Rodney Friend

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Rodney Friend MBE (born in Bradford, 1939) is an English violinist.

Born in Bradford, Friend's father was a local tailor. At the age of 12 he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music after Sir Reginald Thatcher, the then principal of the R.A.M, heard Friend perform for the first time.[1] Friend also studied subsequently at the Royal Manchester College of Music.

At the Royal Academy of Music, Friend studied under the tutelage of

Szeryng
.

In 1964 Friend became the youngest ever leader/concertmaster of the

New York Philharmonic Orchestra to be their Concertmaster, playing concerts and recording worldwide with Bernstein, Boulez and Mehta.[3]

In 1991 he formed the Solomon Trio with whom he toured Europe extensively.[4]

In 2008 the first two volumes of his books The Orchestral Violinist were published.[5]

Friend is at present an artistic director at Cambridge International String Academy at Trinity College, Cambridge.[6] He plays a violin made by Giuseppe Guarneri dated 1696.[7]

He was appointed

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to music.[8][9]

In 2019, he published a workbook, The Violin in 5ths — Developing Intonation and Sound, in which he detailed a teaching method regarding intonation and sound that he has developed and perfected over decades of experience working with many virtuosos including Jascha Heifetz and David Oistrakh.[10][11]

In popular culture

In 1972 whilst leading the London Philharmonic Orchestra Rodney performed with the orchestra during their recording sessions for the Peddlers' album Suite London released on Philips records.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Image: IMG_2749.jpg, (1936 × 2592 px)". Bradfordjewish.org.uk. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Rodney Friend". Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Faculty I - Cambridge International String Academy 2013". Archived from the original on 10 June 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Solomon Trio | Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Rodney Friend Offers Advice to the Young Orchestral Violinist". Boosey.com. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Cambridge International String Academy 2015". stringscambridge.com. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Cambridge International String Academy 2013 - Faculty I". stringscambridge.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  8. ^ "No. 61092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N19.
  9. ^ "2015 New Year Honours List" (PDF). Gov.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Product Page". Bearespublishing.com. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  11. ^ "The Violin in 5ths - Developing Intonation and Sound - the Strad Shop". Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  12. ^ "The Peddlers And The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Suite London". Discogs.com. 1972. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
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