Ronald Stevenson
Ronald Stevenson (born March 6, 1928 in Blackburn , † March 28, 2015 near Edinburgh ) was a Scottish composer and pianist. He gained fame in particular through his piano composition "Passacaglia on DSCH", which was dedicated to Dmitri Shostakovich .
The son of a Scottish father and a Welsh mother studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music . He moved to Scotland in the 1950s.
His works are influenced by the music of Ferruccio Busoni and shaped by his friendship with John Ogdon . In addition to the “Passacaglia on DSCH” for piano from 1960 to 1962 (the duration of which is around 75 minutes), he composed two piano concertos, a violin and a cello concerto, songs, chamber music and a Ben Dorain choral symphony, which premiered in 2008 . Furthermore, in the tradition of Busoni, Percy Grainger and Leopold Godowsky, he created numerous transcriptions for piano.
Stevenson also served as a teacher and was vice-president of the Workers' Music Association, Patron of the Artsong Collective and the European Piano Teachers' Association, a member of the Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain and the Composers' Guild of Great Britain. He received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Aberdeen , Dundee and Stirling and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Ronald Steven Society (Engl.)
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| SURNAME | Stevenson, Ronald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British composer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blackburn |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 2015 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |