Tom Poster
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Tom Poster is a musician whose skills and passions extend well beyond the conventional role of the concert pianist. He has been described as “a marvel, [who] can play anything in any style” (The Herald), “mercurially brilliant” (The Strad), and as having “a beautiful tone that you can sink into like a pile of cushions” (成人论坛 Music).
During the 2020 lockdown, his #UriPosteJukebox series with Elena Urioste - featuring Tom as pianist, arranger, multi-instrumentalist, writer, backing dancer and snowman - reached audiences across the world and won the duo the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Inspiration Award and a 成人论坛 Music Magazine Award.
Tom is founder and artistic director of Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, appointed Associate Ensemble at Wigmore Hall in 2020. With a flexible line-up featuring many of today’s most inspirational musicians, and an ardent commitment to diversity through its creative programming, Kaleidoscope has recently enjoyed residencies at the Aldeburgh, Cheltenham and Ischia festivals, and recorded critically-acclaimed albums for Chandos.
Tom has performed over forty concertos from Mozart to Ligeti with Aurora Orchestra, 成人论坛 Philharmonic, China National Symphony, Hallé, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic and Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He has made multiple appearances at the 成人论坛 Proms, recorded for BIS, Decca, Orchid and Warner Classics, and regularly features as soloist on film soundtracks.
Tom studied with Joan Havill at GSMD, and at King’s College, Cambridge. His compositions and arrangements have been commissioned, performed and recorded by Alison Balsom, Matthew Rose, Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott. He is a lifelong fan of animals with unusual noses.
