John Humphreys studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Harold Rubens, and in Vienna on an Austrian Government Scholarship. He made his Wigmore Hall debut in 1972 with Busoni's rarely heard Fantasia Contrappuntistica and since then has led an active life as a teacher and performer. He has broadcast on BBC Radio3, and played throughout the UK, in Iceland, Hungary, Austria, Holland and the USA. He is a Diploma Examiner for the Associated Board and both Artistic Advisor and jury member of the Dudley International Piano Competition. His recording (with Allan Schiller) of the complete two piano music of Ferrucio Busoni was released by Naxos in December 2005 and in March 2007 they recorded major works of Schubert as part of Naxos's ongoing complete Schubert duet series due for release in January 2008. In January 2006 he and Allan Schiller were invited by the Wigmore Hall to present a recital on the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth. In 1998 he received the honorary award of ARAM from the Royal Academy of Music for his 'distinguished contribution to music'.
Recent Recitals
- Forthcoming 2008: St John's, Smith Square (two piano recital)
- Forthcoming 2008 & 2006, 2003: Wigmore Hall, London (piano duo)
- 2007: CBSO Centre, Birmingham (piano duo)
- 2007, 2005: University of Salford (chamber music/piano duo)
- 2006: Iceland (piano duo)
- 2005: St George's, Bristol (piano duo)
- 2001: Purcell Room, South Bank Centre (chamber music)
- Forthcoming CD: Schubert Piano Duos (Naxos)
- 2007: BBC Radio 3: 'Tribute to John Ogdon'
- 2006: BBC Radio 3: 'In Tune'
- 2005: CD - Busoni: Music for Two Pianos (Naxos 8.557443)
- 2006, 2005: Chetham's School of Music, Manchester
- 2004: Malmö, Sweden
- 2003: article about Allan Schiller in International Piano Magazine