Philip Richardson CV

Philip Richardson is a young prize-winning pianist and
accompanist based in the London, U.K. After growing up in
the Netherlands, Philip was an instrumental exhibitioner at the
University of Cambridge, where he read music. He studied
piano with Roger Vignoles before continuing his studies at the
Royal Academy of Music, studying piano accompaniment with
Michael Dussek and Michael Young and graduating with
distinction. He has won various prizes and awards, including
the Evelyn German Prize for best British accompanist and the
South Square Trust Award. Recently he was the winner of the
Brian Hitch Award for accompanists.

Philip has been lucky enough to receive masterclasses from
many reputable musicians, including Julius Drake, Josef Seiger,
Rudolf Jansen, Andrew West, Jan-Philip Schultze and Clifford
Benson. He performs regularly as an accompanist, pianist and
repetiteur throughout the U.K. and abroad; recent
performances include recitals in St John’s Smith Square
London, the Leeds Lieder Festival, the Bloomsbury, Oxford and
Goldaming Music Festivals, Durham Castle and Southwark
Cathedral, as well as concerts in the Netherlands and Italy.
Lately Philip has also been working with the UCL Opera
Company on the British première of Lalo’s Fiesque. His main
musical interests are instrumental duos French fin-du-siècle song
and Italian opera.