Rosemarie Wright
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Rosemarie Wright is an English pianist.
Wright studied at the Royal Academy of Music
with Patrick Cory and Harold Craxton
, winning many prizes including the Chappell Silver Medal and Tobias Matthay Fellowship. Her later studies were with Bruno Seidlhofer at the Staatsakademie in Vienna, and with Edwin Fischer
and Wilhelm Kempff
. She studied chamber music with the cellist Pablo Casals
. Wright won the Haydn Prize in the International Haydn-Schubert Competition in Vienna in 1959, and in 1960 became the first British pianist ever to win the Bosendorfer Prize.
Wright made her recital debut in the Grosser Saal of the Vienna Musikverein in 1960, deputising for an indisposed Martha Argerich. This launched a distinguished international career which has included recitals, concerto performances and chamber music worldwide. She has appeared as concerto soloist with many of Europe's renowned orchestras and with many distinguished conductors, and has broadcast from over thirty different European radio stations. At home she made her debut at the BBC Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall
in 1971, as soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult.
Wright was Pianist-in-Residence at the University of Southampton
(1972-80), Senior Lecturer in Keyboard Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music
(RNCM) (1972-78) and Professor of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music
(1978-97). She was elected a fellow of the RNCM in 1993.
Wright was married in 1961 and has two sons.
Wright studied at the Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
with Patrick Cory and Harold Craxton
Harold Craxton
Thomas Harold Hunt Craxton, OBE was an English pianist and composer.Craxton studied piano at the Tobias Matthay Pianoforte School and made a name for himself early in his career as an accompanist with performers such as Dame Nellie Melba, Dame Clara Butt, Lionel Tertis and John McCormack.In 1919...
, winning many prizes including the Chappell Silver Medal and Tobias Matthay Fellowship. Her later studies were with Bruno Seidlhofer at the Staatsakademie in Vienna, and with Edwin Fischer
Edwin Fischer
Edwin Fischer was a Swiss classical pianist and conductor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, particularly in the traditional Germanic repertoire of such composers as J. S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert...
and Wilhelm Kempff
Wilhelm Kempff
Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff was a German pianist and composer. Although his repertory included Bach, Liszt, Chopin, Schumann, and Brahms, Kempff was particularly well-known for his interpretations of the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert, both of whose complete sonatas he also...
. She studied chamber music with the cellist Pablo Casals
Pablo Casals
Pau Casals i Defilló , known during his professional career as Pablo Casals, was a Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor. He is generally regarded as the pre-eminent cellist of the first half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest cellists of all time...
. Wright won the Haydn Prize in the International Haydn-Schubert Competition in Vienna in 1959, and in 1960 became the first British pianist ever to win the Bosendorfer Prize.
Wright made her recital debut in the Grosser Saal of the Vienna Musikverein in 1960, deputising for an indisposed Martha Argerich. This launched a distinguished international career which has included recitals, concerto performances and chamber music worldwide. She has appeared as concerto soloist with many of Europe's renowned orchestras and with many distinguished conductors, and has broadcast from over thirty different European radio stations. At home she made her debut at the BBC Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
in 1971, as soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult.
Wright was Pianist-in-Residence at the University of Southampton
University of Southampton
The University of Southampton is a British public university located in the city of Southampton, England, a member of the Russell Group. The origins of the university can be dated back to the founding of the Hartley Institution in 1862 by Henry Robertson Hartley. In 1902, the Institution developed...
(1972-80), Senior Lecturer in Keyboard Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music
Royal Northern College of Music
The Royal Northern College of Music is a music school in Manchester, England. It is located on Oxford Road in Chorlton on Medlock, at the western edge of the campus of the University of Manchester and is one of four conservatories associated with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music...
(RNCM) (1972-78) and Professor of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
(1978-97). She was elected a fellow of the RNCM in 1993.
Wright was married in 1961 and has two sons.