As child prodigy Martino Tirimo from age eight was performing Concertos and at twelve conducted seven complete performances of ‘La Traviata’, with soloists from La Scala, Milano. After studies in London and Vienna, victories at the international competitions in Munich and Geneva launched his international career.
In 2010 alone, he gave nearly 100 concerts including the complete works of Chopin at London’s Kings Place, described by critics as ‘a colossal feat’. His playing is often compared to that of Schnabel, Arrau, Rubinstein and other great pianists. He has performed all over the world with most top orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic, Dresden Staatskapelle, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Cleveland Orchestra, London Symphony, Philharmonia and many others and has worked with conductors including Barbirolli, Boult, Klee, Marriner, Masur, Norrington, Rattle and Kurt Sanderling.
His numerous recordings for EMI, BMG and other companies include the complete works of Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy, Janacek, Schubert’s 21 Sonatas and the Concertos of Brahms, Chopin, Rachmaninov and Tippett (with composer conducting). In 1995 he won a Gold Disc for his Rachmaninov Concerto 2 and ‘Paganini’ Rhapsody, one of EMI’s best-sellers.
As conductor he worked closely with the Dresden Philharmonic over many years, and also worked with orchestras like the English Chamber, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Prague Chamber. His compositions include the film score for the ‘Odyssey’. In 2002 he founded the Rosamunde Trio with which he has since concertized widely. He also works with talented young pianists and 12 of his students have won first prizes at international competitions.
His enormous repertoire embraces 80 Concertos and nearly the entire ouevre of the great composers. Future events include series of Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and, in 2014, a mega Schubert project in London.
