Roger Vignoles

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Roger Vignoles, British pianist and accompanist.

British pianist Roger Vignoles is one of the finest accompanists on the international music scene. He regularly performs with the world’s leading singers – including Kiri Te Kanawa, Thomas Allen, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Thomas Hampson, Sarah Walker, Susan Graham, Felicity Lott, Stephan Genz, Monica Groop, Wolfgang Holzmair, Bernarda Fink, Christine Schäfer, Brigitte Fassbaender and Kathleen Battle – at the most prestigious halls and festivals. He also accompanies distinguished instrumentalists such as Joshua Bell, Heinrich Schiff, Nobuko Imai and Ralph Kirshbaum, and gives masterclasses at the four corners of the globe.

Roger Vignoles has devised and directed several series at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Wigmore Hall in London, most notably Landscape Into Song for the Schubert bicentennial, and since 1998, he is artistic director of the Nagaoka Festival in Japan. His extensive discography contains several recordings which have received international awards. He first studied at Magdalene College (Cambridge) and the Royal College of Music (London), and further completed his training with Paul Hamburger.