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The then youngest ever finalist in BBC Young Musician of the Year in 1984 & International Mozart Competition joint winner in 1988, British pianist Sarah Beth Briggs enjoys a varied career as soloist, chamber musician, recording artist & educator. She is a popular performer at societies & festivals throughout the UK, where she is also praised for her rapport with audiences & her entertaining programme introductions. She has performed with many of the UK’s major orchestras & at its most prestigious venues and has worked regularly in Europe & the USA. Her wide-ranging discography has won major acclaim including Gramophone Critic’s & Editor’s Choices & notably includes the world premiere recording of Hans Gál’s Piano Concerto with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Kenneth Woods. She gave her German concerto debut performing the Gál with the Hofer Symphoniker and Enrico Delamboye at the end of 2023. Recent solo recordings on the AVIE label have included a Schumann & Brahms album, ‘The Austrian Connection’ with music by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert & Hans Gál and a recording of Variations by Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn & Brahms. October 2025 saw the release of Small Treasures – a selection of miniatures by Robert and Clara Schumann, Brahms, Poulenc, Tailleferre & Mozart. A long-standing pupil of the late Denis Matthews, Sarah also studied in Switzerland with Arrau pupil Edith Fischer and was awarded a Hindemith Scholarship to study chamber music with violist Bruno Giuranna.
