Ian Pace combines parallel careers as a pianist, specialising in new music, and a musicologist. He is Head of Performance at City, University of London, and has previously taught at Southampton University, Cardiff University and Dartington College of Arts. His work as a performer encompasses the farther reaches of the avant-garde; he is at through the course of this year giving a series of recitals of the piano works of Michael Finnissy to celebrate the composer's birthday. His scholarly research covers a range of areas of nineteenth- and twentieth century music (especially music and the musical infrastructure in post-1945 West Germany), performance studies, critical musicology, Marxist aesthetics, music education and institutions, and more.
He is also a frequent blogger on musical and political issues, and is active as a campaigner and researcher on abuse in musical education.
