Philip Mountford
Piano
Music
Junior Trinity
King Charles Court
Old Royal Naval College
Greenwich
London
SE10 9JF
Biography
Described by Opera Now as "excellent and highly accomplished", Philip Mountford has established a distinguished career as a collaborative pianist.
Recent engagements include appearances at Southbank Centre (Purcell Room) and Wigmore Hall and Kings Place.
Festival appearances include Buxton, Newbury and Ludlow.
Philip has been privileged to work with many distinguished artists, notably mezzo-soprano Rosalind Plowright whom he regularly partners in recital, Sergei Leiferkus, Nelly Miricioiu and Marianne Cornetti.
Philip studied with Marlene Fleet and later at Trinity College of Music (now Trinity Laban) with Christine Croshaw.
In recent years, Philip has been involved in performing anthology programmes of poetry, prose and music with some of the country’s leading actors including Dame Siân Phillips, Edward Fox, Virginia McKenna, Dame Dorothy Tutin and Sir John Mortimer.
Recordings include the world premiere of Walter Leigh’s Music For Three Pianos (Tremula Records) and a recently released song recital disc, La Belle Dame Sans Merci with Rosalind Plowright (Roméo Records).
