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Edward Cohen was born in Kent, England in 1986, and began playing the piano at the age of six. He commenced studies at the Royal College of Music when he was ten, and is a first class graduate of the Royal Academy of Music where he was a prize-winning student of Kathryn Stott. Additionally, he studied at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music with André Watts where he was also a studio accompanist for the legendary ‘cellist János Starker. Edward holds a Master’s degree with Distinction in solo performance from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, where he is currently studying under the tutelage of Aaron Shorr for a second Master’s degree, in accompaniment. A prize-winner at the RSAMD too, he is supported by a full scholarship, and also maintains a position as lecturer in piano in both the senior and junior departments of the school. Recently Edward has benefited greatly from tuition by acclaimed musicians including Arnaldo Cohen, Rustem Hayroudinoff, Rolf Hind, Yevgeny Sudbin, Martino Tirimo, and Lilya Zilberstein, as well as studying improvisation with Norman Beedie and Anto Pett. Additionally, Edward collaborates frequently with dancers and works extensively with Scottish Ballet.

Since being awarded the prestigious Sheila Mossman Memorial Prize by the ABRSM at the age of fourteen (for achieving the best mark worldwide in a grade eight examination), Edward has received top honours and the highest praise in numerous competitions. Beyond his native Europe, his recital activity has taken him to the Far East numerous times and across the USA, including a performance in the presence of HM The Queen. He recently returned to the USA by special invitation of the Chopin Symposium in Boston.

Last summer Edward was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 as a soloist and in ensemble at the 2010 BBC Proms in a composer portrait of James Dillon. A keen chamber musician, his recent duo recitals include with the world's leading marimba player, Eric Sammut, and with three-time international prize-winning American flautist Amy Porter. He has performed under the baton of conductors including Yan Pascal Tortelier, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Hilary Davan Wetton, and appeared as soloist in Richard Strauss’ piano concerto ‘Burleske’ with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and David Danzmayr last June. Edward has recorded numerous CDs (including a disc of works for piano and electronics by composer Jim Perkins) and has been interviewed and broadcast several times on BBC television and radio and the USA’s National Public Radio. His playing was featured in the recent short film “Furnace Four”.

Edward’s musical interests are extremely diverse, and he has an extensive repertoire of solo works, chamber music and concertos, with a special emphasis on the neglected, alongside the standard classical repertoire.

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