London-based Australian pianist Piers Lane has a flourishing international career which has taken him to more than forty countries. In the past few years, his engagements have included concerto performances at New York’s Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center; a three-recital series called Metamorphoses at London’s Wigmore Hall; the Opening recital of the Sydney International Piano Competition; concerto appearances with the London Philharmonic, City of Birmingham and Halle orchestras among others and festival appearances at Bard and Newport in the USA, Bergen, Elverum and Trondheim in Norway, Como Autumn Music in Italy, Prague Spring, The Ruhr Klavier-Festival and Schloss vor Husum in Germany, La Roque d”Antheron and Paris Chopin in France and Valdemossa Chopin in Majorca.

Elizabeth was born in London and studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Juilliard School, New York. Returning to London she was a winner of the Young Concert Artists’ Trust competition which then led to numerous recitals and concerto appearances. In 1999 Elizabeth was appointed Leader of the BBC SSO, with whom she also broadcasts regularly as director and soloist.

Principal Conductor of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra since 2002, Petr Altrichter is one of the Czech Republic’s most distinguished conductors, having made an impressive name for himself through his dynamic and insightful interpretations of the Czech, Russian and German symphonic repertoire in particular.

Formed in December 1935 by Scottish composer and conductor Ian Whyte, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is recognised as one of the UK’s leading orchestras. The winner of several awards, including a Royal Philharmonic Society Award (the only Scottish orchestra to do so) and four Gramophone Awards, its wide repertoire and flexible approach to format means it can perform a complex contemporary piece as a specialist ensemble alongside a major symphonic work. It has a busy broadcasting schedule on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Television and also records commercially.