Alasdair Beatson

Scottish pianist Alasdair Beatson works prolifically as soloist and chamber musician, adept on modern and historical instruments, and renowned as both performer and pedagogue. Notable performances in 2025 include multiple appearances at London’s Wigmore Hall, performing as concerto soloist with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra in Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and in festivals including Bath Mozartfest, Cumnock Tryst, Musikdorf Ernen, Festivalta, Lewes Chamber Music, Resonances and Yellow Barn. Musical collaborators include Steven Isserlis, Viktoria Mullova, Pieter Wispelwey, and the Nash Ensemble.

Alasdair is renowned as a sincere musician and intrepid programmer. He champions a wide repertoire with particular areas of interest: Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Schumann; the solo and chamber music of Gabriel Fauré, Bartók and Janáçek; concertos of Bach, Bartók, Britten, Fauré, Hindemith, Messiaen and Mozart; and contemporary works, including the piano quintet of Thomas Adès, George Benjamin’s Piano Figures and Shadowlines, and Harrison Birtwistle’s Harrison’s Clocks.

Recent recordings include a solo piano recital Aus Wien on Pentatone, featuring music of Schumann, Schoenberg, Ravel, Korngold and Schubert, and Beethoven and Schubert works for violin and fortepiano with Viktoria Mullova on Signum. These join an acclaimed discography of solo and chamber recordings on BIS, Champs Hill, Chandos, Claves, Evil Penguin, Onyx, Pentatone and SOMM labels.

Alasdair teaches solo piano at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and regularly teaches and mentors for Chamber Studio and MusicWorks. From 2012 to 2018 Alasdair was founder and artistic director of Musique à Marsac, and since 2019 is artistic director of the chamber music festival at Musikdorf Ernen in Switzerland.