16 Facts About Piers Lane

Piers Lane was born on 8 January 1958 and is an Australian classical pianist.

Piers Lane was born in London and he grew up in Brisbane.

Piers Lane graduated with a Medal of Excellence from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, where his teacher was Nancy Weir, winning the Margaret Nickson Prize in 1978 and the Ruby C Cooling prize in 1977 and 1978.

Piers Lane was later awarded an honorary doctorate by the conservatorium.

Piers Lane first came to prominence at the inaugural Sydney International Piano Competition in 1977, at which he was named Best Australian Pianist.

Piers Lane has played with all ABC and BBC Orchestras, the Aarhus, City of Birmingham, Bournemouth, Gothenburg and New Zealand Symphony Orchestras, the Halle, Philharmonia, Kanazawa Ensemble and City of London Sinfonia, the London, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras and the Orchestre National de France among many others.

Piers Lane has been soloist five times at the BBC Proms in London's Royal Albert Hall.

Piers Lane continues his long-standing partnership with British violinist Tasmin Little in UK recital tours.

Piers Lane is Patron of the Accompanists Guild of Queensland, Inc.

Since 2007, Piers Lane is the artistic director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music held annually in Townsville.

Piers Lane has an extensive discography on the Hyperion label and has recorded for EMI, Decca, BMG, Lyrita and Unicorn-Khanchana.

Piers Lane is one of the few pianists to have recorded John Ireland's Piano Concerto in E-flat major.

Piers Lane is a well-known voice on BBC Radio 3, having written and presented more than 100 programs, including a 54-part series called The Piano.

Piers Lane is patron and an active supporter of the Tait Memorial Trust in London, a charitable foundation to support young Australian performing artists in the UK.

Piers Lane is the artistic director of the Myra Hess Day held annually at the National Gallery in London, and of the 2009 Bloch Festival at Wigmore Hall.

Piers Lane won the Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award in 2022.