Lionel Sainsbury

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Lionel Sainsbury is an English pianist and classical composer.

Biography[edit]

Born in Wiltshire in 1958, he started playing piano as a child, and soon started to compose his music. Later, he studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, with Patric Standford, who studied composition and Edith Vogel, who studied piano. In 1979, he received the British Mendelssohn Scholarship[1] and met with Edmund Rubbra, John McCabe and Henri Dutilleux in Paris.[2][3][4][5]

Major works[edit]

  • Allegro risoluto, for string orchestra, Op. 10 Orchestral
  • Canto Ostinato, for piano, Op. 30 Keyboard Solo
  • Cello Concerto, Op. 27 Concerto
  • Cuban Dance No. 2, version for violin & piano Chamber Music
  • Five Tangos, for piano, Op. 34 Keyboard
  • Incantation, for piano, Op. 26 Keyboard Solo
  • Meditation, for piano, Op. 28 Keyboard Solo
  • Prelude, for piano Keyboard
  • Sea Storm, for piano, Op. 24 Keyboard Solo
  • Soliloquy, for violin Chamber Music Solo
  • Ten Moments Musicaux, for piano, Op. 31
  • Two Cuban Dances, for piano, Op. 19
  • Two Nocturnes, for orchestra
  • Violin Concerto, Op. 14
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References[edit]

  1. ^ ggbooks, Evan Senior, Music and Musicians, Volume 28
  2. ^ jackgibbons.com
  3. ^ chadlingtonfestival.org.uk
  4. ^ classical-music.com
  5. ^ "thestrad.com". Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  6. ^ Worldcatalog.org

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