Harvey Davies

Harvey Davies studied the piano with Helen Davies and David Parkhouse then with Ryszard Bakst at the Royal Northern College of Music. His career as a chamber musician has taken him to four continents and throughout the UK.

Recently appointed a Teaching Fellow in Historical Performance at the RNCM, Harvey gives lectures and coaches chamber music alongside his work as a staff pianist. He has worked with all the orchestras in the North West including Manchester Camerata and NCO and the contemporary music group Ensemble 10/10.

With his wife, the ‘cellist Heather Bills, Harvey has founded the Manchester-based chamber group The Pleyel Ensemble. Comprising some of the finest string and wind players in the UK and specialising in British chamber music and lesser known Classical works the Pleyels run concert series in Alderley Edge and Didsbury and have already given more than seventy concerts since their formation in 2011.

Harvey is the principal pianist in the award-winning Ensemble Cymru, a dynamic chamber group based in North Wales. The group are known for their innovative programming and community concerts in Wales and were nominated for a Philharmonic Society Award in 2007.

The Davies Duo, Harvey and his mother Helen, have worked together since 1990. They have performed and recorded extensively and commissioned many new works for piano duet. Their latest CD, “Diversity”, features works written for them by Welsh composers and was received to critical acclaim.

Harvey has collaborated with many eminent musicians including Atar Arad, Alison Balsom, Rebecca Evans, Janet Hilton, Guy Johnston, Elena Urioste and Jennifer Pike.