"This was a recital to grip the attention of the most jaded listeners"
"One of the most abiding recollections of this recital was the quite astonishing
wealth of detail that reached the ear"
"One of the most abiding recollections of this recital was the quite astonishing
wealth of detail that reached the ear"
|
Dr Cameron Roberts is a concert pianist, medical doctor, and internationally recognised expert on the application of science to musical performance.
As a pianist he has performed across Europe, Asia, and the Americas with leading instrumentalists, and his discography ranges from Bach’s Goldberg Variations to Brahms’s Flute Sonatas with Jacques Zoon, as well as original piano transcriptions. His performances have been acclaimed for their “astonishing wealth of detail,” “luminous tone,” and “a triumph of musical imagination.” Roberts is the author of Optimizing Pianism: Evidence-Based Perspectives (2025), hailed by leading figures as “a revelation” and “a forensic exposé of destructive pedagogy.” The book draws on research in physics, biomechanics, physiology, neuroscience, and psychology, offering pianists practical strategies for developing technical excellence, learning excellence, and expressive originality. Born in Melbourne, he studied Medicine and Music at the University of Melbourne before further training at the Australian National Academy of Music, and privately in London, Moscow, and at the Tanglewood Festival in Boston (participating as a violinist). He taught chamber music for many years at Madrid’s prestigious Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía, while completing a PhD on How the Pianist’s Touch Affects Tone Quality. Alongside music, he works as an anaesthetist, a career that allows him to bring its wider skills of clinical medicine, motor skills performance and critical thinking into the musical practice room. Now based in London, Roberts performs widely and is in demand internationally as a pianism consultant, lecturer, and speaker. |
Recent Concerts
|
Oct 18, 2025 – Melbourne
Piano Recital - 'Timeless music for a Time-ticking world' Bach (Goldberg Variations), Debussy, Scriabin, Satie, Ravel, Messiaen etc. St.Mark's Church, Fitzroy. Melbourne. 3pm. TICKETS HERE |
|
|
Oct 11, 2025 – Melbourne
Piano Concerto – Mozart Piano Concerto No.14 (K.414) ProMusica Orchestra, with John Ferguson (c) Ian Roach Hall, Scotch College. 7:30pm. TICKETS HERE |
|
|
Oct 17, 2023 – Melbourne
2 Pianos & Percussion – Bartok Sonata for 2 Pianos + Percussion. Barreau – Blue Rain with Kristian Chong (piano) and Brent Millar & Rob Cossom (perc.) Hanson Dyer Hall, Conservatory of Music |
|
|
Oct 7, 2023 – Melbourne
Piano Concerto – Mozart Piano Concerto No.23 (K.488) ProMusica Orchestra, with John Ferguson (c) Ian Roach Hall, Scotch College. 7:30pm |
|
|
Sep 10, 2023 – London
Piano and Spoken Word (Xan Colman) "Johann Sebastian" – An intimate concert exploring the inner world of J.S Bach. A Dining Room Tales event - Info and Tix |
|
|
|
Apr 29-May 1, 2023 – Malaga
Flute & Piano, with: Felix Renggli, Rafael Adobas, Alberto Navarro, Katrina Penman 6th AFE Festival, Spain |
|
|
Mar 17, 2023 – Melbourne
Piano Concerto – Beethoven 4th Piano Concerto Melbourne Sinfonia, Joannes Roose (cond.) James Tatoulis Auditorium, MLC, 8pm |
|
Composition & Contemporary Music
|
Over the years, Cameron Roberts has been a member of many different contemporary music ensembles, including Plural Ensemble, Dead Horse Ensemble, and with members of Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid (ORCAM). He was winner of the inaugural Michael Kieran Harvey Piano Scholarship (2006) for furthering the venture of Australian piano music into the 21st Century. Several of his works have been performed and recorded internationally, including a recording of Sad Bird Blues (2008) by Australian pianist Ashley Hribar, and 'Nursery Rhyme Rhapsody' (2016) for flute and piano, commissioned and premiered by Jacques Zoon. Cameron's piano transcriptions have also featured in the Australian film, Lucky Miles (2007) and, more recently, in Litterae (2015) by Spanish director Jesús Villalta Lora.