Reviews
Keyboard Trust New Artist Recital
Steinway Hall, London | June 2026
"An eclectic programme from a thinking musician..."
"The Schubert Sonata showed Jamie’s architectural understanding combined to a crystalline clarity and poetic beauty. Playing of authority and masterly control..."
Christopher Axworthy, Music Commentary
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”
Sinfonia Smith Square | March 2026
"Cochrane produced a performance of immense musical flair and consummate artistry, with fastidious attention to all the necessary Beethoven detail..."
"There was impeccable attention to articulation and balance..."
Philip Dukes, Marlborough College
Brighton Festival
Brighton Dome | May 2025
"Cochrane played the four Impromptus with this combination of delicacy and vigour, the triplets as light as you could ever want."
"Cochrane held his capacity audience in thrall. Surely he was not surprised by the strength of the applause? He certainly deserved it"
Andrew Connal, The Latest
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3
Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra | October 2024
"A clear highlight of the evening was Beethoven’s ‘Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor’, exquisitely played by Jamie Cochrane..."
"The finesse he demonstrated in the contemplative second movement was wonderfully delicate, and his performance throughout was impeccable..."
Robert Cowan, Eastbourne Herald
Norah Sande Award
Birley Centre | July 2024
"...an assured and entertaining programme..."
"...commanding performances of Bach, Rachmaninoff and Granados."
John Silverton, Unknown Kent and Sussex