{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = James Lisney | image = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|05|06}} | birth_place = | origin = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = | occupation = concert pianist | instrument = | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | associated_acts = | website = {{url|http://www.jameslisney.com}} }} '''James Lisney''' (born 6 May 1962) is a British concert pianist. He studied with Phyllis Sellick and John Barstow – and early success was achieved after he gained representation by the Young Concert Artists Trust. He has gained particular distinction for his collaborative work with Emma Kirkby,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=8644 | title=Emma Kirkby and Joy & James Lisney at The Red Hedgehog | publisher=Classical Source | date=26 October 2010 | access-date=15 September 2014 | author=Carter, Kenneth | archive-date=16 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916034128/http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=8644 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Alexander Baillie<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/alexander-baillie--james-lisney-wigmore-hall-london--none-onestar-twostar-threestar-fivestar-521057.html | title=Alexander Baillie / James Lisney, Wigmore Hall, London | work=The Independent | date=30 December 2005 | access-date=15 September 2014 | author=Morreau, Annette|author1-link=Annette Morreau}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/3648946/All-passion-spent-Oh-no-it-isnt.html | title=All passion spent? Oh no, it isn't | work=The Telegraph | date=23 December 2005 | access-date=15 September 2014 | author=Rye, Matthew}}</ref> and Paul Barritt,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://bachtrack.com/review-oct-2013-st-georges-bristol-beethoven-vriend | title=Beethoven, Vriend and friends: Paul Barritt and James Lisney at St George's Bristol | publisher=bachtrack | date=15 October 2013 | access-date=15 September 2014 | author=Fay, David}}</ref> and has appeared as soloist with many major orchestras.
In the early 1980s he arranged the music for several of Jeff Minter's games for the Commodore 64,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/goodgame/stories/s2839748.htm | title=Backwards compatible – Jeff Minter | publisher=ABC |work=Good Game| date=8 March 2010 |access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> including ''Hover Bovver'', ''Revenge of the Mutant Camels'', and ''Sheep in Space''.
Since 2000 he has pioneered two major initiatives: an innovative series of concerts at London's South Bank called ''Schubertreise''<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4720938/Promising-start-to-a-pianistic-journey.html | title=Promising start to a pianistic journey | work=The Telegraph | date=8 January 2001 | access-date=13 September 2014 | author=Norris, Geoffrey | author-link=Geoffrey Norris}}</ref> - a concept that he has adapted to various other cyclic presentations in other European venues; and a record company called ''Woodhouse Editions'' to add to his previous discography on companies such as BIS, Olympia, Naxos, Carlton and Somm.
In 2009 he made his US debut with a short residency at Carnegie Hall<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=7623 | title=James Lisney at Weill Recital Hall – The Last Sonatas | publisher=Classical Source | date=11 November 2009 | access-date=15 September 2014 | author=Gaudette, Gene | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111734/http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=7623 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and consolidated his work in the Netherlands with a solo debut at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.
==Discography== * ''A Schubert Recital'' (2000), Olympia – James Lisney, piano * ''Seasons'' (2000), Innovative Records – James Lisney, piano * ''Amy Beach: Chanson d'Amour'' (2002), BIS Records – Emma Kirkby; James Lisney; Paul Barritt; Charles Medlam * ''The Beethoven Sonatas for Piano and Violoncello'' (2004), Genuin – Alexander Baillie, violoncello; James Lisney, piano * ''Schubert: Sonata in B flat, Impromptus, Grazer Fantasy, Drei Klavierstücke'' (2008), Regent – James Lisney, piano * ''Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski: Cello Sonatas'' (2009), Naxos – Alexander Baillie, violoncello; James Lisney, piano * ''Schubertreise volume 1'', Woodhouse Editions – James Lisney, piano * ''Schubertreise volume 2'', Woodhouse Editions – Joy Lisney, violoncello; James Lisney, piano * ''Johannes Brahms'', Woodhouse Editions – Paul Barritt, violin; James Lisney, piano * ''Beethoven: the complete works for piano and violin'', Woodhouse Editions – Paul Barritt, violin; James Lisney, piano * ''Beethoven: the complete works for piano and violoncello'', Woodhouse Editions – Alexander Baillie, violoncello; James Lisney, piano * ''Franz Schubert'', Woodhouse Editions – James Lisney, piano
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.woodhouseeditions.com/ Woodhouse editions – his record company]
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