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The young British pianist, Ashley Wass, is recognized as one of the rising stars of his generation. Only the second British pianist in 20 years to reach the finals of the Leeds Piano Competition (in 2000), he was the first British pianist ever to win the top prize at the World Piano Competition in 1997. He appeared in the ‘Rising Stars’ series at the 2001 Ravinia Festival and his promise has been further acknowledged by the BBC, who selected him to be a New Generations Artist over two seasons.
Ashley Wass studied at Chethams Music School and won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. In 2002 he was made an Associate of the Royal Academy. He spent three summers as a participant at the Marlboro Music Festival, playing chamber music with musicians such as Mitsuko Uchida, Richard Goode and members of the Guarneri Quartet and Beaux Arts Trio.
Ashley Wass’s recording of the Beethoven 3rd Piano Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic was issued as a BBC Music Magazine cover CD and he also recorded Chopin for an EMI disc. He made his debut recording in 1999 with a solo recital disc of works by César Franck for Naxos. The first two installments of a three-part series covering the piano music of Arnold Bax for Naxos have been released recently to exceptional reviews. Future recording plans with Naxos include the complete solo works of Elgar, Britten, Bridge, Leighton and Alwyn, Liszt's 'Album d'un Voyager', and the arrangement for two pianos of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (with Leon McCawley), the Violin Sonatas of Bax (with Laurence Jackson), and concertos by Bax and Leighton.
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