Alasdair Beatson

Pianist Alasdair Beatson has a wide range that includes solo recitals, concerto performances, and chamber music. He champions contemporary music, and he often mixes familiar and rarely heard material in his concerts and recordings. Beatson was born on March 30, 1980, in Perth, Scotland. He had lessons there as a youth with Claire Gallagher. When he was 18, he moved to London, enrolling at the Royal College of Music for studies with John Blakely, and he moved on to Indiana University, where his teacher was Menahem Pressler. Several prizes garnered attention for the young Beats...