so many aspects that it would fascinate one to meet, all rolled up in one person.
The fact that he wrote so many memorable tunes only adds to my love for him.
Strange to think that he was actually extremely small, round, probably shy, and with pock-marks because of the illness that he contracted when he was in his mid-twenties and that was to contribute to his early death at the age of 31. None of this has spoiled the excitement of a wonderful journey spread over some years, recording the monumental last Sonatas, the various sets of joyous Dances, the achingly beautiful Impromptus - a wealth of riches unique to the great composer that is Franz Schubert.
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