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Piano,
HeadofKeyboard
Professor Christopher Elton FRAM
DederichProfessorofPiano.Studiedat
theAcademywithRobinWoodand
PianoAccompaniment
GordonGreenandlaterwithMariaCurcio,
gainingtheRecitalDiplomainbothpiano
andcello.Hasgivenmanyrecitals,
broadcastsandmasterclassesinthe
& Répétiteur
UKandoverseas.Hisstudents’recent
successesincludeprizesinmany
internationalcompetitionsandaseries
ofacclaimedrecordings.Pianoteacher
since1973andHeadofKeyboardStudies
since1989.AppointedaProfessorof
Bing Bing Li: undergraduate
UniversityofLondon,2002.
‘I’dalwayshopedtostudyhere,rightfrom
whenIstartedplayingatBeijing’sCentral
Conservatoireagedten.Withtheextra
incentiveofamajorscholarship,Ireally
couldn’tturndowntheplace.
The Courses exposuretoabroadrangeofsongand orrépétiteur,youmustbringyourown
Piano instrumentalaccompaniment,duoworkand soloist(s)—pleasecontacttheRegistry
I’mnowtowardstheendofmythirdyear
ThePianoFacultyhasaworldwide chambermusic.Coreteachingissupported atleastthreeweeksinadvanceifyou
here,andAcademylifehasbeenkeeping
reputationfortrainingaspiringpianists bymasterclassesgivenbyvisiting experiencedifficultiesinarrangingthis.
meverybusy—notonlywithinternal
assoloists,chambermusiciansand professors,andstudentscanreceive
concertsandexams,butwithoutside
accompanists.Theworld-widespectrumof linguistictuitioninLieder,Frenchsongand TheTeachers
recitalengagementstoo.
professionalexpertiserepresentsmany Englishsongclasses.Accompanistsalso Visiting Professor
pianistictraditions,andfollowsanacclaimed receiveaweeklypianolessonwhichmay StephenHough
Alongwithyourprincipalstudy,the
historicallineagewhichincludessuch focusonexpansionofsolorepertoireoron
Academy’sgreatvarietyofacademic
namesasTobiasMatthayandHarold aspectsoftechnique. Piano
studiesadduptoacompletelyrounded
Craxton.Whilesomestudents(especially SulamitaAronovskyMA(MoscowStateCons.),FRSA
preparationfortheprofession.
postgraduates)entertheAcademywitha Répétiteurs NicolaEimerDipRAM,MMus(JuilliardSchool),ARAM
considerablelevelofperformingexperience, SelectedstudentsworkwithRoyal ProfessorChristopherEltonFRAM
Ihopetomakeacareerasaconcert
theprimaryteachingemphasisison AcademyOperainallaspectsofrépétiteur WilliamFongPPRNCM
pianist—andalsoasapianoprofessor,
encouragingstudentstofindtheirindividual work.Ifyouareinterestedinworkingmore IanFountainHonARAM
soI’mtakingtheAcademy’sLRAM
identityasperformersandtodevelop intensivelywithoperasingersonour RustemHayroudinoffARAM
teachingdiplomaasthefirststep.’
techniqueasameansofrealisingsuch specialistrépétiteuroption,pleasecontact GraemeHumphreyARAM
artisticpersonality. theRegistrystaff(
registry@ram.ac.uk). DianaKetlerARAM
PiersLaneBMus,HonRAM
Acomprehensiverangeofperformance Recent competition successes by ProfessorHamishMilneFRAM
classes,takenbybothprofessorsandvisiting Academy students PascalNemirovski
teachers,issupplementedbynumerous 3rd,WarsawInternationalChopin;1st, Daniel-BenPienaarMMus,BMus
concertopportunitiestoplayassoloistsorin LondonWorldPiano;3rd,Tchaikovsky TanyaSarkissovaGrad(MoscowStateCons.),HonARAM
ensembles.Specialistclassesareheldin InternationalPiano;1st,Horowitz ColinStone
pianoduoplayingandincontemporary InternationalPiano;2ndand5th,Dublin KathrynStott
pianorepertoire,andregularcoachingis International;Leedsprizesin2000, PatsyTohFRAM,1ePrixParis
giveninchambermusic(undergraduate 2003and2006;2nd,Vendôme;1sttwice, MichaelYoungBA,MMus,ARCM
pianistsalsoreceiveaccompaniment Viseu;YoungConcertArtistsTrustAwards;
training).Inaddition,studentsareencouraged NewOrleans2005and2006;LeipzigBach, BroadwoodVisiting Chair of Piano
toexploreearlykeyboardinstrumentssuch 2006;RoyalOver-SeasLeagueAccompanist Appointmentpending
asharpsichordandfortepiano.Recent andEnsembleAwards;Accompaniment
masterclasseshavebeengivenbyPierre- Prize,KathleenFerrier;GeraldMoore Contemporary Piano Repertoire
LaurentAimard(picturedaboveright), Awards;Finalist,QueenElizabethof RolfHind
StephenHough,LeslieHoward,Konstantin theBelgians,2007.
Lifschitz,JohnO’Conor,ChristinaOrtiz, PianoAccompaniment and
MurrayPerahia,MichaelRoll,Alexander RecentAcademy students include Piano Ensemble Coaching
Satz,HowardShelleyandmanyothers. RustemHayroudinoff(‘acommanding IanBrown
performance’—Gramophone) JuliusDrakeHonRAM
Pianistscanundertakearangeof FreddyKempf(‘Ifitistruethatanartist’s MichaelDussekFRAM(SeniorTutorinEnsemblePiano)
performanceelectives(e.g.workingwith finestyearscomewithage,thenthemind NicolaEimerDipRAM,MMus,ARAM
singersinsongclassesanddeveloping bogglesatthepossibilities’—TheGuardian) IainLedinghamMA,FRAM,FRCO
skillsinpianoimprovisation),contributing YevgenySudbin(‘anextraordinarydiscby MalcolmMartineauMA,HonRAM
towardstheirfinaldegree/diplomaprofiles. anyone’sstandard’—BBCMusic) AndrewWestARAM
AshleyWass(‘Wasshasamagictouch’
PianoAccompaniment —Gramophone)
PianoAccompanimentmaybetaken QianWu(‘virtuosobringsjoy’—
asaPrincipalStudybypostgraduates. TheIndependent) DepartmentAdministrator:
(Accompanimentcoachingisalsogivento HelenDevereuxMurrayBMus
undergraduatesasappropriate.)The YourAudition(seep.59forgeneraldetails) Telephone02078737405
curriculumisdesignedtotrainpianistsin
Pleaseseewww.ram.ac.uk/pianofor Emailkeyboard
@ram.ac.uk
everyaspectofthedisciplinethrough auditiondetails.Ifyouareanaccompanist Open Day: 7th October 2008
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