Noted Pianist David Dolan in Residence April 2-6, 2017

Professor David Dolan, a  2016-2017 Catherine Thornhill-Steele Visiting Artist, will lead workshops for Schulich School of Music students and will also give a public lecture, sponsored jointly by the Department of Research and CIRMMT.    

Professor Dolan has devoted a part of his career as a concert pianist, researcher and teacher, to the revival of the art of classical improvisation and its applications in performance. In his world-wide performances, he returns to the tradition of incorporating extemporisations within classical repertoire in embellished repeats, eingangs and cadenzas. He has performed solo recitals and chamber music concerts, as well as recording and live broadcasting for several radio and TV stations.

David is a professor of classical improvisation and its application on solo and chamber music performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where he is the head of the Centre for Creative Performance and Classical Improvisation. He also teaches at the Yehudi Menuhin School. He has been conducting masterclasses and workshops worldwide, including Paris and Geneva conservatoires, Tel-Aviv & Jerusalem academies, the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire (Moscow), the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, the New England Conservatory in Boston, the Julliard School, Verbier festival and others. David is an associate of Clare Hall, Cambridge University.