...a superlative, sensitive pianist...The New York Times

Artistic Director of the Menuhin Competition 2002-2022

Artistic Director of the Gower Festival

Chairman of the Vendome Prize piano competition

Artistic Advisor of the Hattori  Foundation

Professor at Guildhall School of Music & Drama

An international teacher and acclaimed recording artist

1- 13 July 2024
www.gowerfestival.org

In an interview with Laurie Niles of The Violinist, Gordon Back says: "I've played with violinists all my life, really, since the early '70s. I accompanied (Leonidas) Kavakos, when he was a prize-winner (in Indianapolis), then I played concerts in Europe with him when he was in his early 20s. I played with Sarah Chang from the age of nine, and Maxim Vengerov when he won Carl Flesch when he was 16. I accompanied Julia Fischer at the Menuhin Competition when she was 11, when she won first prize. So I came across many great young talents then."

Gordon Back has been the official accompanist for the Carl Flesch Competition in London, the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. He accompanied for the Indianapolis Competition for its first four competitions and of course, for the Menuhin Competition. Read full interview

The image shows Gordon Back, Sarah Chang, age 9, and Yehudi Menuhin