User:Nicholas McCarthy

Nicholas McCarthy was born in 1989 and only began to play the piano at the late age of 14.

Born without his right han/Users/nicholasmccarthy/Desktop/Nick.jpgd, he is one of a few left-handed pianists worldwide and at present is the youngest left-handed pianist so far. At 17, Nicholas was awarded a place at the Junior Department of the Guildhall School of Music in London where he studied with acclaimed concert pianist Lucy Parham.

During this time he played numerous recitals throughout the U.K and won a number of competitions and festivals both in London and Nationwide.

Nicholas is a regular guest at the Chetham’s International Festival in Manchester where he has given recitals both in the school itself and around Manchester. His time spent at the festival has seen Nicholas participate in master classes with international concert pianists such as Peter Donohoe, Martino Tirimo, Philippe Cassard, Margaret Fingerhut, Helen Krizos and Dina Parakhina.

Since September 2008, Nicholas has been studying at the Royal College of Music, where he learns with international concert pianist and Steinway artist Ian Jones.