Dave Macpherson
This young and talented pianist recently graduated from the University of Glasgow with a BMus with Honours and enjoys playing piano for weddings and events. For the past 6 years he has made a living as a performing musician on both the piano and the violin, and as a teacher. He has performed across Europe, including Holland, France, Belgium and Germany and in venues as diverse as Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, The Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh and DF concert's T In The Park.
Whether you're looking for a pianist to play during your wedding ceremony or reception, at a private event, as a session musician, or as part of an ensemble or band, then please get in touch.
As a solo performer he has a huge range of experience in a variety of genres. He has played at numerous weddings and private events and held the position of resident pianist in a 4 star restaurant where he performed every weekend for 2 years.
He is also a violinist in a local string quartet and ceilidh band!
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Dave Macpherson
Classical
- Bach - Excerpts from the Well Tempered Clavier and Goldberg Variations
- Beethoven - Various Sonatas, including the Moonlight Sonata, Fur Elise and the Pathetique Sonata
- Bernstein - Sonata for the Piano, and excerpts from West Side Story
- Chopin - Nocturnes in Bb Minor, Eb Major, E Minor and both Nocturnes in C# Minor, Various Preludes
- Debussy - Claire De Lune, Prelude from Bergamasque, Reverie, Arabesque No.1
- Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue, Preludes, Various songs from the Gershwin Plays Gershwin arrangements
- Haydn - Various Sonatas
- Ives - Alcotts from Piano Sonata No.2 'Concord Sonata'
- Janacek - Piano Sonata, In The Mists and excerpts from An Overgrown Path
- Josef Suk - 6 Piano Pieces Op. 7, Including Liebeslied
- Joplin - The Entertainer, The Maple Leaf Rag, Pineapple Rag, various other rags
- Liszt - Consolation No.3, Liebestraum No.3, Concert Etude No.3 'Un Sospiro'
- Ludovico Einaudi - Excerpts from I Giorni, Una Mattina, Divenire Le Onde and Eden Rock collections
- Mendelssohn - Various Songs Without words, including Venetian Boat Song 1 2
- Michael Nyman - various excerpts from the soundtrack to The Piano
- Mozart - Various Sonatas and Piano Concerto No.23 in A Major
- Philip Glass - Excerpts from Glassworks, Etudes and the Soundtrack to The Hours
- Rachmaninoff - Preludes in C# Minor, D Major and G Minor
- Schumann - Traumeri, Impromptu in Gb, Various Movements from the FantasieStucke
- Shostakovich - Piano Sonata No. 2
- Tchaikovsky - Various Movements from The Seasons
- Yiuruma - Various pieces from the First Love collection
Pop/Rock Various Songs from artists including (but not limited to):
- Abba
- Adele
- Anais Mitchell
- The Beatles
- Ben Howard
- Beyonce
- Biffy Clyro
- Bon Iver
- Bruce Springsteen
- Bruno Mars
- Coldplay
- Damien Rice
- David Gray
- Dire Straights
- Elbow
- Elton John
- Elvis Presley
- Eric Clapton
- The Feeling
- The Fray
- Glen Hansard
- The Guillemots
- Jamie Cullum
- Johnny Cash
- John Legend
- John Mayer
- Joshua Radin
- The Killers
- King Creosote
- Lisa Hannigan
- Meatloaf
- Michael Buble
- Michael Jackson
- Nat King Cole
- Passenger
- Pink Floyd
- Radiohead
- The Red Hot Chilli Peppers
- The Righteous Brothers
- Robbie Williams
- The Rolling Stones
- Stevie Wonder
- The Swell Season
- Travis
- U2
and many more...
Jazz
He has a large range of Jazz influences, most notably:
- Bill Evans
- Billy Mayerl
- Chick Corea
- Dave Brubeck
- Fats Waller
- Herbie Hancock
- Keith Jarret
- Kit Downes
- Hiromi
- Louis Armstrong
- Michel Camillo
- Miles Davis
- Neil Cowley
- Oscar Peterson
- Paul Desmond
Based in Lanarkshire
