Daniel Tong - piano

Daniel Tong studied in London with Irina Zaritskaya and Paul Roberts. He enjoys a varied career, performing frequently at Britain's major concert halls, festivals and on BBC Radio 3. He has performed solo recitals for the Park Lane Group on the South Bank, at Steinway Hall and the Cheltenham Festival. Concerto appearances have included works by Beethoven, Mozart, Rachmaninov and Gershwin.

His own group, The London Bridge Ensemble, presents varied programmes of chamber music, often alongside song. They have already played in St John’s Smith Square, St George’s Bristol, the City of London Festival. They are resident ensemble at the Ponte de Lima Festival in Portugal and have played at festivals in Kerry and Sofia. In 2005 they made their debut at the Wigmore Hall with a programme that included a new commission for Piano Quartet and baritone by David Matthews. In 2007 they will make their first recording of Frank Bridge chamber and vocal works and give concerts in Berlin, Brussels and Amsterdam.

In 2004 Daniel performed Dvorak’s Piano Quartets with the Picander Ensemble in venues including Wigmore Hall, the South Bank and Aldeburgh Festival to commemorate the composer’s centenary. They recorded these works last year for Merlin Classics. He regularly appears in recitals with baritone Ivan Ludlow and has also partnered tenors Paul Agnew and Charles Daniels, soprano Valerie Gabail and baritone Stephan Loges.

Daniel has a long-standing duo with violinist Fiona McNaught with whom he has been playing for ten years. They have been recipients of awards from the Craxton, Tunnell and Tillett Trusts and the Musicians' Company. In 2002 they performed the complete Sonatas by Beethoven in several venues around the country.

Daniel is artistic director of the annual Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival.

October 2006