Robin Wood (pianist)

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Robin Lawrence Wood (born October 13, 1924 in Victoria / British Columbia , † February 28, 2004 in Victoria / British Columbia) was a Canadian pianist and music teacher.

Wood studied in Victoria with Stanley Shale and continued his education from 1943 to 1946 at Victoria College and the University of British Columbia . A scholarship from the Associated Board enabled him from 1946 to study at the Royal Academy of Music with Vivian Langrish (piano) and Herbert Murill (composition). In 1949 he represented Great Britain at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. A further scholarship enabled him from 1951 to complete his training with Nadia Boulanger in France and Edwin Fischer in Switzerland.

He then settled in England and was a member of the St. Cecilia Piano Trio from 1954 to 1965 and a teacher at the Royal Academy of Music from 1955 to 1965 . In 1958 he received the Harriet Cohen Commonwealth Medal . In 1965 he returned to Canada and in the following year took over the management of the Victoria Conservatory of Music , which he held until his retirement in 1985. Until 2004 he continued to teach at the Conservatory and the University of Victoria , as a guest he also taught at the Johannesen International School of the Arts and at the Banff Center of the Arts . His most famous students were the pianist Jon Kimura Parker and the folk singer Valdy .

Wood has performed as a piano soloist in England with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , the London Symphony Orchestra and the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra , and in Canada with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra , the Victoria Symphony Orchestra , and the CBC Orchestras Vancouver and Winnipeg. As a chamber musician, he formed a piano duo with his wife, the pianist Winifred Scott , and was a member of the Trio Victoria (with Jean Angers , later Jack Kessler , violin and Hans Siegrist , later Sydney Humphreys , cello). He was an honorary citizen of his hometown Victoria, became an honorary member of the BC Registered Music Teachers' Association in 1995 and received the BC Lifetime Achivement Award .

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SURNAME Wood, Robin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wood, Robin Lawrence
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian pianist and music educator
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Victoria (British Columbia)
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 2004
Place of death Victoria (British Columbia)