Since winning the Gold Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow, Barry Douglas has established a major international career. In 1999, to celebrate ‘the wealth of Irish musical talent’, he formed Camerata Ireland, of which he remains Artistic Director. He is also the Artistic Director of the Clandeboye Festival. As a soloist, he has performed with such orchestras as the London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, and the symphony orchestras in Sydney and Melbourne. In recital, he tours Europe, the USA, Russia, and South America, having recently performed in St Petersburg and Moscow, and as part of the St Luke’s / BBC Radio 3 Beethoven series in London. As his reputation as a player / conductor continues to grow he works regularly with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, having also recently made successful debuts with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali, Milan. Barry Douglas has recorded extensively throughout his career and is now an exclusive Chandos artist. www.barrydouglas.com, twitter.com/wbarrydouglas