Malcolm Binns 1972 on first of two acclaimed Southern Africa tours organised by Hans Adler.[1]
He has frequently appeared at the Proms in London,[3] starting in 1960.[1] In 1961 he gave the British premiere of the Piano Concerto No. 4, for left hand, by Prokofiev.[1][3] From 1961 to 1964 he was a professor at the RCM.[2] Amongst his pupils was Robert John Godfrey of progressive rock band, The Enid. He first started working in a chamber duo with the violinist Manoug Parikian in 1966.[1]
His recordings include the first complete recording of the Beethoven sonatas on original instruments, concertos by Balakirev and Rimsky-Korsakov, the Transcendental Studies of Lyapunov, works by Hummel and Medtner, as well as works from the standard repertoire by Bartók, Brahms, Chopin, Falla, Franck, Saint-Saëns, Gershwin, Grieg, Liszt, Mozart, Poulenc, Rachmaninoff, Ravel and Schumann.[3][4]
Binns retained the same piano tuner, Alfred E Clark of Wandsworth through his performing career. Clark, was a manufacturer of pianos from their shop and factory on Wandsworth Road, destroyed in an air raid in WW2.
He has appeared with the London Philharmonic Orchestra every year since 1962.[2] He has appeared with many other orchestras and conductors internationally and performed on numerous BBC radio broadcasts.[1]
