John ogdon biography
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The English remarkable pianist and composer, John (Andrew Howard) Ogdon, attended Manchester Grammar School, before studying at the Royal Manchester College of Music (the predecessor of the Royal Northern College of Music) between 1953 and 1957. His tutor there was Claud Biggs. As a boy he had studied with Iso Elinson and after leaving college, he further studied with Gordon Green, Denis Matthews, Ilona Kabos, Dame Myra Hess, and Egon Petri - the latter in Basle, Switzerland. He began his career while still a student, premiering works by Alexander Goehr and Peter Maxwell Davies. Following an acclaimed series of concerts in the north of England, he made his sensational London debut as soloist in 1958, playing Ferruccio Busoni's rarely-heard Piano Concerto under the baton of Sir Henry J. Wood. In 1960, Ogdon married pianist Brenda Lucas in 1960, and the two often appeared in recital together. He won 1st Prize at the London Liszt Competition in 1961, and consolidated his growing international reputation by winning another 1st Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1962, jointly with the young Vladimir Ashkenazy, another rapidly emerging artist.
A hectic career followed, in which John Ogdon played acclaimed concerts and recitals around the world, an
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John Ogdon
English pianist and composer (1937–1989)
John Andrew Howard Ogdon (27 January 1937 – 1 August 1989) was an English pianist and composer.[1]
Biography
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[edit]Ogdon was born in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, and attended the Manchester Grammar School, before studying at the Royal Northern College of Music (formerly The Royal Manchester College of Music) between 1953 and 1957,[1] where his fellow students under Richard Hall included Harrison Birtwistle, Alexander Goehr, Elgar Howarth and Peter Maxwell Davies. Together they formed New Music Manchester, a group dedicated to the performances of serial and other modern works. His tutor there was Claud Biggs. As a boy he had studied with Iso Elinson and after leaving college, he further studied with Gordon Green, Denis Matthews, Dame Myra Hess, and Egon Petri—the last in Basel, Switzerland.
He won first prize at the London Liszt Competition in 1961 and consolidated his growing international reputation by winning another first prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1962, jointly with Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Ogdon was able to play most pieces at sight and had committed a huge range of pieces to memory. He intended to record the complete piano wo
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