Martin Jones, one of Britain’s most highly regarded solo pianists, will return to West Virginia University Creative Arts Center Tuesday, April 27.

The program begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Falbo Theatre and is free and open to the public.

Jones first performed at the CAC in 2002 when he gave a very popular guest artist recital and master class in the WVU Division of Music. He came to international attention in 1968 when he received the Dame Myra Hess Award. The same year, he made his London debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and his New York debut at Carnegie Hall. Since then, he has been in demand for recitals and concerto performances on both sides of the Atlantic.

Jones has performed as concerto soloist with many of the leading British orchestras, as well as in the United States and Russia, and toured Canada as a soloist with the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra. He is a prolific recording artist and his many discs for Nimbus Records include the complete solo piano works of Mendelssohn, Brahms, Debussy, Grainger, Szymanowski , Stravinsky and the sonatas of Alun Hoddinott. His most recent project to record several Spanish piano masters received anIndiAward from the Association for Independent Music in the United States.

Jones has given recitals throughout Great Britain, as well as regular broadcasts for BBC Radio 3. The soundtrack for the filmHoward’s Endfeatures Jones performing Grainger’sBridal LullabyandMock Morris.

For more information, contact the College of Creative Arts at (304) 293-4841 ext. 3108.