Nicholas Rimmer

Pianist Nicholas Rimmer is an unusually versatile figure whose activities encompass various kinds of collaboration in addition to solo performance. He has performed chamber music with various major internationally prominent musicians. Rimmer served as organist for the Clare College Choir, touring internationally with the group. He made his recording debut on the choir's 2003 recording of John Rutter's Requiem. Rimmer has performed and recorded regularly with violist Nils Mönkemeyer, issuing the album Ohne Worte with him in 2009. He has accompanied such major figures as violinist Tianwa Yang and cellist Gabriel Schwabe, recording with both; his recordings with Yang of the complete music for violin and piano of Wolfgang Rihm earned a Diapason d'Or award. In 2023, he backed Yang on a recording of four violin sonatas by George Antheil.