Einaudi’s Piano by Candlelight – Elegy for the Arctic

Name: Einaudi’s Piano by Candlelight – Elegy for the Arctic
Start: 2024-08-14T20:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-08-14T21:30:00+01:00
Location: St Vincent Street,Edinburgh,EH3 6SW,GB

Schedule

Wed Aug 14 2024 at 08:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

St Vincent Street,Edinburgh,EH3 6SW,GB | Edinburgh, SC

Relax and unwind with contemporary piano classics by Ludovico Einaudi – inspired by the global fight against climate change
'Matthew Shiel shone' (ThisWeekCulture.com).
Relax and unwind as tonight’s artist plays contemporary piano classics by Ludovico Einaudi – by candlelight. Award-winning pianist Matthew Shiel performs his official most-streamed piano pieces including favourites such as Nuvole BIanche, I Giorni, Divenire, Le Onde, Primavera, Nightbook, Una Mattina and more. In solidarity with Greenpeace, Ludovico Einaudi and the global fight against climate change, tonight’s artist will also play a special performance of his Elegy for the Arctic.
Tonight's Pianist: Matthew Shiel
Matthew Shiel is a concert pianist and conductor based in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the recipient of a scholarship to study piano at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where he graduated with first class honours and several academic and performance prizes.
Matthew has performed at venues including: National Portrait Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh), Unitarernes Hus (Copenhagen), The Glasshouse International Centre for Music (Newcastle), Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (Glasgow) and St Giles' Cathedral (Edinburgh) and has been invited to be a guest speaker to the Wagner Society of Scotland and the University of Middlesex.
Matthew has performed several piano concertos with the Scottish Meditation Orchestra (Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488 ), Àirigh Orchestra (Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.2, Op.18 and Koželuch - Concerto for Piano Duet in B-flat major, P.IV:8 ), Abbotsford String Orchestra (Bach - Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052 and Mozart - Piano Concerto in D minor, K.466 ), Little Biggar Orchestra (Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595 ). Matthew was also entrusted to give the world première of Dr Alfredo Caponnetto's Baroque Concerto - which the composer kindly dedicated to Matthew. Matthew has also performed with The Band of His Majesty's Royal Marines Scotland .
Matthew is chief conductor of the Scottish Meditation Orchestra and the T he Orchestra of the Scottish Enlightenment and he teaches piano at the University of Edinburgh. Matthew is currently a Live Music Now artist, a charity and young artists scheme founded by Sir Yehudi Menuhin; it encourages gifted young musicians to perform to those who are unable to access live music such as those living with dementia, hospital patients receiving cancer care or children with additional support needs.
https://matthew-shiel.com/