Rolf Hind
Rolf Hind (born 1964 in London) is a British pianist[1] and composer.[2] He studied at the Royal College of Music in London and at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
Rolf Hind was born in London from a German mother and an English father. He studied piano with Kendall Taylor, John Barstow, John Constable, Johanna Harris and composition with Edwin Roxburgh, Jeremy Dale Roberts. He teaches at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (piano, composition, Research associate) and at the Royal Academy of Music as well as Brunel University, Dartington Summer School and in conservatories throughout Europe and Asia.
His tours have taken him from Carnegie Hall to The Proms[3] as he played on all major international stages and festivals.
A specialist of 20th and 21st century repertoire, Rolf Hind has worked with many composers whose works he premiered, such as John Adams, Unsuk Chin, Tan Dun, Helmut Lachenmann, Per Nørgård, Poul Ruders, Thomas Ades, George Benjamin, Olivier Messiaen, György Ligeti, György Kurtág, Michael Finnissy, James Dillon, James MacMillan and Rebecca Saunders.
He has made numerous appearances with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Radio Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the South West German Radio Orchestra, the Stockholm Sinfonietta, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, and orchestras in the Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, Norway, France, Portugal and the US under conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin, Andrew Davis, Markus Stenz, Oliver Knussen and Franz Welser-Möst.
Selected recordings
- Ligeti, Martland, Carter, Messiaen, Factory records: FAC 256 (1989)
- Country Music (Grainger, Finnissy, Bartok, Janacek, McMillan), Factory Records (1990) re-issued in 2013 by Heritage Records[4]
- Meditations - Olivier Messiaen disc. United Records (1994)
- Sunleif Rasmussen - piano works, Bridge Records, New York. (1997)
- Poul Ruders - piano music, Dacapo Records (2001)
- Crying Bird, Echoing Star (contains The Horse Sacrifice), London Records (2002)
- John Adams: Road Movies, Nonesuch Records (2004)
- Per Norgard/Rolf Hind: Secret Melody - works for pno, pno duet, violin, Dacapo Records (2007)
- Simon Holt: A book of colours, NMC Recordings (2009)
- Rolf Hind: Orchestra and chamber Music, NEOS (2013)
Selected compositions
Rolf Hind has written many pieces for orchestra, chamber ensemble and solo instruments. His works are published by Casa Ricordi.
- Maya-Sesha (2007) for piano and orchestra, commissioned by the BBC and premiered by the composer and BBC SSO
- The Tiniest House of Time (2012) for accordion and orchestra, Commissioned by the BBC and premiered by James Crabb, BBC SSO
- An Eagle Darkens the Sky (2013) for cello and piano, commissioned by Sophie Harris
- Sit, Stand Walk (2011) for solo clarinet, commissioned by Chroma and Spitalfields music and premiered at Spitalfields Festival
- Thus Have I Heard (2014) for solo piano, dedicated to: Jonathan Harvey, with metta, commissioned by St Johns Smith Square
- Air inside the cage (2012) for solo piano, dedicated To John CAGE AND O.R.
References
- ↑ The Guardian. The pianist's flawless performances somehow found a way of bringing two very different pieces by Adams and Lachenmann together
- ↑ Casa Ricordi. Rolf Hind
- ↑ The Proms. Hind's performances
- ↑ "Country Music". Heritage Records. Retrieved 26 February 2015.