Barry Douglas CBE has established a major international career since winning the Gold Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition, in Moscow, and in January 2021 was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to music and community relations.

He celebrates his Irish heritage as artistic director of Camerata Ireland, the only all-Ireland orchestra, and of the Clandeboye Festival. In recent seasons he has performed with a list of orchestras that includes the London Symphony Orchestra, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre national de Lille, and Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia. In the 2016/17 season he marked the 30th anniversary of his Tchaikovsky Competition win with performances of the complete cycle of Tchaikovsky’s piano concertos with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin and Ulster Orchestra in Belfast. Other recent highlights include a major UK tour with the Russian State Symphony Orchestra and appearances with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona, and Sydney Symphony Orchestra, as well as a continuation of his collaboration with the Borodin Quartet.

A highly sought after recitalist and chamber musician, he has given performances across the globe, from the Royal Albert Hall, Barbican, Wigmore Hall, and Verbier Festival to the Forbidden City Concert Hall, in Beijing, Grand Theatre, in Shanghai, and other cities in China.

An exclusive Chandos recording artist, Barry Douglas recently completed a six-album recording series of the complete works for solo piano by Brahms. His current recording projects focus on works for solo piano by Schubert and by Tchaikovsky.