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New GENERATION ARTIST
GOLD MEDALIST
Rising Star
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Oxshott and Cobham Music Society with Aaron Akugbo (trumpet)
22 February 2025
Honegger, Handel, Purcell, Sibelius, Price, Piazzolla, Vivaldi/Bach, Mendelssohn.
Musselburgh with RCS Accordion Ensemble
6 March 2025
Shostakovich, Bach, Rameau, Katchaturian, Majkusiak
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“I am not clear how it is possible to achieve the variation in voice, as well as tone and dynamics, we heard in his approach to music written for organ and piano, but it was certainly audible. And the visual advantage of the front-facing accordion is that his remarkably dextrous technique could not have been easier to admire.”
Keith Bruce, VoxCarnyx
“One of the most astonishing and surprising young newcomers in Scottish music.”
Sir James MacMillan
“Whether the one voice clarity of a Bach Fantasia, arranged by lead accordionist Ryan Corbett, the tour de force that is Russian composer Vladislav Zolotaryov’s Rondo Capriccioso, or the visceral edginess of the waltz from Khachaturian’s Masquerade, each piece from this Royal Conservatoire of Scotland group amazed and astonished anew.”
Carol Main, The Scotsman
☆☆☆☆☆
“Stravinsky’s jagged cross-rhythms and biting syncopations sounded far better on two accordions than you have any right to expect. The nerve-jangling rawness of the climax was every bit as full as you would normally get in a concert hall and, if this arrangement is a bit of a curiosity, then it’s one I am really pleased to have heard.”
Simon Thompson, Seen and Heard International
“There’s never any doubt about the technical skill on show here. Corbett with his quiet manner, and witty knowledgeable commentary is a splendid ambassador for the accordion. What a revelation this concert has been!”
Kate Calder, Edinburgh Music Review
“A virtuoso of real individuality and imagination, whose artistry captivates the audience every time. He seems set to be one of those rare performers who will genuinely change perceptions about his instrument and what it can do - a true ambassador for the accordion.”
Christopher Glynn, pianist and Artistic Director of the Ryedale Festival
“From the moment we heard Ryan play we knew we were in the presence of a very special musician. His technical mastery of the instrument is second to none, but his astonishing virtuosity is always employed in the service of the musical ideas and never just for its own sake. He’s a generous collaborator and I’ve no doubt will end up being one of the great advocates for the accordion.”
Emma Bloxham, BBC Radio 3 Commissioning Editor, live music
"Three Bach arias about mortality were the highlight; strangely moving in tone, perhaps because the accordion's sound is so reminiscent of human breath: touching, frail, transitory."
Simon Thompson, The Times
☆☆☆☆☆
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