Accompanist and solo pianist James Baillieu has been one of the most highly regarded British artists in his field since completing his studies with top honors in 2007. He has performed and recorded as an accompanist to both singers and instrumentalists of the top rank. Baillieu's recording activity has grown in frequency, and in the 2020s, he has generally issued several albums annually. Those included For Dieter: The Past and the Future -- Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, on which he joined baritone Benjamin Appl in 2025.
Baillieu was born in South Africa in 1982. Far fro...