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BBC Radio 3 In Tune
Margaret was in the InTune studio again on 25th February, talking with Petroc Trelawny and performing with violinist Bradley Creswick.
Margaret is appointed President of the Sir Arnold Bax Society
Margaret is honoured to be appointed the first President of the Sir Arnold Bax Society.
Click here to find out more about Bax and his music, and to join the Society.
Standing ovation for 'Daughters of Persia'
"Incredible…powerful…poignant…beautiful…mesmerising…stunning…" Just some of the audience reaction after the première of "Daughters of Persia" at Kings Place, London on 25th January 2026.
Watch this space for announcements of further performances!
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Daughters of Persia
This unique show will have its world premiere performance on 25th January 2026 at Kings Place, London.
Co-created by Margaret together with Farhad Poupel, Daughtersof Persia is a celebration of one of the great cultures of the world, told through the stories of its extraordinary women. With a powerful and moving script by Oscar-nominee William Nicholson (Shadowlands, Gladiator etc ) Margaret joins forces with distinguished musicians Bradley Creswick (violin) and Guy Johnston (cello) and special guest star narrators Tamsin Greig, Shaparak Khorsandi and Shala Nyx.
All proceeds from this gala performance will go towards creating scholarships for exceptional young women artists from Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
Click here to find out more details and to book tickets.
Ukraine - A Piano Portrait
Margaret’s stunning new release Ukraine - A Piano Portrait is out now on SOMM. It is already being hailed as “unmissable” in Gramophone
5-star review for Margaret's Wigmore Hall recital!
Margaret received a 5-star review in the i-Paper for her Wigmore Hall recital on 25th March 2025
BBC Radio 3 In Tune
Margaret was in the BBC Radio 3 In Tune studio to talk with Katie Derham about her new recording “Ukraine - A Piano Portrait” and to play a couple of pieces from the album.
Margaret awarded MBE
Margaret is thrilled to announce that she has been awarded an MBE in the 2024 New Year’s Honours for services to Music and Charitable Fundraising.
Update on Ukraine video
Margaret had raised enough money for British-Ukrainian Aid to send two ambulances to Ukraine. She is half way towards a third one. Watch here and help her reach her new target!
Launch of Margaret’s Video for Ukraine
Margaret has made a short powerful video in collaboration with Viktoriia Levchenko, a young filmmaker from Ukraine to raise funds for British-Ukrainian Aid. Ukraine will rise again! is set to a stirring piano piece by the Ukrainian composer Serge Bortkiewicz, and Viktoriia has matched it with a series of extraordinary images of the devastation caused by the war.
Première of new piece by Iranian composer Farhad Poupel
Margaret and Bradley Creswick gave the world première of ’The Dance of the Butterfly and Flame’, composed for them by the young Iranian composer Farhad Poupel. Listen here to an extract from their performance at the Sage on 12th November 2022.
Eclogue!
Margaret’s latest release on SOMM with the Chamber Ensemble of London directed by Peter Fisher has already attracted glowing reviews. It features Finzi’s beautiful Eclogue and Clive Jenkins’s delightful Piano Concertino which was written for Margaret in 2018.
Margaret gives première of new work by Roxanna Panufnik
Margaret gives the world première performance at the Ryedale Festival of a new solo piano piece “Babylonia” which she commissioned from leading composer Roxanna Panufnik.
Read the reviews here. Listen to Margaret’s interview with Katie Derham on BBC Radio 3 InTune [starts at 05.10]
New CD Release
Recorded with the violinist Peter Fisher at Henry Wood Hall, London during lockdown, this Centenary Celebration of Malcolm Arnold has just been released to great acclaim on SOMM.
Read the reviews here.
Fundraising
Her achievement was featured in Classical Music magazine and Pianist magazine
Click here to read about the acclaimed series of 32 fundraising recitals she did around the UK in 2019.
Margaret launched a YouTube channel of recordings she made during lockdown. You can watch the videos and subscribe here
Download Margaret’s special charity single!
