Roderick Chadwick (born 1978) is an

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classical pianist.

Biography and career

Chadwick was born in Manchester, England, and studied music at Chetham's School of Music including piano with

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, Chadwick also studied music at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied piano with

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. He received the Mosco Carner Fellowship in 1997–1998, and joined the staff of the Royal Academy of Music in 1999. Chadwick has performed in many European countries, as well as in the United States and Asia. He has performed at Seoul Arts Centre, Auditorium du Louvre, Schloss Elmau and Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall,

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and others. In addition to solo performances, he is the founder of Plus-Minus Ensemble, and has performed with this group in a number of venues and festivals. He also performs regularly with the CHROMA chamber ensemble. Chadwick is especially interested in the music of

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and his students, and has carried out musicological research into Messiaen's music. In performance, Chadwick focuses on contemporary and

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, and works with a number of contemporary composers, including Newton Armstrong,

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, Nicola Campogrande,

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, Mihailo Trandafilovski,

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, Trond Reinholdtsen and

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. Roderick Chadwick has recorded numerous CDs for the

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, Innova, Metier and

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labels, recording works by

, David Gorton, Nicola Campogrande and others. Chadwick teaches at the

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, in London.

References

External links

Roderick Chadwick's biography on the Royal Academy of Music web site

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