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Australian pianist Cameron Roberts, now resident in the UK, is recognised as an artist of great distinction and originality. He 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 (RAM), St.Martin-in-the-Fields, Royal Albert Hall, Madrid's Auditorio Nacional, Teatro Real, Teatro Monumental, Sony Auditorium, and further abroad in Colombia, Germany and Australia. As chamber player, he collaborates regularly with Jacques Zoon (flute), Beate Altenburg (cello), Laia Falcón (soprano), Plural Ensemble, Tagus Ensemble, and as concerto soloist, with conductors Lawrence Foster, John Hopkins, Dobbs Franks and Joannes Roose.
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 ‘Science: advanced piano technique and injury prevention', a topic in which he holds a PhD.
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 performing repertoire includes major works such as Iberia by Albéniz, and the 24 Preludes by Rachmaninoff. 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). |
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