Thalia Myers has earned an international reputation as an exceptional pianist of wide-ranging musical sympathies. Her repertoire and solo recordings, most recently on the Metronome, NMC and Usk labels, encompass music from the eighteenth century to the present and include four albums of contemporary works for solo piano. As a soloist, she is dedicated equally to disseminating new works and reviving neglected older repertoire and she has performed in over thirty countries.

A lifelong champion of new music, she has commissioned numerous works, given many first performances and première broadcasts of British works throughout the world. Composers who have written new works for her include David Bedford, Kim Helweg, Alun Hoddinott, Gabriel Jackson, Elisabeth Lutyens, Jeremy Dale Roberts, Edwin Roxburgh, Timothy Salter and Howard Skempton.

Born in the West of England, Thalia Myers received her musical education at the Royal College of Music, London, where she was a pupil of Cyril Smith. She later studied with Ilona Kabos and Peter Feuchtwanger. Her widespread teaching experience has incorporated working with students (Royal Holloway, University of London, where she taught for many years) children (Royal College of Music Junior Department) and professional pianists. She gives master classes and lecture recitals in the UK and overseas.

Her combined interests in contemporary music, music education and the promotion of amateur music making led her to commission the first of the award-winning Spectrum anthologies of short, musically uncompromising, technically accessible piano pieces in 1995. Published in 1996 by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, this was followed by Spectrum 2 (1999), Spectrum 3 (2001) and Spectrum 4 (2005). In 2000, collaborating with the Royal College of Music Junior Department, Bath Spa University College and COMA (contemporary music-making for amateurs) she commissioned the Chamber Music Exchange, works of similar purpose for piano trio, string quartet and wind quintet. The Chamber Music Exchange is published by the British Music Information Centre.

Activities during 2006-2007 include recording Spectrum for Clarinet with Ian Mitchell, recording music by Graham Fitkin with Andrew Sparling for the BMIC's Critical Notice and preparing Spectrum for Piano Duet.In March she returns to Kuwait to give piano masterclasses and performances with the flautist Emma Williams. Among other engagements are projects with composition students at The Royal Academy of Music and The Royal College of Music in London, The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff and The University of Toronto in Canada.

February 2007