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The Scottish pianist, Margaret Scott studied in London at the Royal College of Music with Cyril Smith, and afterwards in Budapest and then Paris with Perlemuter. She won several prestigious prizes, including the Hopkinson Silver Medal, and recorded the concerto K 488 for Radio 3. Her career has been varied and successful.
She has given solo and chamber recitals in France and Britain, and her concerto engagements, include Mozart's « Jeunehomme », K 271 with the European Chamber Orchestra. |
In 1998 she recorded an acclaimed CD of French Music with wind instruments and narrator, and she has given performances, both as pianist and conductor, of opera and choral works, ranging from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century. Between 1984 and 1996, she was Head of Keyboard at Uppingham School.
Several of her pupils, have won national and international awards, including second prize in the "Concours pour les grands amateurs" in Paris in 2006.
Since 2005 she has been giving lecture recitals which have appealed to general audiences and specialist musicians alike in Scotland, England, France and Belgium. Her most recent recording is of Schubert's « Winterreise », with the French bass Marc Fouquet.
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