James Kreiling’s solo career has focused on music of the early 20th century, in particular the piano works of Scriabin. His doctoral thesis, completed at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, focused on the interaction of research, analysis and performance practice in the interpretation of Scriabin’s late piano sonatas. He has recorded two discs encompassing the composer’s complete late piano music, which was released by Odradek in 2018 to great critical acclaim, including a fi ve star review in BBC Music Magazine. Determined to bring Scriabin’s often misunderstood work to a wider public, he has experimented with presenting music in unusual formats and locations and is a co-founder of Multiphonic Arts, mounting concerts that mix classical piano with other performance arts – poetry, drama and dance, folk and jazz.
