Australian piano star to make TSO debut with Grieg concerts in Hobart and Launceston this week

Born and raised in rural Queensland, 32 year old London-based Australian pianist Jayson Gilham is recognised as one of the finest pianists of his generation …

International Piano star Jayson Gilham make his debut with the TSO this week with ‘Gilham Plays Grieg’ concerts in Hobart (Thursday, April 12) and Launceston (Friday, April 13). Conducted by Eivind Aadland, direct from Norway and who last appeared with TSO in 2017, Gilham will dazzle audiences with Grieg’s blistering Piano Concerto in A minor. The TSO, this year celebrating its 70th anniversary, performed this work at its inaugural concert on 25 May 1948 in Hobart City Hall with pianist Eileen Joyce, the featured soloist, and Joseph Post the conductor.

This week’s concerts in Hobart and Launceston will also include Schumann’s dynamic Symphony No 3, one of the touchstones of the symphonic repertoire. Its great sweeping gestures have energised listeners for generations. At the helm of this vibrant concert is acclaimed Norwegian maestro, Eivind Aadland, who conducted the TSO in 2017 and Chief Conductor of another TSO, the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, from 2004-2010.

Jayson Gilham grew up in outback Australia but now performs on the most prestigious concerts stages in the world. The 32 year old, recognised by one of his early music teachers as ‘firmly in the prodigy category’ spent his childhood in the rural Queensland town of Dalby – about as far from the European classical music world as you can imagine – but has carved out a remarkable reputation as an in demand concert pianist, thrilling audiences worldwide with his faultless technique and finely honed judgement.

Now based in London, Gilham has participated at the highest level of international piano competitions, catapulting to critical attention when he took first prize in the 2014 Montreal International Music Competition.

Jayson makes his keenly anticipated debut with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra as soloist in Grieg’s blistering Piano Concerto with concerts in both Hobart, April 12 and Launceston April 13.

“[His] virtuosity was much on display, but it was his extraordinary interpretive skill that left me overwhelmed.” Limelight

WATCH Jayson Gilham’s message to TSO audiences on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0jrfPnPq3-M

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Jayson Gilham
Eivind Aadland
Gilham Plays Grieg

12 April, 7.30pm
Federation Concert Hall, Hobart

13 April, 7.30pm
Albert Hall, Launceston

Bookings available www.tso.com.au / 1800 001 190

Further information available at: https://www.tso.com.au/concerts/gillham-plays-grieg/
SAMUEL J CAIRNDUFF | Director Marketing and Communications | Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra