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Amir Farid - Piano Winner of the prestigious 2006 Australian National Piano Award, Amir Farid is a Melbourne-based solo pianist, associate artist and chamber musician. He has been described as ‘a highly creative musician – a pianist of great intelligence and integrity. He brings strong musical substance to all that he does, imbuing it with his own particular experience and understanding’. Amir commenced studies in 1995 under the guidance of Prof. Ronald Farren-Price, and completed his Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Melbourne with Honours in 2004. From 2003 to 2005 he was a full scholarship student at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) where he worked with Rita Reichman, Timothy Young and Geoffrey Tozer. He is currently undertaking postgraduate studies with Professor Andrew Ball at the Royal College of Music, London. As a concerto soloist, Amir has performed with the Melbourne Symphony, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra (formerly Australia Pro Arte), Orchestra Victoria, the Melbourne Youth and ANAM Orchestras, working with such conductors as Graham Abbott, Peter Bandy, Alexander Briger, Brett Dean, Marko Letonja and Benjamin Northey. In October 2007, he was soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2 as part of ABC Classic FM’s Concerto Countdown Gala Concert, broadcast live across Australia. He has appeared on Australian television as a soloist on ABC TV’s Sunday Arts Program and Network Ten’s ‘Totally Wild’. He appears frequently on Australian radio, and has given live to air performances on ABC Classic FM, 3MBS FM and ABC Melbourne. Other solo competition successes include winning the 2005 Hephzibah Menuhin and 3MBS Performer of the Year awards, 1st prizes and Gold Medallion in the 2003 Dandenong Festival’s three major sections, the Encouragement Prize in the 2007 Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition, and category finalist in the 2008 Royal Overseas League Music Competition in London, where he was awarded an Australian Music Scholarship. In 2008, Mr Farid was one of 2 musicians selected to represent Australia in the European Broadcasting Union’s New Talent Competition. As an accompanist, he was winner of the prize for best pianist at the 2006 Mietta Song Recital award, and the 2007 Geoffrey Parsons Award. In 2009, Amir will perform concertos with both the Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. Visit Amir's website at www.amirfarid.com
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Amir Farid - Piano

Winner of the prestigious 2006 Australian National Piano Award, Amir Farid is a Melbourne-based solo pianist, associate artist and chamber musician. He has been described as ‘a highly creative musician – a pianist of great intelligence and integrity. He brings strong musical substance to all that he does, imbuing it with his own particular experience and understanding’.

Amir commenced studies in 1995 under the guidance of Prof. Ronald Farren-Price, and completed his Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Melbourne with Honours in 2004. From 2003 to 2005 he was a full scholarship student at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) where he worked with Rita Reichman, Timothy Young and Geoffrey Tozer. He is currently undertaking postgraduate studies with Professor Andrew Ball at the Royal College of Music, London.

As a concerto soloist, Amir has performed with the Melbourne Symphony, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra (formerly Australia Pro Arte), Orchestra Victoria, the Melbourne Youth and ANAM Orchestras, working with such conductors as Graham Abbott, Peter Bandy, Alexander Briger, Brett Dean, Marko Letonja and Benjamin Northey. In October 2007, he was soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2 as part of ABC Classic FM’s Concerto Countdown Gala Concert, broadcast live across Australia.

He has appeared on Australian television as a soloist on ABC TV’s Sunday Arts Program and Network Ten’s ‘Totally Wild’. He appears frequently on Australian radio, and has given live to air performances on ABC Classic FM, 3MBS FM and ABC Melbourne.

Other solo competition successes include winning the 2005 Hephzibah Menuhin and 3MBS Performer of the Year awards, 1st prizes and Gold Medallion in the 2003 Dandenong Festival’s three major sections, the Encouragement Prize in the 2007 Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition, and category finalist in the 2008 Royal Overseas League Music Competition in London, where he was awarded an Australian Music Scholarship. In 2008, Mr Farid was one of 2 musicians selected to represent Australia in the European Broadcasting Union’s New Talent Competition. As an accompanist, he was winner of the prize for best pianist at the 2006 Mietta Song Recital award, and the 2007 Geoffrey Parsons Award.

In 2009, Amir will perform concertos with both the Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras.

Visit Amir's website at www.amirfarid.com