Richard Casey - Piano

Richard Casey was born in 1966 and started playing the piano at the age of seven. He later attended the Royal Northern College of Music Junior Department studying the piano with John Gough, achieving several competition successes, reaching the finals of the Surrey Young Pianist of the Year and the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competitions. After graduating in Modern Languages from St John's College, Cambridge, Richard returned to the RNCM as a postgraduate, studying with Marjorie Clementi, where he made many appearances as a soloist with the College Symphony and Wind Orchestras.

Richard is now much in demand as a soloist, accompanist and chamber musician and plays all over Britain and Europe. Richard's solo performances include Oiseaux Exotiques by Messiaen with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Piano Concerto by Michael Tippett with the RNCM Symphony Orchestra. Richard also freelances with the Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, East of England and English Northern Philharmonia Orchestras on a regular basis, in addition to devoting much time to contemporary music with Psappha Contemporary Music Ensemble, of which he is a founder member, and the Cambridge New Music Players.