Rhys Concessao, a pianist made his solo debut at age 8 at the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London. Since then he has performed widely as a soloist across UK, USA, Europe and India appearing in prestigious halls such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Barbican Centre in London, Teatr Polski in Warsaw, Teatro dell’Osservanza Imola in Italy and NCPA Mumbai in India. He has performed as a soloist with various orchestras in the UK and around the world. Rhys has been awarded prizes in several international music competitions. Rhys is passionate about promoting classical music and has performed and become an ambassador for numerous organisations and societies that share this aim. Rhys currently studies at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the class of Professor Eliso Virsaladze. He completed his secondary school studies with a music scholarship at The Purcell School for Young Musicians, a specialist music school in the UK and was also awarded the Elton John scholarship for his studies