July 2nd, 2025Renowned musicologist

World-renowned pianist and musicologist Dr Leslie Howard will perform and illustrate the works of Beethoven, Liszt and the Russian Romantics at an afternoon at The Brewery at Buninyong on Sunday, August 10.
“If there is a pianist alive who knows Liszt’s piano music more thoroughly, intimately and directly than Leslie Howard I would like to meet him – or her – but I doubt that there is anyone on the planet who does,” wrote Guy Rickards for Musical Opinion, reviewing Leslie Howard’s 2021 piano recital at London’s Wigmore Hall.
London-based Aussie pianist Dr Howard is the first and only person in the world to have recorded the complete solo piano works of legendary Hungarian composer, Franz Liszt, who is regarded as one of the greatest pianists and most popular piano composers of all time. This mammoth project, which took Howard decades to complete, now comprises a 100-CD set and includes more than 300 premiere recordings.
Howard has received enormous praise and numerous awards for his Liszt recordings, including the Guinness World Record for the Largest Recording Series by a Solo Artist, six Grands Prix du Disque and the Medal of St Stephen, presented to him by the President of Hungary. He has also held the title of president of the British Liszt Society since 1987.
In addition to his impressive recording career, Howard maintains a busy international concert schedule, which has seen him perform regularly around the world for more than 50 years.
The performance is being held as a fundraiser for local communities through Goldfields Recreation and Dance, an incorporated, not-for-profit group formed initially for the love of music and dance.
Bookings: www.events.humanitix.com/leslie-howard-piano