Simon Lepper

Simon Lepper is a British pianist^[1] specialising in song accompaniment and chamber music

Biography[]

Born in Canterbury, Lepper read music at King's College, Cambridge,^[1] and studied piano accompaniment with Michael Dussek at the Royal Academy of Music.

Whilst a student, he won many awards for piano accompaniment including the Gerald Moore Award as well as the accompanist prizes in the Kathleen Ferrier and Royal Overseas League competitions.^{[citation needed]} He is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music and is professor of at the Royal College of Music, London.^[1] He is the official accompanist for the Cardiff BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize.^[1] Some of the singers he has enjoyed recital partnerships with included Dame Felicity Palmer, Stéphane Degout, Sally Matthews, Karen Cargill, Angelika Kirchschlager, Mark Padmore, Christopher Purves, Nicky Spence, Christiane Karg, , Benjamin Appl, , , Nicole Cabell, Gillian Keith. He also works with German violinist Carolin Widmann. Their recording of Xenakis, Feldmann^{[clarification needed]}, Schoenberg and Zimmerman for ECM records received a Diapason d'or.

Discography[]

• Schubert songs with Der Einsame 2017
• The songs of Ronald Corp (with Mark Stone - baritone), Stone Records (2010)
• Phantasy of Spring (with Carolin Widmann - violin), ECM
• Warlock Songs (with Andrew Kennedy - tenor),
• Debussy Early Songs (with Gillian Keith - soprano),
• Garland for Presteigne (with Gillian Keith - soprano), Metronome
• Light and Water the music of Rhian Samuel (with Lucy Crowe - soprano and - cello),
• Morgen (with Maria Radner - contralto), Rosenblatt Recitals

References[]

• ECM records
• Champs Hill Records
• Official website
• Simon Lepper Stone Records