Music Chamber

Jane Beament has an international reputation as a contemporary music specialist. She has given more than fifty premieres and has had many works written for her. Whilst living in Philadelphia, she gave the US premiere of Spectrum, gave several performances on WFLN Radio and was director of the Quintet:Essentials concert series. She also appeared at the Tampa Bay Composers’ Forum. Jane has appeared at the Istanbul Film Festival and was a guest performer in the American Adventures Festival promoted by the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. In London Jane has performed at the Wigmore Hall, Blackheath Concert Halls and St Martin’s in the Field. She has featured as concerto soloist with the Dartford Symphony Orchestra and the Blackheath String Orchestra. Most recently she appeared at the Tete-a-tete opera festival and made a live appearance on Radio 3’s In Tune programme. She has recorded the piano sonatas of her husband David Osbon - a composer, conductor and academic whose music has been performed, broadcast and recorded around the world. Most of his international recognition comes from the years he spent as a researcher and professor in cities as diverse as Philadelphia, The Hague and Istanbul. He is now based in London where he is Head of Collegiate Music at Kingston University.