Samson Tsoy

Recent highlights have included a solo recital at Wigmore Hall, concerts with the Philharmonia Orchestra with Gergely Madaras (Scriabin’s Prometheus) and Maxim Emelyanychev (both Brahms Piano Concertos in one evening), and a concert with Münchener Kammerorchester and Enrico Onofri. He also collaborated with acclaimed American artist Richard Serra at the Gagosian Gallery, where he performed Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps.

…seriously edgy, admirable and a must-see – Michael Site in Classical Music magazine, on The Ragged Music Festival

Samson frequently collaborates with pianist Pavel Kolesnikov, and this season the duo make their recital debuts at Carnegie Hall, Berlin Konzerthaus, and Rotterdam’s De Doelen, alongside a return to Wigmore Hall. They will take part in a digital installation at Antwerp’s MoMu combining choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Schubert’s Fantasie. Recent highlights for the duo include performances at Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw and London’s Southbank and Barbican centres. In 2019, the duo co-founded the Ragged Music Festival where they perform alongside Alina Ibragimova, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Lawrence Power and Elena Stikhina.

Lauded for his originality and “inexhaustible imagination’” Samson has performed in venues and festivals around the world including the Barbican, Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall, Aldeburgh festival, Théâtre de la Ville and Salle Gaveau in Paris, Berlin’s Konzerthaus, and Verbier Festival. In 2023, he was the first-ever classical musician to perform for the opening of the Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz (Munich Security Conference) in front of the world’s most important political leaders.

Samson’s debut album featuring solo works by Brahms will be released by Linn records next year. He was born in Kazakhstan and is based in London.