For press articles associated with my F.S.Kelly CD please click here
Click here for my Frederick Septimus Kelly Project review in Musical Opinion, April/May 2022
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‘A versatile pianist with a passion for the unusual, new and unexplored ..... the six short movements (in Ravel’s Tombeau de Couperin) demonstrated Alex’s pianistic technique, involving a range of moods from ceremonial fanfare and lively activity to gentle reflection and regret ..... a sizeable audience were fascinated by this striking and unusual concert programme’
extracts from a review in the Seaton Midweek Herald following a concert in December 2017 |
Alex Wilson’s piano was the perfect accompaniment throughout the evening, demonstrating his skill and facility as a chamber musician of sensitivity and power.
Alex Wilson’s exuberant playing of Percy Grainger’s ‘Country Gardens’ gave the concert momentum to a programme, promising fun and amusement, leaving the audience with smiles of pleasure that must have encouraged all the performers. It showed that Alex is not simply a background player but has power and technique, although from then on his playing was never intrusive .... recent reviews from Trio Exe concerts in 2018. |
Click here to read my Meet the Artist interview with 'Cross-Eyed Pianist' Frances Wilson
Sketches by Naomi Hart in response to my 'All About The Piano' concert in Exeter, Oct 2016. Each sketches correspond to a work I performed as part of the concert.
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"....an entertaining and thought-provoking recital devised, introduced and played by the highly talented pianist Alex Wilson ..... the Three Pieces for Piano by Ernest Farrar; quite "light" in style, were delightfully played ..... Elgar's Enigma Variations were played impressively by Alex Wilson, revealing them with refreshing clarity...."
extracts from a review in the Haslemere Herald following my Banks of Green Willow concert for HHH concerts, Dec 2016
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"Alex Wilson, a sensitive and refined pianist, gave a wonderful hour long recital at Sidholme Music Room on Sunday afternoon, just three weeks after becoming a new first-time Dad! ..... Alex clearly had a very good understanding of the repertoire, all 9 Gurney preludes were excellently portrayed...."
extracts from a review in the Sidmouth Herald a Banks of Green Willow recital in May 2017
review on Luch Caise-Dearg's classical journey blog following a concert in Nov 2015 with flautist Ruth Molins.
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"Alex plays with muscular precision and supreme delicacy, and is the perfect foil to Ruth's superlative flutey goodness. At their concert in Ashburton, a small but select audience of devotees were immediately impressed by the spectacular interplay between these two great musicians ..... treat the second half of the concert opened with a selection of Magnus Lindberg's "Piano Jubilees", which gave us all a chance to concentrate on Alex's outstanding pianistic skill and supreme sensitivity."
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".....an outstanding young musician who has introduced worthwhile music that otherwise might not come our way......"
Spectator review following a Banks of Green Willow concert in Bristol, Oct 2014.
".....Alex Wilson gave a strong performance, exploring the instrument's capacity
for percussiveness and volume. Wilson's excellent performance helped communicate
highly fanciful and subjective messages through the shortest of musical
mediums....."
for percussiveness and volume. Wilson's excellent performance helped communicate
highly fanciful and subjective messages through the shortest of musical
mediums....."
review by Ben Hodgwood, Classical Source - Wigmore Hall performance in 2011
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“Fitkin’s dancing patterns spin themselves out at a length and volume that must surely have tired the young players of the London Sinfonietta Academy Ensemble - not that it showed; they were superb throughout”
review by Ivan Hewett, Telegraph. 2011
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