He studied with David Hartigan from Chetham's School of Music and at the age of 13 won second prize in the piano final of BBC Young Musician of the Year.
In 1989 he was awarded the Julius Isserlis Scholarship by the Royal Philharmonic Society[2] and moved to Vienna to study with Paul Badura-Skoda.
[1][3] He continued his studies with Maria Curcio at the Royal Academy of Music, after which he moved to Berlin.
He also is a regular duo partner to the American violinist Joshua Bell, with whom he has toured extensively in USA and Europe.
[5] In 2013 he made his US solo debut at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC[4] as well as co-founding the Solent Music Festival in Lymington, Hampshire, with his wife Sophia Pagoni.