Tom Hick's Bio
With his expansive repertoire, Hicks has appeared as a recitalist in venues such as The Wigmore Hall in London, The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, and in many other venues throughout Europe and the United States. He has performed as concerto soloist on more than 60 occasions, including complete cycles of the Rachmaninoff and Brahms Piano Concerti. Hicks is a gold medallist in competitions including the Wales International Piano Competition, the EPTA UK Piano Competition, and the Croydon Piano Concerto Competition. His highly acclaimed discography includes Liszt and Ireland Piano Sonatas, noted for its “consistent excellence” and “commanding performance, balancing the dramatic with the intimate” (Musical Opinion and MusicWeb International), and selected in the America Record Guide Best of 2022 Critics Choice. In 2019, Hicks gave the launch recital as Artistic Director of the Fanny Davies International Piano Series, and in 2012, he co-founded the new music collective Terra Nova. Hicks studied with Murray McLachlan at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester, and continued with him on the prestigious joint course at The Royal Northern College of Music and Manchester University. He then studied with Boris Berman at Yale University’s School of Music and with James Giles at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music in the USA, graduating with a Doctorate in Musical Arts. He is a recipient of the Gold Medal Award and Peter Frankl Piano Prize from the Royal Northern College of Music, and numerous awards from the University of Manchester, having graduated with the highest degree mark ever awarded from the Department of Music. Hicks has taught piano at Yale University and Northwestern University, and is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Music and Piano, Director of the Piano Department, and Director of Collaborative Piano at Whitman College in Washington State, USA. tomhickspianist.com
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