About Richard Fairhurst
Born 1975. Richard Fairhurst is a British pianist.
Richard Fairhust is a British jazz pianist. He was awarded a scholarship to study jazz piano at The New School, New York. He is sponsored by Steinway & Sons. He started piano aged 15, and won the Pat Smythe (pianist) award
He was awarded Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Pianist of the Year Award in 1994.
In 1998, he released "Formic" with his band Hungry Ants.
“Myrmidons” album was released in 2001
In 2004, he won the Best Work category of the BBC Jazz Awards.
In 2010, he released "Triptych: Amusia".
In 2012, he released "Postcards from Pushkin" with trumpet player Tom Arthurs.
In 2015, he recorded a piano duo album with fellow British jazz pianist John Taylor.
Discography As leader Date Line-up Album title Label Notes 1998 quartet, Tim Giles, John Surman, Tim Harries, Rob Townsend Formic Babel
Awards
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Who is Richard Fairhurst?
British jazz pianist
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Richard Fairhurst was born in 1975.
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Richard Fairhurst is a pianist.
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