People of Note - Howard Shelley

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The distinguished British pianist and conductor Howard Shelley was in Cape Town recently where he both played and conducted a programme of music by Mozart for the Gala Concert of the Friends Of Orchestral Music. Howard Shelley has had a long and exciting career as a concert pianist working with the world’s leading orchestras and conductors and he has made many critically acclaimed recordings of piano concertos conducting the London Mozart Players from the keyboard for labels like Chandos and Hyperion.
27 Nov 2016 English South Africa TV & Film

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