David Dolan

David Dolan is an international concert pianist, researcher, and educator. He has devoted part of his career to reviving the art of classical improvisation and its performance applications. In his worldwide solo and chamber music performances, he returns to the tradition of incorporating extemporizations within repertoire in embellished repeats, eingangs, and cadenzas, as well as improvised preludes, interludes, and fantasies. He is a professor of classical improvisation at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, UK, where he also founded the Centre for Creative Performance and Classical Improvisation. He also teaches at the Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey, England and conducts masterclasses and workshops around the world. His research focuses on applying expressive narrative and creativity to repertoire and improvised performances (solo and ensemble), in close collaboration with the Imperial College London.