Anthony Adkins Piano Recital

Join the Mayor of Richmond for a Spectacular Evening with Anthony Adkins BEM – Live Piano Recital!

Experience an unforgettable night of music as renowned pianist Anthony Adkins BEM takes to the stage for a dazzling recital. Enjoy a beautiful performance, a raffle and bar during the interval. St Anne’s Church, 31 Kew Green, Richmond, TW9 3AA Tickets £25 Doors open 7:00pm Performance begins 7:30pm

The programme includes Mozart, Chopin, Ravel and Brahms and all proceeds go to the Mayor’s charities –   Small Steps and Crossroads Care.

Advanced booking is essential  – book here

Anthony Adkins BEM, has lived in Richmond since 1978. He is married to Kazia, and they have one daughter, an andesthetist. He won scholarships to both the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music, London. Accepting the latter, he studied for five years with Eric Harrison and Bernard Roberts, representing the College in foreign tours and in master classes, and was a finalist in the Chappell Gold Medal Competition.

Soon after leaving the Royal College of Music, Anthony Adkins was awarded a London début recital at the Wigmore Hall. He then won the coveted Chopin Fellowship from the Polish Government enabling him to work with the eminent Professor Jan Hoffmann at the Academy of Music in Kraków. On completion of these intensive studies, Professor Hoffmann’s assessment of Anthony Adkins was profoundly simple -‘a great artist’.

Since then, Anthony Adkins has played for innumerable important occasions and has frequently appeared at the Wigmore Hall and the South Bank, London. He has toured the UK extensively and engagements abroad have included Austria, France, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Poland, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and the USA.

He has often played in the presence of the Royal Family and heads of states, and is in demand as a member on jury panels for international piano competitions. A programme about him was recorded for BBC radio and he has broadcast on Radio Poland, German and Sri Lankan television.

Anthony Adkins was made a Medallist of the Order of the British Empire (BEM) in His Majesty, King Charles Ill first Birthday Honours in June 2023.