David Pollock
David Pollock studied piano, organ and composition at the Royal College of Music, and later specialized in the harpsichord under the guidance of John Toll at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won the Croft Early Music First Prize.
Since then his career as both solo recitalist and continuo player has developed in Britain and abroad, and he has appeared at such venues as London’s Purcell Room, and Cardiff’s St. David’s Hall. He has taken part in the international music festivals at Brighton and Edinburgh, performing Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and given critically acclaimed recitals at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon.
David has promoted new repertoire for the harpsichord, including a large-scale solo work written for him by the composer Gavin Stevens, premiered as part of the Chichester Festivities, and is currently engaged in a project to encourage contemporary composers to contribute to a latter-day ‘virginals Booke’. He works with many prominent musicians in the period instrument field, and is harpsichordist with The Parnassian Ensemble, with whom he has recorded music from the reign of Queen Anne.
