Torbay Musical Weekend

David talks about and demonstrates the two magnificent keyboards used at TMW this year. With Q&A.

David Wright is a musician of international acclaim who specialises in early keyboard instruments. Originally from London’s East End, David was entirely self taught as a child until his late teens when he enrolled at the Royal College of Music. During his time there he was the winner of numerous international competitions and prizes, most notably the Broadwood Harpsichord Competition. 

He pursues an extremely busy career as soloist, chamber musician and continuo player in orchestras and opera companies, recently recording with The Academy of Ancient Music. With an extensive discography to his credit, recent collaborations have included recordings with Tasmin Little, Julian Lloyd Webber, composer Debbie Wiseman (in the sound track to the BBC series Wolf Hall), the English Concert, Academy of Ancient Music and concerts with Emma Kirkby and James Bowman. After recording the monumental Goldberg Variations in 2007, David spent much of his time touring as a soloist until joining the blockbuster group Red Priest, which now occupies most of his time with a busy international concert diary from America to the Far East. When not touring, David enjoys working on his crumbling Georgian house in Cambridgeshire which he shares with 9 harpsichords, 2 clavichords, 2 square pianos, 2 Viennese fortepianos, 3 chamber organs, a spinet, a clavicytherium and a cat called Malcolm.