An Evening with Harry The Piano

Harry’s extraordinary talent and breath-taking creativity have earned him a reputation as perhaps the most gifted improvising pianist in the world. Celebrities and critics alike have lined up to shower him with praise often smacking of astonishment. No other musician can spontaneously reinvent Michael Jackson in the style of Mozart, recreate a night at the Groucho club through the TV themes of its actor members, and improvise a medley of audience requests ranging from James Bond to Shostakovich via West Side Story.

Harry has often been likened to a human jukebox with his note-perfect knowledge of literally thousands of tunes including most of the classical repertoire, every jazz standard and musical and most of the pop charts since 1950 but the sharp humour and inventiveness that characterise his shows make him far more than that. Quite simply, he does things with the instrument that you’ve never heard before, moving seamlessly between jazz, cabaret and classical in a manner that hasn’t been seen in the UK since the heyday of Dudley Moore. Harry’s show is a musical Cirque du Soleil, with one piano the only prop. (From www.harrythepiano.com)

‘What fun it must be to be able to play the piano like that, I wish I could do it.’ (HM King Charles III)

‘The best damn pianist in the civilised world.’ (Jonathan Ross)

‘Harry is a man of steely nerve and silky touch, a wonderful player for the big occasion and a damn fine musical head.’ (Elvis Costello)

‘One of the most outlandish displays of pianistic talent I’ve ever heard.’ (Adam Gatehouse, Artistic Director and judge, Leeds International Piano Competition)