Kenneth Van Barthold Performing CV

1995 World Première of Pierre Max Dubois ~ Dix Préludes pour Piano dedicated to Kenneth van Barthold
1991 First UK performance of Sonata by Pierre Max Dubois
1971 First South Bank recital
1956 First Wigmore Hall recital
1944 First Concerto performance - Bournemouth (aged 16)
1940 First broadcast (aged 12)

Series and Festivals
London Piano Series - Wigmore Hall
Grainger Festival - Royal Festival Hall
Sutton Place Concerts - 6 recitals in one year
Beethoven Plus - South Bank Project

Conductors played with
Sir Adrian Boult,
Raymond Leppard,
Roger Norrington,
Royalton Kisch,
Bryan Fairfax, etc

Orchestras played with
London Symphony Orchestra,
English Chamber Orchestra,
British Concert Orchestra,
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,
Polyphonia Orchestra,
London Classical Players, etc.

Recordings

Mozart Recital - Sonatas K284 and K332 (Decca/Argo)
Chopin Recital - Ballade No.4, Mazurkas, Etudes etc (Decca/Argo)
Schumann Recital - Sonata in E minor, Faschingsschwank, etc (Decca/Argo)
Couronne Compilation - Chopin Nocturne, Fantaisie-Impromptu (Decca)
Liszt Sonata, Chopin 4 Ballade (Darmo)
Hommage à Pierre Max Dubois. Preludes, Sonata etc (Darmo)

Tours overseas
Canada (twice), including coast-to-coast broadcast for CBC.
Israel, including broadcast for Kol-Israel.
France, including live broadcast recital on France Musique.

Frequent performances on television

Apart from his performances on the modern piano of a very wide-ranging repertoire ranging from living composers back to the baroque, Kenneth van Barthold is well known for playing period pianos. He has recorded on the oldest piano in working order, a Cristofori in the Leipzig Museum, and his film for BBC television on the history of the piano is in the archives of both the Smithsonian Institute, USA and of the Steinway Piano Company.