GLADIATORES (from Huis - Clos), by Nestor Taylor

GLADIATORES: performed by Sam Haywood

Gladiatores is the 5th piece from the cycle for piano titled Huis-Clos, written between 2007-2010.
It is beautifully performed here by the celebrated British-Australian pianist, Sam Haywood.

Sam Haywood was born in Brisbane, Australia to British parents. His first CD for Hyperion was the piano works of Julius Isserlis, grandfather of Steven Isserlis, with whom Haywood has often collaborated. He also is a regular duo partner to the American violinist Joshua Bell, with whom he has toured extensively in USA and Europe. In celebration of Chopin's 200th anniversary, he recorded a CD of Chopin's piano music on the composer's own Pleyel instrument, part of the Cobbe Collection. In 2013 he made his US solo debut at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC as well as co-founding the Solent Music Festival in Lymington, Hampshire, with his wife Sophia Pagoni. He has written a children's opera, and Song of the Penguins for bassoon and piano.