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Ronald Farren-Price |
27.05.2000
When the legendary Chilean pianist, Claudio Arrau, heard Ronald Farren-Price play in London as a young man, he gave him a personal scholarship, thus beginning years of study under Arrau’s guidance and a lifelong friendship with the great artist. Ronald Farren-Price is among the finest performers Australia has produced. He has performed both in recital and as concerto soloist in the major concert halls of over forty countries. Among his noted appearances are those at Queen Elizabeth Hall London, Carnegie Recital Hall New York, Tchaikovsky Hall Moscow, Philharmonic Hall Leningrad, Musikhalle Hamburg, Brahmssaal Vienna and Teatro Colon Buenos Aries. He was a pioneer in bringing Australian performance to China, where he was invited in 1986 and 1988 to give recitals and master-classes in Beijing and other cities and to South-East Asia, including Vietnam where he gave recitals in the Hanoi Opera House. He is an Honorary Professor of the Tianjin Conservatory of Music. His unique success as an Australian instrumentalist has been his numerous tours of the former USSR. In St Petersburg he is affectionately known as the Australian Richter and has even been mobbed by enthusiastic rose-carrying audiences after some recitals. His last tour there, just prior to the breaking apart of the Soviet Union, was his eleventh and most extensive tour beginning on the eastern coast and culminating with a concert in Moscow’s Bolshoisalle. In addition to his career as a concert pianist, Ronald Farren-Price is Associate Professor and Head of Keyboard in the Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne. His experience as an examiner both here and aboard is vast. He began examining for the Australian Music Examination Board 38 years ago and is known for his encouraging and friendly style. He was Federal Examiner for Australia during the 1980’s and has been appointed to that role for 1994-5. He has performed as a concerto soloist in New Zealand. In 1992, Ronald Farren-Price gave concerts in Italy and Spain and performed within Australia. In 1993 apart from concerts in Victoria and interstate, he gave concerts and taught in Cyprus and Scandinavia. Ronald Farren-Price was awarded the Order of Australia for services to music.
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