Daniel Peter Silcock is a Scottish pianist currently based in London, particularly distinguished as a song accompanist. Recent seasons have seen Daniel perform at the world’s top music centres, including New York’s Carnegie Hall, and at Wigmore Hall in London, alongside artists including Dame Felicity Lott and Catherine Wyn-Rogers.

Daniel is a Samling Artist, a Britten-Pears Young Artist, and a pianist in Renée Fleming’s SongStudio 2024; he was also an Art of Song fellow at Toronto Summer Music.

Recent accompanist prizes include at the Eastbourne Singing Competition, the Richard Leech Award, the Bampton Classical Opera Prize, and the International Lied Competition, Bolko von Hochberg, in Görlitz, Germany.

Daniel made his concerto debut at the age of 15 playing Mendelssohn’s First Piano Concerto with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Symphony Orchestra. Daniel is currently on the Song Circle and Academy Voices fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Joseph Middleton and won all the major prizes for song accompaniment.

Upcoming projects for Daniel include recitals of French repertoire in India, including at the Royal Opera House in Mumbai, and directing SongTide, a new series for song based in his hometown of Peterhead, on Scotland’s North-East Coast.