Sir Antonio Pappano
Geoffrey Shindler OBE, Chairman of the Keyboard Charitable Trust, has announced that the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden’s eminent Music Director, Sir Antonio Pappano, has generously agreed to become the
Patron
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Honorary President
Nicola Bulgari
Honorary President of the Keyboard Charitable Trust and Vice Chairman of the Bulgari Group
Artistic Directors
Dr Leslie Howard
To celebrate his seventieth birthday, Leslie Howard prepared some of the works which have proved most in demand by his many followers throughout the years: a programme of Liszt’s operatically inspired
Dr Elena Vorotko
A Russian child prodigy, Dr Elena Vorotko came to London at the age of sixteen to study on a full scholarship from the Pilkington Trust at The Purcell School of
Christopher Axworthy
Top prize winner at the Royal Academy of Music where he studied with Sidney Harrison, Gordon Green and Frederick Jackson. Scholarships took him to Rome to study with Guido Agosti
Executives
Sarah Biggs
Chief Executive
After graduating from Lancaster University in European Studies and French, Sarah’s career has spanned publishing (Faber & Faber, Penguin Books) and orchestral management (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra) in addition to freelance management of quartets (Endellion and Brodsky String Quartets) and a variety of solo musicians. She was appointed CEO of the Keyboard Trust in 2013.
Richard Thomas
Senior Executive
A music graduate of Cardiff University, Richard has held positions at the Philharmonia Orchestra (Marketing Manager), Rhinegold Publishing (Head of Marketing), Cancer Research UK (Cash Development Manager) and International Theatre & Music (Head of Marketing & Licensing). Richard is also musical director of two choirs. He joined the Keyboard Trust in late 2019.
Patron
Sir Antonio Pappano
Patron
Concert Pianist; Music Director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Music Director, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Chief Conductor, London Symphony Orchestra from 2024/25.
Trustees
Nicola Bulgari
Honorary President
Vice Chairman of the luxury brand ‘Bulgari’
Geoffrey Shindler OBE
Chairman
Solicitor; Director, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester; Board Member, Manchester Camerata and Lancashire County Cricket Club.
Noretta Conci Leech MBE
Artistic Director Emeritus (Artistic Director 1991-2013)
Former Concert Pianist, Teacher and Assistant to Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.
Christopher Axworthy
Co-Artistic Director
Founder of the Teatro Ghione and Euromusica concert series in Rome; Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.
Moritz von Bredow
Consultant Paediatrician and Author.
Sasha Grynyuk
Renowned Ukrainian pianist and winner of numerous competitions, prizes and awards. Sasha was chosen as a ‘Rising Star’ for BBC Music Magazine and International Piano Magazine. His has won First Prizes in the Grieg International Piano Competition and the BNDES International Piano Competition, in addition to winning the Guildhall School of Music’s most prestigious award – the Gold Medal.
Dr Leslie Howard
Co-Artistic Director
Concert Pianist, Professor and Musicologist. He is best known for being the only pianist to have recorded the complete solo piano works of Franz Liszt, a project which included more than 300 premiere recordings.
Maestro Evgeny Kissin
Concert pianist and composer who is especially known for his interpretations of the works of the Romantic era, particularly those of Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Rachmaninov and Beethoven.
Sir Geoffrey Nice QC
Sir Geoffrey has been a barrister since 1971 and served as a part time judge in England between 1984 and 2018. Between 1998 and 2006 he led the prosecution of Slobodan Milošević, former President of Serbia, at the UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He was Gresham College Professor of law from 2012-16 and was Chair of the China Tribunal.
Dr Elena Vorotko
Co-Artistic Director and Historic Keyboard Specialist
Concert Pianist and Historic Keyboard Player; Honorary Research Fellow and Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.