What a privilege it was to perform a concerto with the Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra, conducted by my dear friend Rod Dunk. Opportunities to play a concerto with an orchestra don’t come along often, so this was a real … Read more…
This Summer/Autumn/Winter has been the busiest I’ve ever known! I was thrilled to join the Ben Howard tour for his UK/Europe dates in November. Ben’s music is so thought-provoking and it was wonderful to work with such a lovely bunch … Read more…
A project I’ve been working on since April finally had it’s performance last week – I was invited by the RNCM to be guest music director for the Session Orchestra this October. Every year at the RNCM there is a … Read more…
What an honour it was to join Rita Ora on her Japan tour in October. We had 4 shows in total; Tokyo, Osaka and then two shows at the huge Coca Cola Super Arena. The show in Osaka was a … Read more…
It was fabulous to join a couple of great friends of mine and record on the band elbow’s latest album (which was a number 1 album in the charts, nonetheless!). We joined the band for some promo on Graham Norton’s … Read more…
I was booked by the band Rockaoke in July, to play at Chris Moyles’ 50th birthday bash. He had hired out a hotel in the beautiful countryside for all of his friends and family – which of course included the … Read more…
I was invited back to play with Jools Holland’s band in their collaboration with Rod Stewart recently. Lots of fun! We had a few gigs at the Pryzm in Kingston plus a feature on BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room. It … Read more…
January and February were extremely busy this year – I was booked to speak at a conference in Cancun in Mexico, which was an amazing experience. I was in Vienna in February and had to fly directly to Barcelona for … Read more…
Always a pleasure doing TV gigs, and this was another fun TV gig. This time with the legendary Harry Connick Jr, and what a lovely chap he was! We performed a track off his latest album during the results show … Read more…
Another fun gig a few weeks back – appearing on Michael McIntyre’s Big Show with Michael Bublé. Filmed at the Theatre Royal on Drury Lane in London, it’s a great variety show on primetime Saturday night BBC 1 TV. Watch the … Read more…
