Barry Douglas has established a major international career since winning the Gold Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition, Moscow. As Artistic Director of Camerata Ireland and the Clandeboye Festival, he continues to celebrate his Irish heritage whilst also maintaining a busy international touring schedule.

 

Barry Douglas Picture 2015Barry opened the 17/18 season performing Tchaikovsky with the Halle Orchestra, after which he began new collaborations with both the Endellion String Quartet and the Borodin Quartet. He toured in recital in the UK and USA and performed with orchestras across the globe from Canada to Europe to China to Russia.

 

 

During the 16/17 season Barry performed two full Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto cycles in Ireland with the RTE Orchestra in Dublin and the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast. He also gave performances of Tchaikovsky’s first Piano Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra, and opened the St. Petersburg Philharmonic’s concert season, all marking the 30th anniversary of his Tchaikovsky International Competition win.

 

 

Other recent and future highlights include performances at BBC Proms in the Park with the Ulster Orchestra, a UK tour with the Russian State Symphony Orchestra, and appearances with Orchestre de Auvergne, Barcelona Symphony, Bogota Philharmonic and Vancouver Symphony orchestras. He also recently gave the premiere of Kevin Volans’ fourth piano concerto with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, and performed in recital at the Verbier Festival.

 

 

Tchaikovsky∣The Seasons, Op. 37a
I. January: By the Fireside
II. February: Carnival
III. March: Song of the Lark
IV. April: Hepatica
V. May: White Nights
VI. June: Barcarolle
VII. July: Song of the Reaper
VIII. August: The Harvest
IX. September: The Hunting
X. October: Autumn Song
XI. November: Troika
XII. December: Christmas

 

Mussorgsky∣Pictures at an Exhibition
Promenade I
I. Gnomus
Promenade II
II. Il vecchio castello
Promenade III
III. Tuileries
IV. Bydlo
Promenade IV
V. Ballet of Unhatched Chicks in Their Shells
VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
Promenade V
VII. Limoges, le marché
VIIIa. Catacombae
VIIIb. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
IX. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs
X. The Great Gate of Kiev