Iain Burnside MA(Oxon) FGS FRAM

Interweaving roles as pianist and Sony-Award-winning radio presenter with equal aplomb, Iain Burnside (“pretty much ideal” BBC Music Magazine) is also - as ‘Century Songs’ demonstrated - a master programmer with an instinct for the telling juxtaposition. His recordings straddle an exuberantly eclectic repertoire ranging from Schoenberg and Copland to Debussy and Judith Weir - with a special place reserved for the highways and byways of English Song, as his recent acclaimed recordings of Britten, Finzi and Vaughan Williams have proved.

Signum have just released two volumes of Beethoven songs with Ann Murray, John Mark Ainsley and Roderick Williams. Other collaborations include those with Lisa Milne, Susan Gritton, Susan Bickley, Mark Padmore and Bryn Terfel. He currently presents 'Iain Burnside' on BBC Radio 3.