Born in 1945, English concert pianist Thalia Myers received her musical education at the London Royal College of Music, where she was a pupil of Cyril Smith. Later, she pursued her training with Ilona Kabos and Peter Feuchtwanger.
Thalia Myers has performed and broadcast as soloist and chamber musician in over 30 countries; her international reputation as an outstanding pianist stems from her wide repertoire. She is dedicated to both spread new works and revive lesser-known, neglected, older repertoires. Her body of work stretches from music of the XVIIIth century to contemporary.
Championing new music since the beginning of her career, Thalia Myers has commissioned many works and premiered numerous performances and broadcasts of British music all around the world. Composers who have written for her include David Bedford, Philip Cashian, Kim Helweg, Alun Hoddinott, Gabriel Jackson, Elisabeth Lutyens, Patrick Nunn, Jeremy Dale Roberts, Edwin Roxburgh, Timothy Salter and Howard Skempton. Thalia Myers’ solo recordings include six albums of contemporary music, as well as works by Chopin and Haydn.
Thalia Myers is also a teacher and an animator. In 1995 she commissioned the first of the highly successful, award-winning Spectrum anthologies of short, technically accessible piano pieces, as a result of her combined interests in promoting amateur music-making, music education and contemporary music. It was published in 1996 by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and the Chamber Music Exchange, and followed by Spectrum 2 in 1999, Spectrum 3 in 2001, Spectrum 4 in 2005 and finally Spectrum for Piano Duet in 2012.
As a teacher, she has worked with children at the Royal College of Music Junior Department, students at the Royal Holloway, University of London, and professional performers. Thalia Myers has given lecture recitals and master classes, as well as run composition projects at an international level, with universities and conservatoires. These have included, in London, the Royal Academy of Music, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and the Royal College of Music, and elsewhere, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and the University of Toronto.
Thalia Myers has performed and broadcast as soloist and chamber musician in over 30 countries; her international reputation as an outstanding pianist stems from her wide repertoire. She is dedicated to both spread new works and revive lesser-known, neglected, older repertoires. Her body of work stretches from music of the XVIIIth century to contemporary.
Championing new music since the beginning of her career, Thalia Myers has commissioned many works and premiered numerous performances and broadcasts of British music all around the world. Composers who have written for her include David Bedford, Philip Cashian, Kim Helweg, Alun Hoddinott, Gabriel Jackson, Elisabeth Lutyens, Patrick Nunn, Jeremy Dale Roberts, Edwin Roxburgh, Timothy Salter and Howard Skempton. Thalia Myers’ solo recordings include six albums of contemporary music, as well as works by Chopin and Haydn.
Thalia Myers is also a teacher and an animator. In 1995 she commissioned the first of the highly successful, award-winning Spectrum anthologies of short, technically accessible piano pieces, as a result of her combined interests in promoting amateur music-making, music education and contemporary music. It was published in 1996 by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and the Chamber Music Exchange, and followed by Spectrum 2 in 1999, Spectrum 3 in 2001, Spectrum 4 in 2005 and finally Spectrum for Piano Duet in 2012.
As a teacher, she has worked with children at the Royal College of Music Junior Department, students at the Royal Holloway, University of London, and professional performers. Thalia Myers has given lecture recitals and master classes, as well as run composition projects at an international level, with universities and conservatoires. These have included, in London, the Royal Academy of Music, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and the Royal College of Music, and elsewhere, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and the University of Toronto.