Pianist Emmanuel Despax has enjoyed a growing career both in his native France and his adopted London home. Despax made the first of many appearances at Wigmore Hall in September of 2005, and a recording of the concert was released to favorable notices. Signed to the Signum Classics label, he released an album of piano-and-orchestra music by Saint-Saëns, Franck, and Stephen Goss. He followed that up with a Chopin recital in 2017. He released the Bach album Spira, Spera and a recording of Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15, in 2021, an album of Chopin's piano concertos in chamber versions in 2022, and the album Après un Rêve: Belle Époque - Nights at the Piano in 2023.