Grand Piano Series | Podcast

Paul Williamson is featured in this podcast, performing excerpts from Beethoven's Piano Sonatas 22-28. Named one of CBC Music’s “30 under 30” Canadian classical musicians, Paul Williamson is a first prize winner of the piano category of the Canadian national music festival (2014), the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Association national piano competition (2017), and a prizewinner of the WMC McLellan Competition (2020) and the Shean Piano Competition (2022). As a soloist, he has appeared with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra, and the Fraser Valley Symphony Orchestra. He has performed alongside Julian Pellicano, Alexander Mickelthwate, Aiyun Huang, Orli Shaham, and Jim Walker. He has appeared at Morningside Music Bridge, Orford, Kneisel Hall, Aspen, Hornby, Scotia, Agassiz, and has held residency at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute. Paul holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Manitoba and a Master of Music degree from the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where he continues to study with Fabio Bidini in the Artist Diploma program. Most recently, Paul returned to the University of Manitoba to serve on the faculty as a piano instructor for the 2022 Winter term. His other musical influences include David Moroz and Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Paul is grateful for the support of the BC Arts Council. Over more than two decades, Mark Travis has served as a writer, producer, broadcaster, lecturer, podcaster, voiceover artist, multi-cam director, video editor, and audio engineer. Currently Director of Media Production for the New York Philharmonic, he has directed the Orchestra’s broadcasts, hosted by Alec Baldwin, since 2003. The concert was recorded on October 26, 2022, at St Leo Auditorium in Bonita Springs, FL.