Philip Martin (pianist)

Philip Martin (pianist)

Philip Martin (born 1947) is an Irish pianist and composer.

Philip Martin was born in Dublin and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, under Franz Reizenstein, Lennox Berkeley, Richard Rodney Bennett and Louis Kentner. He enjoys a dual career as both a pianist and composer.

Among his compositions are two piano concertos, "Through Streets Broad and Narrow" for chamber orchestra, and a concerto for harp dedicated to the Irish harpist Andreja Maliř.

External links

* [http://www.cmc.ie/composers/composer.cfm?composerID=83 Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland]


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