Scottish pianist Alasdair Beatson is renowned as a sincere musician and intrepid programmer. He champions a wide repertoire on both modern and historical instruments with particular areas of interest: classical, early romantic and French music (especially Fauré), alongside the music of today’s composers.
Alasdair Beatson
Piano
A prolific chamber musician, Alasdair’s colleagues include Steven Isserlis, Alexi Kenney, Viktoria Mullova, Pieter Wispelwey, the Doric, Gringolts and Meta4 string quartets, and the Nash Ensemble. Recent recordings include works of Beethoven and Schubert for violin and fortepiano with Viktoria Mullova, and a solo piano recital Aus Wien on Pentatone. These join a discography of solo and chamber recordings on BIS, Champs Hill, Chandos, Claves, Evil Penguin, Pentatone, Signum and SOMM labels. Performances during 2025 include regular appearances at Wigmore Hall, as concerto soloist in Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, and at festivals including Bath Mozartfest, Cumnock Tryst, Musikdorf Ernen, Festivalta, IMS Prussia Cove, Lewes Chamber Music, Resonances, and Yellow Barn. Alasdair is artistic director of the chamber music festival at Musikdorf Ernen in Switzerland.