Hyperion Records

Christopher Glynn is recognized as an outstanding pianist and accompanist, performing regularly with many leading singers and instrumentalists in concerts, broadcasts and recordings throughout Europe and further afield. He was born in Leicester, read music at New College, Oxford and studied piano with John Streets in France and with Malcolm Martineau and Michael Dussek at the Royal Academy of Music. His many awards include the piano accompaniment prize in the 2001 Kathleen Ferrier competition and the 2003 Gerald Moore award.

Christopher has performed with singers including Sir Thomas Allen, Matthew Best, Claire Booth, Susan Bullock, Allan Clayton, Ronan Collett, Lucy Crowe, Michael George, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Jonas Kaufmann, Julie Kennard, Yvonne Kenny, Andrew Kennedy, Ian Partridge, Derek Lee Ragin, Joan Rodgers, James Rutherford, Carolyn Sampson, Toby Spence, Bryn Terfel, Elin Manahan Thomas, Ailish Tynan and Catherine Wyn-Rogers. He has also partnered many well-known instrumentalists. Since making his debut at London’s Wigmore Hall in 2001 he has performed there regularly, and he has also appeared in the main United Kingdom concert halls and in major concert venues and festivals throughout Europe and in the Far East.

Christopher has made several CD recordings and many studio recordings and live broadcasts for BBC Radio 3, Classic FM and for European radio and television. He is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, a Professor at the Royal College of Music, and also works often with the Samling Foundation.