Iain Burnside

Iain Burnside is one of the top vocal accompanists in the UK, having worked with many of that country's most prominent singers. He is also a broadcaster and a playwright. Burnside was born in Scotland and grew up in Glasgow. His grandfather was an organist, and his family encouraged his interest in music. Not so, however, his school, the Glasgow Academy: "My school was academically strong but ruthlessly anti-musical," he told The Cross-Eyed Pianist. "I'm the only professional pianist I know who was never asked to play in a school concert." Burnside attended Merton College, Ox...