Jad Grainger (piano)

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Programme

Debussy Images II

Liszt: Nuages Gris, Wiegenlied, En Rêve, Valse Oubliée no1, Csardas Macabre

Bartok: 8 Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs op20

Artist Bio

Born in Norwich, Jad Grainger graduated in his Masters in performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2024. He moved to London in 2018 to commence his undergraduate study at the Guildhall. At the Guildhall, Jad’s principal study was with Philip Jenkins, while he also played in masterclasses with Robert Levin, Noriko Ogawa, Boris Berman, Paul Roberts and Leslie Howard. In 2022 Jad was a finalist of the Guildhall School’s Beethoven Competition, playing Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata op57, 2023 and 2024 saw more success in Guildhall Competitions, being a finalist in the ‘Ivan Sutton Chamber prize’ (2023) and the ‘Romantic piano prize’ (2024). For the conclusion of his Masters, Jad worked with Professor David Dolan for a Mozart piano concerto project involving improvisatory elements, including cadenzas, arranged for piano and string quartet. Both in 2024 and 2025, Jad travelled to Italy for masterclasses with Federico Colli at the “Lake Garda Music prestige academy” and to France; to teach, play concerts and participate as a scholar at “Music at Chateau D’Aix” with Paul Roberts, Charles Owen and Martin Sturfält.
Parallel to his development as a soloist, Jad has relished working both with the “Elvira Trio” in his final year at Guildhall and afterwards; where they cultivated a relationship and played concerts regularly for the ‘Friends of the UK Mendelssohn Foundation’. The trio also played a recital at St Mary’s Perivale in spring 2025. Jad inaugurated the Reform Club’s two piano recital series alongside Leslie Howard in September 2024 with Percy Grainger’s ‘Lincolnshire Posy’ and Rachmaninoff’s ‘Symphonic Dances’. Jad later returned to the reform club in 2025 for a solo recital and a Beethoven Masterclass playing for Boris Giltburg. In addition to trio playing, Jad has been a regular collaborator at Norwich Cathedral chapel with violinist Dylan Latham where they played recitals on behalf of the Norwich School in 2023,2024 and 2025.
Highlights in 2026 are performing in Girona, Oxford and East Sussex.

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