Richard Shaw

Richard Shaw specialises in chamber music and accompaniment and has performed extensively in Britain and abroad. In the last few years his many broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 have included live duo performances with many of today’s very best soloists. He is also Staff Accompanist at the Royal Academy of Music and gives masterclasses for accompanists at CSSM (formerly the Charterhouse Summer School of Music) each July. He has given recitals for the Double Reed Society, Lionel Tertis International Viola Festival, British Horn Society, British Flute Society, Barbirolli International Oboe Festival & Competition, and the British Clarinet and Saxophone Society. He regularly performs at the Dartington Festival, partnering musicians such as Sally Burgess (mezzo soprano), Michael George (bass), Neil Jenkins (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass baritone), Sarah Francis (oboe), and the Dante String Quartet, among others.

Richard takes a keen interest in music of our day. The many composers with whom he has worked include Malcolm Arnold, Elena Firsova, Karl Jenkins, Patrick Nunn, Vladislav Shoot and Dmitri Smirnov. He has performed Firsova’s music with Patricia Rozario (soprano), Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Yuko Inoue (viola), and Julian Sperry (flute), among others. His music album, Malcolm Arnold: Songs and Arias, is published by Novello & Co/Music Sales. His series of Wigmore Hall concerts featured Malcolm Arnold’s chamber music, which he performed with Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Karen Jones (flute), Ian Partridge (tenor), Paul Watkins (cello), Roger Chase (viola), Ensemble Lumière, and many others. These included premieres of works by Sir Malcolm, performed in his presence.