Khamis and Jones Piano Duo - 4 Hands
Gamal Khamis and Belinda Jones’s piano duo is a musical partnership between two of the UK’s finest pianists who have been described as ‘outstanding’ by the Times and ‘remarkable’ by the Telegraph.
As artists they have performed internationally and throughout the UK including at Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smiths Square, Rachmaninoff Hall Moscow, Esplanade Singapore, and have collaborated with artists including Guy Johnston, Sol Gabetta, Jarvis Cocker, Elizabeth Watts, Tom Ades, and Kitty Whately. Between them they have won numerous prizes in competitions such as Royal Overseas League, the Maggie Teyte and Portos International Piano and have been Making Music Recommended Artists, Samling and Park Lane Group Artists.
The pair met as postgraduate scholars at the Royal College of Music in 2010 and and have been developing an extensive repertoire for both four hands and two pianos, performing across the UK and abroad. Their thematic programmes balance well-known and lesser-known works and they are dedicated to representing music from all communities.
www.gamalkhamis.com and www.belinda-jones.com
Current Programmes:
As artists they have performed internationally and throughout the UK including at Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smiths Square, Rachmaninoff Hall Moscow, Esplanade Singapore, and have collaborated with artists including Guy Johnston, Sol Gabetta, Jarvis Cocker, Elizabeth Watts, Tom Ades, and Kitty Whately. Between them they have won numerous prizes in competitions such as Royal Overseas League, the Maggie Teyte and Portos International Piano and have been Making Music Recommended Artists, Samling and Park Lane Group Artists.
The pair met as postgraduate scholars at the Royal College of Music in 2010 and and have been developing an extensive repertoire for both four hands and two pianos, performing across the UK and abroad. Their thematic programmes balance well-known and lesser-known works and they are dedicated to representing music from all communities.
www.gamalkhamis.com and www.belinda-jones.com
Current Programmes:
The Sounds and Sights of Britain with music including:
York Bowen - Sonata for 2 pianos
Errolyn Wallen - Girl in the Alphabet
Vaughan Williams - Fugue and Variations
Thea Musgrave - Excursions
Richard Rodney Bennett: Divertimento for 2 pianos
Daniel Kidane - Jungle
York Bowen - Sonata for 2 pianos
Errolyn Wallen - Girl in the Alphabet
Vaughan Williams - Fugue and Variations
Thea Musgrave - Excursions
Richard Rodney Bennett: Divertimento for 2 pianos
Daniel Kidane - Jungle
Let’s Dance! with music including:
William Bolcom Ricuerdos
Glinka: Valse Fantasie
Borodin: Polovetsian Dances
Koechlin: Dances for Ginger Op.163
Benjamin Britten - Mazurka Elegiaca
York Bowen: Concert Waltz in C major Op.108
William Bolcom Ricuerdos
Glinka: Valse Fantasie
Borodin: Polovetsian Dances
Koechlin: Dances for Ginger Op.163
Benjamin Britten - Mazurka Elegiaca
York Bowen: Concert Waltz in C major Op.108
USA and UK with music including:
York Bowen - Theme and Variations
Amy Beach - Suite for 2 pianos
Errollyn Wallen - The Girl in my Alphabet
Gershwin -Cuban Overture
Julius Eastman - Touch Him When
York Bowen - Theme and Variations
Amy Beach - Suite for 2 pianos
Errollyn Wallen - The Girl in my Alphabet
Gershwin -Cuban Overture
Julius Eastman - Touch Him When
'Childhood' with music including:
Debussy: Childhood Games
Richard Rodney Benett: Over the Hills
Ravel: Mother Goose
York Bowen: Those Children! Impressions
York Bowen: Fragments from Hans Anderson
Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade
Debussy: Childhood Games
Richard Rodney Benett: Over the Hills
Ravel: Mother Goose
York Bowen: Those Children! Impressions
York Bowen: Fragments from Hans Anderson
Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade
