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Australian pianist Cameron Roberts, now resident in the UK, performs as soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, South America and Australia, whilst gaining growing success as a composer and arranger. Recent performances have taken him to London's Purcell Room, Duke's Hall, St.Martin-in-the-Fields, Royal Albert Hall, Madrid's Auditorio Nacional, Teatro Real, Teatro Monumental and further abroad in Germany, Italy, Holland, Colombia and Australia. As chamber player, he collaborates regularly with Jacques Zoon (flute), Rebecca Chan (violin), Beate Altenburg (cello), Plural Ensemble, Tagus Ensemble, and as concerto soloist, with such conductors as Lawrence Foster, John Hopkins and Dobbs Franks. He regularly plays in festivals with the finest flautists, including Jacques Zoon, Janos Balint, Francisco Lopez and, recently, in a world premiere performance with Emmanuel Pahud and Andras Adorjan at La Côte Festival, Geneva.
His early years of study were with Mack Jost (piano) and Christopher Martin (violin). He later graduated in both Medicine and Music at The University of Melbourne before furthering his piano studies on scholarship at the Australian National Academy (Ronald Farren-Price and Michael Harvey), the Tanglewood Institute, USA, and privately at the Moscow Conservatory and Manhattan School of Music. He is the recipient of many prizes and grants including, most recently, an Australian Postgraduate Award, several Ian Potter Trust grants and the inaugural Michael Kieran Harvey Piano Scholarship. |
For many years, Roberts was an associate artist and teacher of chamber music at the Escuela de Música Superior Reina Sofia, Madrid. He also gives masterclasses and private training on the theme of ‘Advanced piano technique optimisation and injury prevention', a topic in which he holds a PhD (University of New England), FRCA (Royal College of Anaesthetists), and is soon to complete his book.
His debut CD of Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Original Transcriptions (2006) is praised as ‘thought-provoking’ and ‘a disc of rare and valuable insight’, and his latter, Original Piano Transcriptions (2009), 'his taste is impeccable… it's virtuosic playing that is frankly thrilling.' His most recent recording includes music of Granados, with castanet virtuoso Deanna Blacher (Spanish Fire, 2011), rare cello transcriptions with cellist Beate Altenberg (2011, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Berlin) and The 3 Brahms Violin Sonatas for Flute & Piano with Jacques Zoon (Vox Animae, 2016). He currently prepares a disc of Brahms' viola sonatas for violin (Rebecca Chan, violin), a solo piano disc, Bach – an intimate life, and a version of Vivaldi's 4 Seasons for piano and strings. |
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