Michael Dussek

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Michael Dussek (born February 24, 1958) is an English pianist specialising in chamber music and song accompaniment.

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Education

Dussek was educated at St John's College School, Cambridge and Radley College, where his piano teacher was Hugo Langrish. He studied at London's Royal Academy of Music with Alexander Kelly, Rex Stephens and John Streets. Dussek subsequently received private tuition from Greville Rothon and Geoffrey Parsons.

Biography

Dussek made his Wigmore Hall debut in London in 1980. From 1979 until 1999, he was a regular recital partner to cellist Ofra Harnoy, performing in Europe, North America and Asia. Their RCA recording of sonatas by Schubert and Prokofiev won a Canadian Juno Award for Best Classical Album in 1989. During this period he also performed internationally with violinists Cho-Liang Lin, Anne Akiko Meyers, Kurt Nikkanen, Xue Wei and Antje Weithaas.

Since 2002, Dussek has performed extensively with violinist Ryu Goto, including major recital tours of Japan and recitals in Carnegie Hall. Their recordings for Deutsche Grammophon include a live recital from Tokyo's Suntory Hall in 2006. Singers he has accompanied include Charles Daniels, Bernarda Fink, Stephan Loges, Christopher Maltman, Ian Partridge, Joan Rodgers and Vassily Savenko.

Dussek is a member of three chamber ensembles: the Dussek Piano Trio, Endymion and Primavera, performing in most of the UK's major concert venues. He has also collaborated with the Bridge, Chillingirian, Coull, Dante and Wihan string quartets.

Dussek's discography includes more than 20 CDs in Dutton Epoch's collection of recordings featuring neglected British composers. His recording of Edmund Rubbra's Violin Sonatas with Krysia Osostowicz was nominated for a Gramophone Award. His performance of York Bowen's First Piano Concerto with the BBC Concert Orchestra under Vernon Handley was selected for Fanfare Magazine 's Hall of Fame.

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Teaching

Dussek is Geoffrey Parsons Professor of Ensemble Piano at the Royal Academy of Music having previously been Head of Piano Accompaniment. His former students include James Baillieu, Libby Burgess, Jâms Coleman, Finnegan Downie Dear, Iain Farrington, Matthew Fletcher, Christopher Glynn, Richard Gowers, Chris Hopkins, Rita Kaufmann, Somi Kim, Sholto Kynoch, Simon Lepper, Joseph Middleton, Michael Pandya, Tom Primrose, John Reid, Keval Shah, Alexander Soddy, Robin Ticciati, Christopher White, and Llŷr Williams.

Dussek has given masterclasses at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, Berlin's Berlin University of the Arts, Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover in Hanover, London's Royal College of Music, the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia, Weimar's Franz Liszt Academy and the Britten–Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies in Aldeburgh.

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  1. ↑ "Bowen: Violin Concerto; Piano Concerto No. 1 (Lorraine McAslan, Michael Dussek ; BBC…) | Classical music review from Classical-Music.com". www.classical-music.com. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Achenbach, Andrew (9 January 2013). "Bax Songs". www.gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Rubbra: Violin Sonata No. 1; Violin Sonata No. … (Krysia Osostowicz, Michael Dussek) | Classical music review from Classical-Music.com". www.classical-music.com. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Rubbra: Piano Music (complete) (Piano Music) | Classical music review from Classical-Music.com". www.classical-music.com. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Rubbra: String Quartets Nos 1–4; Cello Sonata ... (Dante Quartet; Michael Dussek) | Classical music review from Classical-Music.com". www.classical-music.com. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
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  11. ↑ "Dussek on Dussek".
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