Wayne Marshall has achieved the unique distinction among present-day concert artists of becoming equally renowned internationally as a pianist, organist, and conductor. Educated at Chetham’s School, Manchester and the Royal College of Music in London where he won several major prizes, he spent a period as organ scholar at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle before continuing his organ studies at the Vienna Hochschule. His subsequent career has embraced music of many styles and periods: as an organ recitalist, he favours the virtuoso French repertoire and is especially noted for his phenomenal extemporization. As a pianist, he has performed and recorded all of Gershwin’s music for piano and orchestra and has a wide repertoire including, among others, Ravel, Bernstein, and Duke Ellington. His duo partners include the singing actress Kim Criswell, trumpeter Ole Edvard Antonsen and violinist Tasmin Little. As conductor, he works regularly with leading orchestras world-wide; he has received particular acclaim for his performances of Porgy and Bess, including at the BBC Promenade Concerts (where he is an established favourite) and with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra at the Bregenz Festival.