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.
Rolf Hind was born in London to a German mother and an English father. He studied piano with Kendall Taylor, John Barstow, John Constable, Johanna Harris and composition with Edwin Roxburgh and Jeremy Dale Roberts. Hind 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] and he has played at many major festivals and stages internationally.
A specialist in 20th- and 21st-century repertoire, Hind has worked with many composers, and been dedicatee of new works. Such collaborations include John Adams [ clarification needed ], 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, Julius Eastman and Rebecca Saunders.
He has made many appearances as soloist; 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.
Hind was signed in his early twenties to the cult Manchester label Factory Records, as a soloist. His playing can be heard on the soundtrack of the 2017 film Call Me By Your Name .
Rolf Hind resumed a career as a composer after a long hiatus, inspired by travels and his meetings with many composers and artists in his career as a pianist. He has written pieces for orchestra, voice, chamber ensemble and solo instruments, as well as being inspired by the virtuosity and open-mindedness of musicians he has worked with regularly: singer Loré Lixenberg, violinist David Alberman, accordionist James Crabb, clarinettist Stuart King. Works are often influenced by his interests in Indian culture and history, as well as meditation and yoga, the languages of India, and aspects of its classical music tradition. Hind's works are published by Casa Ricordi.
They include:
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