Ronald Kinloch Anderson

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Ronald Kinloch Anderson (born October 16, 1911 in Edinburgh , † January 22, 1984 in London ) was a Scottish pianist, music teacher and record producer.

Anderson studied with Donald Francis Tovey in his hometown . With a Caird scholarship , he continued his education at the Royal Conservatory of Music with Malcolm Sargent (conducting) and Herbert Howells (composition). He also took private lessons from Harold Craxton .

In 1933 he entered the conducting class of Clemens Krauss in Salzburg, then he studied piano with Edwin Fischer and harpsichord with Wanda Landowska in Berlin . In 1938 he appeared as a soloist with the Scottish Orchestra under George Szell , the following year he became a member of the Dartington Hall Chamber Music Group (with Robert Masters , violin, Nannie Jamieson , viola and Muriel Taylor , cello).

From 1946 to 1963, Anderson taught at Trinity College of Music . He also became a freelancer at EMI and a member of the Bath Festival Orchestra , with which he gave a concert in the Royal Festival Hall in 1958 . From 1957 to 1963 he was harpsichordist with the Menuhin Festival Orchestra . In 1963 he got a permanent job as a record producer at EMI, where he made numerous records a. a. published in collaboration with John Barbirolli , Adrian Boult and Yehudi Menuhin .

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