Paul Coker
Professor of piano
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Born in 1959 in London, Paul Coker studied piano in London at the Yehudi Menuhin School and then at the Royal College of Music. His notable teachers included Vlado Perlemuter and Nadia Boulanger. He also received private instruction from Alfred Brendel. A laureate of numerous awards, including the Jackson Master Award (Boston), he was also named BBC Musician of the Year in 1978.
His solo career has led him to perform with major ensembles such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Additionally, he was Yehudi Menuhin's partner for ten years. Together, they performed more than two hundred times on stages worldwide, covering the entire repertoire for violin and piano. A chamber music enthusiast, Paul Coker has also collaborated with violinists Pierre Amoyal, Joshua Bell, Nigel Kennedy, and cellists Steven Isserlis, Heinrich Schiff, and Ralph Kirshbaum.
Paul Coker has been teaching piano at the Haute école de musique de Genève since 1995.
