Mozart, Schubert, Brahms and Debussy are his favourite composers. In addition he plays Bartok, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Beethoven, George Gershwin, Henze and Lutoslawski. He s been on the road, in the concert hall and recording studio for more than 26 years. In September he started the only other job he s ever had - teaching at the Royal Northern College of Music. I wanted to cut down the number of concerts I did and stop the manic travelling around.
Some musicians are never at home, always in hotels.
I am not one of those, he added. He has a wife and a son to balance his professional life. Besides, he always wanted to teach and enjoys helping aspiring young pianists of whom there are 100 at the college. Martin Roscoe s concert at St George s will be his fourth at the venue. The programme was worked out by negotiation.