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Since his unprecedented success at the 1982 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Peter Donohoe has enjoyed a distinguished career in Europe, the USA, the Far East and Australasia. He has appeared with every major British Orchestra and across Europe with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Dresden Philharmonic, Swedish Radio and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestras, and performed regularly at the BBC Proms. The ever popular British pianist Peter Donohoe first shot to fame in 1982 when he was a prizewinner at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, and is noted for his performances of Liszt. His programme centres on the composer's entrancing evocations of Swiss landscape and legends from the Ann?es de P?l?rinage. This is complemented by a set of late pieces by Brahms, plus two powerfully influential composers, Bart?k and Debussy, both of whom Liszt's music anticipates. ?Donohoe's performance again revealed his affinity for Liszt's music. He brought these tone poems for piano vividly to life. From the opening sombre reminiscence of the hero William Tell to the quietly tolling bells of Geneva's churches, the listener became a fellow traveller on Liszt's journey' (Birmingham Post).

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Peter Donohoe