Review Centre: Pianists (Classical)

"Yesterday afternoon at the Limes Country Lodge in Birmingham, I had the great fortune to appear on the same bill as Mr Des George and I am still reeling from his spellbinding performance on the piano. Des must have dedicated his life be able deliver a performance that touched the heart of everybody present. He effortlessly played through the American Songbook, contemporary tunes as well as Christmas classics. I'm telling this man needs hardly any setup time. He merely walks in and reaches the unasailable masterclass of competence within minutes, leaving the audience bound by his magic until long after he plays the final note. Potential bookers Do not hesitate to book Des George. There is no risk whatsoever. Only Joy! :)"

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"Des played at our wedding ceremony. He was able to match the music to what we wanted and creative a beautiful atmosphere. Guests were over whelmed by his presence and we are very grateful. You can really tell that des enjoys what he does and I would recommend anyone to have him at there event. "

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"Robert really made our party swing, he played exactly what we had asked for, which was great. He has a lovely easy going personality. He arrived on time and set himself up with complete ease and no fuss. Our guests commented on how good his playing was. Would definitely recommend Robert and book him again."

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"We were super lucky to have Louise play at our wedding earlier this month. She is so talented at what she does, and so lovely to talk to! During the process leading up to the wedding, she made sure to check in with us and provide everything we needed. Louise also helped to guide us as we were clueless about how to plan a wedding - all our blindspots on things like having music prepared for the signing were noticed by her. She learnt new pieces especially for us to make our ceremony extra special, and then during the arrival of the guests, welcome drinks, and the wedding breakfast played tailored music from her extensive repertoire. We can't recommend Louise enough!"

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"Myself and my husband (eeek!) had Robbie to play at our ceremony and drinks reception and wow! He was amazing. On the run up to the day he was reassuring and flexible, and clearly very talented - picking up our songs really quickly. It made my aisle walk so special to hear him playing and he even had some of less emotional guests weeping! Thanks so much 😊"

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"Mark is a very experienced pianist and he can absolutely add wonderful atmosphere to the wedding. We only had a few conversations before our wedding, and we sent 20-30 list of songs only several weeks prior to the wedding date. Some of the songs were from China and Mark played perfectly by following the list. I am really suprised that Mark can play it all and he played amazingly. Again, lot of thanks, we felt lucky by inviting Mark as our wedding pianist. "

Reply by Mark Burton - Wedding Organist / Pianist
Thank you for your lovely comments, it was a pleasure to play for you in the beautiful setting of Queens College. I wish you all the best for your future life together. August 2024

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"I had seen Nigel many months earlier at a wedding fair and immediatley decided that he was the one I wanted to play at our event. I just loved his repertoire and it resonated with me. Like many wedding couples, we had to change the date for our wedding more than once and we were so thrilled that Nigel was very easy to get hold of and responded quickly to our requests. Especially with a venue change and then having the complexity of a church service as well as a reception. It was so sweet of Nigel to do a little Facebook video and dedicate a tune for us on what would have been our wedding day and he even put on a wonderful coloured jacket to add extra pizzazz. Such a wonderful and personal touch. To help us choose, Nigel gave us a spreadsheet of his tunes and it made it very easy to tick boxes to choose our favourites. Also, as we were having a church service, Nigel especially learned a hymn that my husband particularly liked. Despite restrictions on the setting up time at the church, Nigel put on a fantastic performance. Beautiful flowers on his piano and a colour themed jacket too. Although we had restrictions on numbers of people, Nigel really made this a special and intimate event. At the reception, we were extremely happy with the wonderful background music Nigel played... it just seemed so effortless as he rolled from one tune to another. We had so many compliments on his playing and professionalism both during and after the event that we felt proud and privilidged to have him as our musician. We cannot recommend Nigel highly enough and we consider him to be the best event pianist in Milton Keynes. We will most definitly consider booking him again should we have a celebration in the future."

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"Where do I start... There are not enough words to describe how happy we are to have asked Andrew to play at our wedding! Andrew played for our guests before the ceremony as well as the songs we requested for walking down and back up the aisle. He also played for our guests whilst they had the wedding breakfast. The atmosphere created by his performance was out of this world and it made our whole day. Many of the guests commented on how much they enjoyed his music. Andrew can play anything from current chart music to classical pieces and even offered to learn any current hits that he had not previously played. Andrews performance is one of the things that I will never forget about our wedding day as it really made the day perfect. Andrew is so friendly and was a pleasure to have met. No request was too much! I only wish I could think of more occasions I can book him for!"

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"Sam you are just incredible!! Your attention to detail is just what I was hoping for. Your playing just touches the heart and soul. We are so grateful that you played at our event and you made such a difference. Especially as you were the most reasonable quote. Will definitely be booking you again."

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"We were lucky enough to have Alan entertain us for my Mum’s recent 80th birthday bash. With no hesitation Alan joined right in with the family and was able to play anything they asked of him. Thank you Alan for helping make Mum’s day! Kindest regards and a huge thank you from the whole family Kathryn "

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"I really enjoy having Mary perform at the bar I manage, we have had her here a few times and she’s amazing and very talented!"

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"Thank you for helping to make our wedding such a special day."

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"We met Nigel at an open day at our wedding venue and we (and our grandparents) loved his music and charm, and felt it would add a real personal touch to the wedding. We were absolutely right. Nigel’s communication was excellent from day 1 and it was so lovely to hear he approved of our (fairly niche) ceremony music choices. On the day we got very lucky to have an outdoor ceremony and this was no trouble for Nigel at all, who played beautifully, matching all the songs played to the specific ones we had requested for particular moments (which ended up being played for a little longer than planned as I was running late - sorry Nigel!). So many of our guests commented on how lovely the piano and playing was and it was so nice when our guests got excited about recognising the specific songs. Thank you so so much for being a part of our special day Nigel, we would absolutely recommend you to anyone!!"

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"Nigel was an integral part of an extremely emotional memorial service to remember all lives lost during the pandemic called the Candleight4covid memorial event in Milton Keynes on 23rd June 2021. His performances were not only extremely professional but also highly emotional making the event even more memorable for all those who attended"

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"Mark, thank you so much for playing the organ at Christchurch for Amy's wedding on Saturday 5th November. The music sounded amazing from start to finish - so many of our guests commented on how brilliant you were. We loved your use of the keyboard for Amy's entrance 'A Thousand Years' which sounded so lovely on the piano. You certainly were the right man for the job, giving us help and advice in choosing the music, then visiting us at the church to see the organ and discuss the final musical details with us. Your music set the tone and atmosphere for the whole day. We have no hesitation in recommending you to anyone looking for a wedding musician, we now know why you are so highly rated on Last Minute Musicians! Christchurch, Swindon. 5th November 2016"

Reply by Mark Burton - Wedding Organist / Pianist
It was lovely to come to Christchurch in Swindon to play for Amy and Alistairs wedding. I enjoyed playing the organ there, and using my keyboard alongside the main organ to play piano music and MP3 recordings of Amy's deceased father Gary singing them down the isle for their Exit music. It was very special, what a fantastic voice Gary had! Thanks for choising me to play for you.

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