“The English Chamber Orchestra players are very attentive, curious and careful, and give back so much energy. It’s a pleasure and honour to play with them. It feels like being part of one body, rather than that they are the orchestra and I am the soloist. On stage it’s so important to be one organic unit and that’s how I feel with the group. They play as one, while all being fantastic individual musicians. This will be my first time directing from the piano, which is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. London is where my career started, where I first played on a major stage with an international orchestra, so it has a special place in my heart.”