MacGregor, Joanna (1959– )

English pianist and composer. She has written music for theatre, radio, and television. In 1993 she gave the premiere of Harrison Birtwistle's Antiphonies, under Pierre Boulez.

She has performed other modern repertory by Luciano Berio, Iannis Xenakis, György Ligeti, and Tōru Takemitsu.

She studied at Cambridge University with Hugh Wood, at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Christopher Elton, and with Van Cliburn at his institute in Texas. She made her London debut in 1985 and has since appeared with all the leading British orchestras. She gave the first performance of Wood's Concerto at the 1991 London Promenade Concerts and returned in 1993 for Oliver Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie.

She founded the Contemporary Music platform in London in 1991. launced a record label, SoundCircus, in 1998, and became artistic director of the Bath International Music Festival in 2005.