The award-winning London-based Australian pianist will record three albums for ABC Classics.

One of Australia’s brightest young musicians, London-based pianist Jayson Gillham, has signed a major three-album recording deal with ABC Classics. In recent years Gillham has established an impressive international career that has included concerto engagements with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra and the English Chamber Orchestra as well as appearances in Australia with the Melbourne and Queensland Symphony Orchestras. 

After following the meteoric success of the brilliant 27-year-old pianist over the past decade, Toby Chadd, Manager of ABC Classics, spoke of his delight at establishing such a substantial ongoing relationship with Gillham. “ABC Classics has been following Jayson’s career with keen interest since, as a 16-year-old, he performed a Beethoven concerto as part of an ABC masterclass. His prodigious talent was immediately obvious, and he has blossomed as a musician since then,” Chadd said. “His playing is already astonishingly mature and elegant, and the beauty of sound he coaxes from the piano is a rare treat.” 

Gillham’s first disc, which he describes as representing “everything I stand for as a musician – beauty, vitality and joy,” will...