Christopher Glynn

Christopher Glynn was born in Leicester, read music at New College Oxford and then studied piano with John Streets in France and with Malcolm Martineau at the Royal Academy of Music. He was awarded the piano accompaniment prize in the 2001 Kathleen Ferrier competition and the 2003 Gerald Moore award. He is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

He has performed with singers including Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Joan Rodgers, Andrew Kennedy, Carolyn Sampson, Michael George, Julie Kennard, Sine Bundgaard, Matthew Best, Sally Burgess, Toby Spence, Bryn Terfel, James Rutherford, Lucy Crowe, Catherine Wyn Rogers, Derek Lee Ragin, Robert Murray and Ronan Collett at venues including Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, St John’s Smith Square, Royal Opera House, Bridgewater Hall and Waterfront Hall, at festivals throughout Europe and the Far East, and in live broadcasts for BBC radio and TV.

As well as his work with singers, Chris has performed with many instrumentalists including oboist Maurice Bourge and cellist Christoph Richter. He has also performed piano duet concerts with John Streets throughout Europe .

In 2001 Chris organised a festival at the RAM to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the death of Benjamin Britten. He has also been artistic director of two series of McCann Concerts at the National Portrait Gallery. He has recorded on Warner, Erato, Cantoris and Priory labels.

Future plans include BBC recital broadcasts with Joan Rodgers and Andrew Kennedy, a recording of the piano duet version of Brahms Requiem with The Sixteen, a CD of the songs of Michael Head and concert tours to USA, Canada and Japan.