Charles Owen

Charles Owen enjoys an extensive international career performing a wide-ranging repertoire to outstanding critical acclaim, appearing at major UK venues such as Bridgewater Hall, The Sage, Wigmore Hall & Kings Place. Internationally, he has performed at the Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York, the Brahms Saal in Vienna’s Musikverein, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Melbourne Recital Centre. His chamber music partners include Alina Ibragimova, Johan Dalene, Imogen Cooper, Steven Isserlis and Augustin Hadelich. Collaborations with ensembles encompass the Carducci, Heath and Takács string quartets. Charles has performed concertos with major orchestras including the Philharmonia, Hallé, Aurora and London Philharmonic and has enjoyed collaborations with leading conductors including Mark Elder, Ryan Wigglesworth, Nicholas Collon and Martyn Brabbins. Charles has recorded solo piano music by JS Bach, Brahms, Fauré, Liszt, Janáček, Poulenc & Schumann in addition to three piano duo albums with Katya Apekisheva, an album of Janáček, Suk & Dvorak with violinist Augustin Hadelich and the world premiere recording of Jonathan Dove’s Piano Quintet with the Sacconi Quartet. Charles Owen is a Professor of Piano at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Together with pianist Katya Apekisheva he is Co-Artistic Director of London Piano Festival at Kings Place. He was appointed Steinway & Sons UK Ambassador in 2016 and is also an ambassador for the charity Help Musicians.