Richard Meyrick, anyone heard of him?? Options

[melody_maker]

hi,
last week this amazing concert pianist called Richard Meyrick came to our school. He gave a few masterclasses in the afternoon and a concert at nigh. I got a masterclass from him and it was great! he was so interesting, and had loads of tips. The night concert was incredible! he is sooooo good - i want his hands! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) he started playing at the age of 10, and when he was 16 he got in to the Royal college!! I just wondered if anyone has ever heard of him, or seen him play. he is visiting loads of schools in the UK, is he coming to anyone else's school???
rachel (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[pianocelloflute]

He came to my school earlier this year. He seemed to be a friendly person aswell as a very good pianist.


Hey, melody_maker thats brilliant- please keep us updated on how the lesson is! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[John Willett]

I came across this thread while Googling and thought I ought to add a bit.

I am in no way a student, so I will not keep posting here, but I did want to say a couple of things.

Richard Meyrick is a superb pianist, very highly technically competent and an excellent teacher.

I have known Richard for many years and have recorded quite a few of his CDs (Chopin Nocturnes and his "Personal Reflections" series).

At the moment I am in the middle of recording several more CDs with him:- Blüthner Concert Grand piano, recorded in Menuhin Hall in Surrey (wonderful acoustic for piano). We have already had a great recording session with another planned around Easter. The results so far are great and everyone involved is very happy.

Several of the pieces mentioned by other posters will be on these CDs - the first one will be a CD of Chopin music coming out later this year.

Richard is such a good pianist that, even though I have done the recording, I very often just put the CD on and listen for enjoyment - and it's not often you can say such things.

I would like to make a comment on a couple of posts - the one who said he was "horrible", sorry you think that way, but a MasterClass is there to get the best from the pupil and if things need repeating...... I'm sure it was still a very valuable experience for the pupil.

Regarding tuning - when we record, the piano is tuned several times a day and we have a technician on hand all the time we are recording. A piano can drift out of tune and needs to be tweaked to keep it at its best, so this is very understandable. Keeping hands at the right temperature and making sure the piano keys are not sticky with sweat means that the pianist can give the very best performance - which is what the audience pay for.

I hope this is helpful.