about
We take our name from the Latin circus, meaning circle. Our playing relies on equal interaction between the pianists and creates a memorable musical and visual experience for the audience. The innately theatrical nature of the performance is enhanced by specially designed lighting.
Since 1989 pianocircus has inspired the creation of a unique repertoire of new music for six keyboards and brought it to a wide audience through live performances, recordings and broadcasts together with education and outreach projects. pianocircus continually expands its repertoire of new work through commissioning other artists, generating its own material, optimising the use of music technology and collaborating with other media.
There are no soloists and no leader - we are six players who work together collaboratively to create an ensemble like no other. All artistic decisions are made by the six pianists; there is no artistic director, so the work we create is the joint outcome of six individual visions of what music making can be. The group performs only new music, most of it written specially for us.
pianocircus is run collectively, and the players currently manage all aspects of the work, from artistic decision making to daily administration.
In 1997 the ensemble was nominated for the Prudential Award for the Arts.
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