Sarah Beth Briggs (born 2 June 1972, Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is a British classical pianist.

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Briggs was a finalist in the BBC Young Musician competition at the age of 11 in 1984 and one of the youngest recipients of a Dame Myra Hess Award at the same age. She was joint winner of the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg at the age of 15. She studied in Newcastle, York and Birmingham with Denis Matthews, in Switzerland with one of Claudio Arrau's most renowned students, Edith Fischer and, through a Hindemith Foundation chamber scholarship, with Bruno Giuranna.

A soloist and chamber musician, she has broadcast, performed live and given masterclasses in the UK, around Europe and the US and has worked with many international orchestras including the Hallé, London Mozart Players, London Philharmonic, English Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. She was a founder member of Trio Melzi (2000 -2016). In addition to her piano duet venture with James Lisney, she now leads three chamber groups: Anton Stadler Trio (with clarinettist Janet Hilton and violist Robin Ireland), Clarion³ (with Janet Hilton and bassoonist Laurence Perkins), and a duo with Janet Hilton. She also taught keyboard at the University of York.

She has recorded works by Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Britten (the world premiere of whose Three Character Pieces she gave in 1989), Chopin, Debussy, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Rawsthorne on the Semaphore label.[1] In May 2016, Briggs released her first concerto CD on the AVIE Records label featuring the world premiere recording of Hans Gál's Piano Concerto and Mozart Concerto in E flat, K482 with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Kenneth Woods.

Discography

• Sarah Beth Briggs Plays Haydn, Mozart, Bartok, Brahms and Chopin SML MP14
• Sarah Beth Briggs Plays Beethoven, Brahms, Rawsthorne and Britten SML MP21
• Sarah Beth Briggs Plays Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart SML MP28
• Sarah Beth Briggs Plays Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert SML MP35
• Sarah Beth Briggs Plays Debussy and Chopin SML MP49
• Sarah Beth Briggs, Royal Northern Sinfonia and Kenneth Woods/Bradley Creswick. World premiere recording Hans Gál Piano Concerto and Mozart Concerto, K482. AV2358

References

External links

• Sarah Beth Briggs official website
• Sarah Beth Briggs on Youtube
• Sarah Beth Briggs on Amazon
• Gramophone review of Sarah Beth Briggs Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven
• "Haydn, Britten, Chopin: Sarah Beth Briggs (piano),St Martin in the Fields, London, England 30.1.2009". Musicweb-international.com.
• Denton, David (7 May 2010). "Classical Preview: Great names in concert in anniversary year". Yorkshire Post.
• Whetstone, David (4 December 2007). "Prodigy's travels bring her back to home patch". JournalLive.
• Yates, Richard (4 June 2004). "Star pianist back home". Evening Chronicle. Newcastle, England.^{[dead link]}
• MusicWeb disc review2011
• MusicWeb disc review 2013
• Gramophone review Gál/ Mozart 2016
• Lisney – Briggs Duo
• Anton Stadler Trio
• Clarion³
• Briggs/Hilton duo