Jane Coop, Pianist
Jane Coop is one of the most in demand and established pianists Canada has ever produced. With performances in halls around the world, she consistently engages audiences with her inspired performances and exhilarating programming. She has toured extensively throughout North America, Britain, Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, China and Japan. Her recitals have graced the international stages in cities like New York, London, St. Petersburg, Warsaw, Prague, Beijing and Tokyo.
As a concerto soloist, Ms. Coop has worked with such eminent conductors as John Eliot Gardiner, Andrew Davis, and Rudolf Barshai. She has also appeared with the Royal Philharmonic, Seattle and Oregon Symphonies, Hong Kong Philharmonic, National Taiwan Symphony, Bavarian Radio Orchestra and every major orchestra in Canada. With Maestro Mario Bernardi, Jane has recorded two full CDs of concertos. Her first recording was with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and her second concerto disc, with the CBC Radio Orchestra. Next season sees Ms. Coop performing with such orchestras as the Toronto Symphony and Scotia Symphony.
An active recording artist with a current discography of thirteen titles on both Skylark Records and CBC Records, Ms. Coop's recordings have received multiple Juno nominations [Canada's highest recording honour] and continue to garner such praises as "one of the finest Chopin discs of the decade" [InTune Magazine] and "Coop is totally convincing through-out, with an ear for beautiful phrasing and delicate texture amidst the vigorous bravura displays." [Wholenote Magazine]
Equally at home in chamber repertoire, she has collaborated with many of Canada's leading instrumentalists and is frequently invited to perform at chamber festivals throughout North America. With violinist Andrew Dawes, the two have recorded and performed the complete Beethoven Sonata Cycle throughout Canada. Jane is a regular guest artist and teacher at the prestigious Kneisel Hall Festival in Blue Hill, Maine. This season will see Ms. Coop continue her performances throughout Canada with highlights including recital tours of British Columbia and Ontario.
Ms. Coop's major teachers were Anton Kuerti and Leon Fleisher. She currently resides in Vancouver, where she is Professor of Piano and Chamber Music at the University of British Columbia.
Jane Coop is a Steinway Artist.
REVIEWS
"Coop's style proved enormously appealing: light, clear, sensitive, intelligent and with a grace that suited early Beethoven." [Piano Concerto No. 1]
- THE HONOLULU ADVERTISER
"This exquisite recital was played with remarkable sensitivity and refinement by Jane Coop"
- NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
"...a bravura performance, and at the end, the audience jumped to its feet." - THE VANCOUVER SUN
"Coop is totally convincing throughout, with an ear for beautiful phrasing and delicate texture amidst the vigorous bravura displays." [English Piano Concerti: SMCD5208]
- THE WHOLENOTE MAGAZINE
"Jane Coop, Canada's premier Mozart pianist, was on hand to do honours at the keyboard, giving another spirited, musically sophisticated account of one of her favourite composer's music."
- CALGARY HERALD
"It is difficult to pinpoint what makes this pianist so expressive, for in her playing everything works together...Coop has that extra something that lets a pianist become a poet."
- MONTREAL GAZETTE
REPERTOIRE
| Bach | Concerti BWV 1053 & BWV 1056 |
| Barber | Concerto |
| Bartok | Concerto No. 3 |
| Beethoven | All Concerti & The Chorale Fantasia |
| Brahms | Concerto No. 1 |
| Britten | Piano Concerto in D |
| Chopin | Concerto No. 2 |
| Dohnanyi | Variations on a Nursery Song |
| Finzi | Eclogue |
| Malcolm Forsyth | Concerto (1972) |
| Franck | Variations symphoniques |
| Liszt | Concerto No. 1 |
| Mozart | Concerti K. 414, K. 449, K. 453, K. 466, K. 467, K. 482, K. 488, K. 491, K. 503 & K. 595 |
| Marlos Nobre | Desafio vii for piano and orchestra |
| Prokofiev | Concerto No. 3 |
| Rachmaninov | Concerto No. 1 |
| Ravel | Concerto in G & Concerto for the left Hand |
| Saint Saens | Concerto No. 2 & 4 |
| Schumann | Concerto in a minor |
| Tchaikovsky | Concerti No. 1 & 2 |
| Healey Willan | Piano Concerto |
Recital repertoire available upon request
Master classes and workshops available
DISCOGRAPHY
| Bach: Keyboard Suites | Skylark 8201 |
| Beethoven: Sonatas | Skylark 8802 |
| Brahms and Jenner Trios (w/ Beaver, Campbell and Hackelman) | CBC MVCD 1133 |
| Chopin: Nocturnes and Mazurkas | Skylark 9601 |
| Chopin: The Late Works | Skylark 9902 |
| English Piano Concerti (Britten, Rawsthorne,Ireland and Finzi;w/ CBC Radio Orchestra, Bernardi) | CBC SMCD 5208 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonatas | Skylark 8501 |
| Mozart: Piano Pieces | Skylark 8801 |
| Mozart: Piano Quartets (w/ members of the Orford Quartet) | Skylark 9002 |
| Romantic Piano, Volume I (works by Brahms, Schumann,Chopin, Rachmaninoff, et al) | CBC MVCD 1015 |
| Romantic Piano, Volume II (works by Debussy, Schubert,Liszt, Mendelssohn, et al) | CBC MVCD 1083 |
| Themes and Variations (works by Schubert, Schumann,Brahms, Mendelssohn and Fauré) | Skylark 9201 |
| Piano Concertos (Bartok, Prokofiev and Malcolm Forsyth; w/ Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernardi) | CBC SMCD 5124 |
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