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 and Paris with Vlado Perlemuter. Working together with Lydia Stix Agosti in Siena in 1978 he met the distinguished actress Ileana Ghione whom he married and they built and ran a 500-seat theatre together in Rome that became a centre of cultural excellence. Productions of stage plays by renowned directors, including Beckett, followed as did the promotion of great musicians denied a space in Italy and young musicians at the beginning of illustrious careers. In recognition of their activity his wife was knighted by the President of Italy and he was made an Associate of the Royal Academy, his alma mater in London.

Read Christopher’s regular expert reviews here on his blog.

Christopher has written performance reviews for many Keyboard Trust artists including: