Steinway 2-Piano Festival
Wendy Kirkland + Charu Suri
Last Show: Sunday 24 th March 2024
PizzaExpress Jazz Club (Soho)
Wendy Kirkland, described by Jazz Journal as 'The Singing Pianist', the Guardian as 'a terrific pianist and singer' and the Sunday Times as 'mellow and stylish', has been a mainstay of the UK jazz scene, breaking through when her album, Piano Divas was released in 2017, resulting in national press attention and Arts Council England funding for a tour and three further tours in 2018, 2019 and 2021. Her eclectic repertoire varies from the Great American Songbook through to her own original material and into the realms of musical theatre, pop and funk. During lockdown in 2020 she recorded 86 live streams which have been viewed over a million times and led to her nomination for a Parliamentary Jazz Award for Lockdown Innovation. Award-winning pianist and composer Charu Suri treads fearlessly between genres and has been praised by critics and audiences for pioneering a sound all her own. Together Wendy and Charu will provide a genre-busting set including raga, jazz and song, to entertain and entrance.