Ann Martin-Davis’s love of 20th century and contemporary art crosses all genres and much of her career has been spent exploring new and appealing ways of presenting solo piano and chamber music. 

Ann studied at the Royal College of Music with Phyllis Sellick and in her second year won the College’s premier piano prize, the Chappell Medal.  A series of awards led to a South Bank debut and she subsequently won a scholarships to study with Arie Vardi in Hanover and Gyorgy Sebok at the Banff School in Canada.

At this time Ann worked with Polish composer Witold Lutosławski and her subsequent disc of his solo piano and chamber works was described as ‘beautiful and exquisite’ by BBC Music Magazine.  Her recent disc of Ravel for Guild has also been critically acclaimed; described by Gramophone as having a ‘delicacy and simplicity; it’s tender melancholy are thoroughly convincing.’

Ann is co-director of ‘Piano at Le Maillard’ which offers advanced coaching and piano retreats at her home in the Charente. She has been described as ‘a compelling ambassador for classical music’ by The Times newspaper and over the last five years she has trained over four thousand piano teachers for professional associations throughout South East Asia, China,  America and the UK.