John Lenehan
With more than 70 albums to his credit, reflecting an enormous variety of genres and styles, Britain's John Lenehan ranks as one of the most versatile pianists on the classical scene today. His activities have extended beyond classical music into jazz, and beyond the piano into composition and arranging. Lenehan was born in 1958 and grew up in central London. His first musical experiences came in school, on the recorder, as with so many others of his generation, but at eight he took up the piano. As a teen he studied piano, violin, and later viola, and he benefited from free lessons organized by the Centre for Young Musicians of the Inner London Educational Authority, "which no longer exists," he notes." He attended St. Joseph's Academy and then the Royal Academy of Music, studying both piano and viola, but gravitated toward piano parts in chamber music as he went along. His career as a soloist developed as well, and he has appeared at the Barbican with the London Symphony Orchestra and at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic.
Lenehan's catalog of recordings is notable for its diversity. It has included mainstream chamber music by Brahms and others, the complete piano music of John Ireland (recorded for Naxos), solo and duo sonatas by Mozart and others, concertos by Michael Nyman and, still further in the crossover direction, Ludovico Einaudi and other minimalist piano works recorded for the Sony Classical label. An aficionado of the music of Erik Satie, Lenehan has recorded Satie's music for the in-house label of the large British radio network Classic FM. Among his frequent chamber music collaborators is violinist Tasmin Little. Lenehan is an enthusiastic performer of early jazz, ragtime, and slide piano. As a composer he has produced a Fantasy on Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker that has been recorded by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, and his arrangements have graced albums by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, pianist Yuja Wang, and violinists Leonidas Kavakos, Nicola Benedetti, and Nigel Kennedy.
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Reflection (From "Mulan") (Arr. for Piano by John Lenehan)
Classical - Released by Karma Sounds on Oct 10, 2022
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Piano Nostalgias
Alternative & Indie - Released by The Scoring House on Nov 19, 2019
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Vienna Calling: Sonatas and Miniatures for Clarinet and Piano
Chamber Music - Released by Clarinet and Saxophone Classics on Aug 11, 2023
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Einaudi: Dolce Drogba (Arr. for Piano by John Lenehan)
Classical - Released by Karma Sounds on Aug 18, 2022
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Einaudi: Nefeli (Arr. for Piano by John Lenehan)
Classical - Released by Karma Sounds on Nov 25, 2022
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Einaudi: Inizio (Arr. for Piano by John Lenehan)
Classical - Released by Karma Sounds on Sep 2, 2022
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Zimmer: Time (Arr. for Piano by John Lenehan)
Classical - Released by Karma Sounds on Sep 14, 2022
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Dvořák, Ysaÿe, Matsushita & Wieniawski: Works for Violin & Piano
Chamber Music - Released by Quartz Music on Jan 1, 2004
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Harvey: Scénarios for Solo Piano
Classical - Released by Altus Records on Sep 7, 2018
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The Pied Piper: II. Into the Street the Piper Stepped (Single)
Emma Johnson, John Lenehan, Recorder Consort
Classical - Released by Nimbus Alliance on Jul 22, 2022
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Einaudi: Onde Corte (Arr. for Piano by John Lenehan)
Classical - Released by Karma Sounds on Sep 30, 2022
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Einaudi: Le Onde (Arr. for Piano by John Lenehan)
Classical - Released by The Deep Sleep Scientists Ltd on Jun 24, 2022
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Works for Violin and PIano
Christopher Horner, John Lenehan
Chamber Music - Released by DISCOVERY on Feb 10, 2015
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Einaudi: In Un Altra Vita (Arr. for Piano by John Lenehan)
Classical - Released by The Deep Sleep Scientists Ltd on Aug 4, 2022
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Found in the Sunlight
John Lenehan, Helen Habershon, Alexander Baillie
Classical - Released by Helen Habershon on Feb 14, 2014
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Watching the World Go By
Classical - Released by Karma Sounds on Apr 26, 2024
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