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Catherine Edwards

Catherine Edwards

piano

Concerts

18 July 2026 19 July 2026 19 July 2026 20 July 2026 21 July 2026 22 July 2026 23 July 2026 24 July 2026 25 July 2026 27 July 2026 28 July 2026 30 July 2026 31 July 2026

Biography

Catherine Edwards has a varied career on both piano and organ, performing, broadcasting and recording as chamber pianist, accompanist and soloist. Her chamber music experience with groups such as Capricorn, The Nash Ensemble, Endymion and Composers’ Ensembles includes standard and contemporary repertoire, and she has worked closely with composers such as Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, Steve Reich and John Adams. Edwards studied the piano with Phyllis Sellick and Vlado Perlemuter, and the organ with Ralph Downes and Gillian Weir. She has been the pianist and coordinator of the Verbier Festival Academy’s cello class for several years.

Programme
18 July 2026 14:30
masterclass
ISSERLIS / MASTERCLASS CELLO
19 July 2026 09:30
masterclass
HELMERSON / MASTERCLASS CELLO
19 July 2026 14:30
masterclass
HELMERSON / MASTERCLASS CELLO
20 July 2026 09:30
masterclass
HELMERSON / MASTERCLASS CELLO
21 July 2026 09:30
masterclass
HELMERSON / MASTERCLASS CELLO
22 July 2026 09:30
masterclass
ALTSTAEDT / MASTERCLASS CELLO
23 July 2026 09:30
masterclass
ALTSTAEDT / MASTERCLASS CELLO
24 July 2026 09:30
masterclass
ALTSTAEDT / MASTERCLASS CELLO
25 July 2026 09:30
masterclass
ALTSTAEDT / MASTERCLASS CELLO
27 July 2026 09:30
masterclass
MAINTZ / MASTERCLASS CELLO
28 July 2026 09:30
masterclass
MAINTZ / MASTERCLASS CELLO
30 July 2026 09:30
masterclass
MAINTZ / MASTERCLASS CELLO
31 July 2026 09:30
masterclass
MAINTZ / MASTERCLASS CELLO
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