Joanna MacGregor

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joanna MacGregor
Occupation	Pianist
Date Of Birth	Jul 16, 1959(1959-07-16)
Age	65
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Cancer

Joanna MacGregor Biography

Joanna MacGregor is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on July 16, 1959 in London, England, United Kingdom. A renowned concert pianist who was Director of the Piano Department in the Royal Academy of Music and owner of the SoundCircus label.

The interpretations she gave and the recordings made from Her interpretations and recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach‘s oeuvre garnered great acclaim.’s work have received acclaim.

MacGregor grew up in North London, and was educated at home, with her brother and sister, by her parents; she won a free place to South Hampstead High School at the age of 11. Her mother is a piano teacher and taught her when she was a young child, and her father worked in the printing trade. MacGregor began studying with Christopher Elton at the age of seventeen, and read music at New Hall (now Murray Edwards College, Cambridge) (1978–81) where she was taught composition by Hugh Wood. After Cambridge, she pursued postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music. She became Head of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music in 2011.

In the early years of her performing career, MacGregor was a prolific composer for the theatre (including work for Cheek by Jowl, and Oxford Stage Company’s production of Hamlet at Elsinore Castle and the Edinburgh Festival). She was one of the first artists to be selected for the Young Concert Artists Trust in 1985, and has since performed in more than seventy countries, appearing as a solo artist with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Berlin Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonia, Melbourne Symphony and Sydney Symphony Orchestras, Hong Kong Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and Salzburg Camerata.

She was taught at home by her parents together with her siblings who had a brother and sister. She received a place for free in South Hampstead High School when she was 11 years old.

Joanna MacGregor Net Worth

Joanna MacGregor is one of the richest Pianist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joanna MacGregor 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She studied at in the University of Cambridge, followed by the Royal Academy of Music for her postgraduate studies.

The composer was instrumental to the premiere of numerous important compositions composed from Hugh Wood, She was instrumental in premiering many important compositions by Hugh Wood, John Adams, Django Bates, and Jonathan Harvey., Django Bates along with Jonathan Harvey.

Joanna Clare MacGregor CBE (born 16 July 1959) is a British concert pianist, conductor, composer, and festival curator. She is Head of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music and a professor of the University of London. She is currently artistic director of the International Summer School & Festival at Dartington Hall.

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In 1998, she launched her own record label SoundCircus in association with John L. Walters’ Unknown Public. The label combines new recordings with re- releases of older recordings which MacGregor was able to reclaim after Collins Classics ceased trading. She now owns the copyright to all of her recorded material, and the label is now in partnership with Warner Classical and Jazz.

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Joanna Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Joanna MacGregor celebrates birthday on July 16 of every year.

Her series of colourful piano teaching books for children, Piano World, was published in May 2001 by Faber Music. The books feature storytelling, cartoons, games and include companion CDs, with music ranging from classical and jazz to gospel and hip hop. Her short piano piece, Lowside Blues, was chosen for the Associated Board Grade 7 piano exams, and became very popular with young pianists worldwide.