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[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator style=”shadow” el_width=”80″ css=”.vc_custom_1669651771314{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Regarded as one of the finest interpreters of Classical and Romantic repertoire, Imogen Cooper is internationally renowned for her virtuosity and lyricism. Recent and future concerto performances include the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra with Manfred Honeck, Hall\u00e9 Orchestra with Sir Mark Elder and The Cleveland and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestras with Dame Jane Glover. This season her solo recitals include London, Vienna, Amsterdam, Philadelphia and the Klavierfest Ruhr in Germany. In Spring 2026 she will perform in China for the first time, playing solo recitals and Schubert\u2019s Winterreise with Mark Padmore.<\/p>\n
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Imogen\u2019s international career has included the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Berliner Philharmoniker, Vienna Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Dresden Staatskapelle, Budapest Festival and NHK Symphony Orchestras. She has played at the BBC Proms and with all the major British orchestras, including particularly close relationships with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Britten Sinfonia. Her recital appearances have included Tokyo, Hong Kong, Prague, Paris and the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg.<\/p>\n
As a committed chamber musician Imogen performs regularly with Henning Kraggerud and Adrian Brendel. \u00a0Following a long collaboration with Wolfgang Holzmair in both concert and recording, her current Lieder partners include Ian Bostridge, Dame Sarah Connolly and Mark Padmore. Imogen\u2019s recent solo recording for Chandos Records features music by Faur\u00e9, Liszt, Ravel and Respighi. Her discography also includes Mozart Concertos with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and a cycle of Schubert\u2019s solo works recorded live in concert.<\/p>\n
Imogen received a DBE in the Queen\u2019s Birthday Honours in 2021. Her many awards and accolades, including the Queen\u2019s Medal for Music (2019), Royal Philharmonic Society Performers Award (2008) and Doctor of Music at Exeter University (1999). In 2015 she founded the Imogen Cooper Music Trust to support young pianists and give them time in an environment of peace and beauty. Imogen was the Chair of the Jury at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2021 and 2024.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21211,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-21213","docente","type-docente","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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