Hamish Milne (27 April 1939 – 12 February 2020) was an
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pianist known for his advocacy of
Nikolai Medtner.
Milne studied at
Bishop Wordsworth's School
Bishop Wordsworth's School is a Church of England boys' grammar school in Salisbury, Wiltshire for boys aged 11 to 18. The school is regularly amongst the top-performing schools in England, and in 2010 was the school with the best results in the ...
in Salisbury and then at the
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of ...
in London, where he taught, and later in Italy under
Guido Agosti Guido Agosti (11 August 19012 June 1989) was an Italian pianist and piano teacher.
Agosti was born in Forlì in 1901. He studied piano with Ferruccio Busoni, Bruno Mugellini and Filippo Ivaldi, earning his diploma at age 13. He studied counterp ...
.
In the 1970s, Milne was the first pianist to offer a comprehensive survey of the piano music of Medtner since the composer made his own records.
He died on 12 February 2020, at the age of 80.
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2020 deaths
21st-century classical pianists
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British classical pianists
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People educated at Bishop Wordsworth's School
People from Salisbury
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21st-century British male musicians
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