Performing and Lecturing

Performance

Julian adjudicating at Battersea Piano Festival 2015. 
Julian performing alongside fellow pianist Peter Noke

Julian has performed in Europe (Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Poland, Switzerland and former Yugoslavia), the Middle East (Israel and Lebanon), South Africa and throughout the UK, including recitals in the Wigmore Hall, the Purcell Room and the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

More recent two-piano work with pianist Peter Noke has featured performances across the UK (including several recitals at the CBSO Centre), and in Hong Kong and China. Besides playing standard classics, Julian’s work has included first performances of contemporary music and cross-over work into jazz and progressive rock.

Live Performances

EVENTLOCATIONDATETIME
Solo recitalHalam Court, NottinghamshireSunday 9 November 20253.00 pm
Solo recitalSt Andrew’s Church, RugbyTuesday 11 November 20251.00 pm
Brief talk on pre-concert nerves and short solo recital (part of ‘Secrets to Stunning Piano Performance’ day)Middleton Hall, Hull, HU6 7RXSunday 16 November 20257.20 pm
Solo recitalHoly Trinity Church, CoventrySaturday, 22 November 20251.00 pm
Flying Free: Songs of Freedom, Hope and Joy with Simon Beck (vocals)Holy Trinity Church, CoventryWednesday, 3 December 20251.15 pm
Talk: ‘Callas vs Tebaldi; a rivalry revisited’Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, PolandTuesday, 9 December 20254.00 pm
Piano solos as part of a tribute concert to Rajendra NarulaSt Mary’s Church, WarwickSaturday, 10 January 20267.00 pm
Solo recitalSt Mary’s Church, WarwickFriday, 23 January 20261.15 pm
Solo recital for Kenilworth FestivalKenilworth United Reformed ChurchThursday, 5 February 20267.00 pm
Lecture: ‘Exploring Popular Repertoire’Recital Hall, 8/F High Block, Hong Kong City HallWednesday, 11 February 202610.15 -11.45 am
Workshop: ‘Ideas for Teaching Improvisation’Recital Hall, 8/F High Block, Hong Kong City HallThursday, 12 February 202610.15 – 11.45 am
Solo recitalSheffield CathedralWednesday, 29 April 20261.00 pm
Solo recitalDerby CathedralWednesday, 13 May 20261.00 pm
Solo recitalGreat St Mary’s, CambridgeFriday, 15 May, 20261.00 pm
Solo recitalSt Anne’s Church, DerbyMonday, 15 June 20261.00 pm
Two-piano recital with Peter NokeSt Jude’s United Church, Englefield GreenSaturday, July 25 20264.00 pm
Solo recital Holy Trinity Church, CoventrySaturday, 7 November 20261.00 pm
Solo recitalSt. Andrew’s, RugbyTuesday, 10 November 20261.00 pm

Recordings

He has released seven CDs for the MSV, ASC and Campion Cameo labels, featuring British and Russian piano music. Here is a selection:

Then Again (ASC)
Chameleon (ASC)
British Doubles (MSV)
The Russian Piano (Campion Cameo)
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A John Ireland Collection (ASC)
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“Powerful technique … built up the climaxes with telling effect”

The Daily Telegraph

“Meticulous technique … complete grasp of idiom … memorable playing, full of intelligence and artistic celebration”

The Yorkshire Post

Copies of all the above can also be ordered via Julian Hellaby.

Lecturing

Julian presenting his talk, The Topic of Piano Performance during an online conference in Tallinn, Estonia.
Julian speaking at The Doctors in Performance conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, 2018. (Photo taken by Martynas Ambrazas)

As a university staff member, Julian lectured on many musical topics ranging from classical piano music to jazz and rock & roll (and much in between). He has given lectures, lecture recitals and presentations for organisations such as ABRSM and EPTA as well as for music appreciation courses and one-off events.

He has delivered papers at musicological conferences including for Midlands Musicological Forum, Performance Studies Network, Doctors in Performance, International Symposium on Musical Topics and Topic Theory, World Congress of the IASS/AIS, European Platform for Artistic Research into Music, Hands-On Research Symposium and The American Matthay Association.

His work in the above areas has taken him to Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Taiwan, The Philippines, Turkey and the USA as well as to many places in the UK.

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Julian Hellaby is a pianist, teacher, lecturer, examiner, adjudicator and author, who greatly enjoys sharing his interests and enthusiasms with fellow pianists, musicians and learners as well as with the wider public.

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