Scott Davie (born 1966) is an Australian concert

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based in Sydney. Davie is currently a piano lecturer at the

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and is the director of the university's Keyboard Institute.

Biography

Davie was born in 1966, in Orange, New South Wales, but moved to Sydney at a young age. He was a student at the

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, where he won numerous awards and prizes. He later studied as an undergraduate student at the

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, before relocating to London, studying at the London

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. He completed his undergraduate degree at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he later completed both masters and a PhD, focusing on melodic language of Sergei Rachmaninoff. His teachers include Gerard Willems,

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and Geoffrey Parsons.

Rachmaninoff manuscript discovery

In 2003, while researching Rachmaninoff material at the

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, Davie discovered a two-page sketch of a Rachmaninoff piano piece. While he was able to make a pencil copy, it was not until later he realized that the sketch was complete. Davie was given permission to make use of the piece by the composer's great-granddaughter, Natalie Wanamaker Javier, while attending the 2006 International Rachmaninoff Conference in Amsterdam. The piece was recorded and released by ABC Classics on his ''Pictures from an Exhibition'' CD. Since then, the piece has been recorded by

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and released by

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Performances of Rachmaninoff

Davie specializes in the music of Rachmaninoff and has released two discs on ABC Classics featuring the composer's music. In late November 2012, he gave the Australian premiere performances of the original version of Rachmaninoff's 4th Piano Concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and

, to capacity audiences at the Sydney Opera House.

''Grand''

In 2005, Davie collaborated with

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, Janet Vernon and

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on ''Grand'', a full-length choreographed piano recital with the pianist performing live on stage. Over 80 performances were given throughout Australia, and the production also featured at the Shanghai International Arts Festival in 2006 and toured the US in 2007.

References

External links

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International Rachmaninoff Conference in Amsterdam 14–16 April 2006
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