Jonathan Higgins

Jonathan studied at Cambridge University and the Royal College of Music, winning all the major piano prizes. He subsequently pursued a freelance career making several BBC radio broadcasts and giving Promenade performances of Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (1984) and Stravinsky’s Les Noces (1987).

He first worked in ballet in 1983 in Basle and joined the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet in 1987 becoming principal pianist in the now Birmingham Royal Ballet in 1995 where he remained for 26 years.

Since 1999 he has taken part in the summer festival in Neuchatel, Switzerland, giving solo and chamber recitals.