Welcome to Master Musicians

That wise old Greek, Plato, defined music as a moral law that gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, charm to sadness and life to everything.

Explain music whatever way you will, the reality is that we are all affected at some time in our lives by the powerful emotions and sheer pleasure that it inspires: and because of this MASTER MUSICIANS, has been founded in North Shields to bring to this region the best of music, LIVE, and at affordable prices.

Back in 1985, ERNEST SCOTT, our Concert Director, promoted a number of recitals by local artistes, at the Christ Church centre, in North Shields, soon after it was opened... and from that modest beginning he set out to bring to the Centre some of the world’s finest young pianists.

The big break-through came in 1987 when he managed to persuade the American Marcantonio Barone, a finalist in that year’s Leeds International competition, to give a recital in North Shields before going on to perform at the Wigmore Hall.

Since then the number of recitals has grown steadily each year ... and so, too, has Master Musicians’ reputation: and over the last decade we have been visited by musicians from America, Peru, Russia, Australia, Japan, China and France and of course, the best of young British talent.

The American MARK ANDERSON, who many thought should have won the 1993 Leeds competition, certainly proved a winner here.

SA CHEN, from China, a finalist in the Leeds when only 17 gave a stunning performance before a packed Christ Church audience... and another memorable recital featured the brilliant Russian pianist MARGARITA SHEVCHENKO.
NORIKO OGAWA, from Japan, inspired one critic to write: ‘for sheer beauty of sound and clarity of texture her performance would be difficult to beat’.

The Australian PIERS LANE has been another outstanding visitor...and always welcome are the British players JONATHAN PLOWRIGHT (a special favourite), ANDREW WILDE (compared by some with Myra Hess and Solomon), and GRAHAM SCOTT (described in Classic CD as a pianist of wide ranging musical sympathies and intelligence’).

These outstanding musicians - and many more- happily look forward to visiting this area.
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