Callum

McLachlan

About Callum

Biography

A finalist of The 18th International Robert Schumann Competition Zwickau and Semi-Finalist of the XX Santander International Piano Competition Paloma O’ Shea, Callum Mclachlan, 23, has been described as ‘A born Schumann player’ with a ‘magical sense of colour and extraordinary technical prowess’ (July 2019, London recital). Born into a family of musicians, he first started piano lessons with his father at the age of 7, and entered Chetham’s School of Music at age 11, where he studied with Russian pianist and pedagogue Dina Parakhina. He was awarded the highest diploma from Trinity College – the FTCL, in his final year. He studied under Professor Claudius Tanski for Bachelors at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg.

He is now studying for Masters with Professor Claudio Martinez Mehner in Cologne Hochschule fur Musik and Prof. Jacques Rouvier in the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg.

He has performed at many of the most important concert venues throughout the UK, Europe, and USA, including Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Wien Konzerthaus, Pereda Hall Santander, London’s Steinway Hall and Manchester’s Bridgewater and Stoller Hall. Recently he performed with the renowned ensemble Casals Quartet. .

Most recently he was a finalist of the Royal Over Seas League Piano Competition in London, and was
nominated for ‘International Classical Music Classeek Award’. In 2023 he was named as the only pianist selected for the renowned ‘Deutschen Stiftung Musikleben’ for the ‘Dinorah Varsi’-Scholarship, which generously supports him with his musical solo career.

He made his debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2016, performed works of Benjamin Britten in
Steinway Hall London, Liszt’s 2nd Piano Concerto with Paul Mann and CSO at RNCM Concert Hall, which he recently repeated at the Turner Sims Concert Hall in Southampton in March 2020 and Mozart Sonatas for Piano and Violin at The Bridgewater Hall.

He has won 1st prizes in the Welsh International Piano Competition, The Scottish International Piano Competition, the RNCM Chopin Competition as well as a finalist of the EPTA Piano Competiton. He has recieved support from the most renowned British Musical Institutions, including the Royal Philharmonic Society and the Hattori Foundation. He is a prize-winner of the Musical Odyssey Talent Unlimited Prize, and a Talent Unlimited Artist.

Reviews

”A born Schumann player, with his very flexible rubato and magical sense of colour – it was indeed a farewell that was deeply cherished by all.”

– Christopher Axworthy, Keyboard Trust, UK

“An outstanding performance which had everything – great assurance and maturity, impeccable technique, great power, yet equally subtle dynamic control in ‘pianissimos’, all in all a consummate control over the music and instrument.”

– Phillip R Buttall, Seen and Heard International

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