Rosemarie Wright

Musical Artist

1931 –

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Who is Rosemarie Wright?

Rosemarie Wright is an English pianist.

Wright studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Patrick Cory and Harold Craxton, winning many prizes including the Chappell Silver Medal and Tobias Matthay Fellowship. Her later studies were with Bruno Seidlhofer at the Staatsakademie in Vienna, and with Edwin Fischer and Wilhelm Kempff. She studied chamber music with the cellist Pablo Casals. Wright won the Haydn Prize in the International Haydn-Schubert Competition in Vienna in 1959, and in 1960 became the first British pianist ever to win the Bosendorfer Prize.

Wright made her recital debut in the Grosser Saal of the Vienna Musikverein in 1960, deputising for an indisposed Martha Argerich. This launched a distinguished international career which has included recitals, concerto performances and chamber music worldwide. She has appeared as concerto soloist with many of Europe's renowned orchestras and with many distinguished conductors, and has broadcast from over thirty different European radio stations. At home she made her debut at the BBC Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in 1971, as soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult.

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Born
Dec 12, 1931
Lancashire
Education
  • Royal Academy of Music

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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