Ronald Smith
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Ronald Bertram Smith (born in 1922 – May 27, 2004) was a British classical pianist, composer, and educator.
Birth and education
Smith was born in London and grew up in Sussex. He was educated at Lewes County Grammar School and the Brighton College of Music. With the Sir Michael Costa Scholarship for composition, he entered the Royal Academy of Music at the age of 16. After graduating from the academy, he continued studying privately in Paris with Marguerite Long, as well as receiving an external BMus degree from Durham University.
He was inspired by pianist Edwin Fischer, who starred as a contestant in the 1949 Geneva international piano competition. When Fischer visited London, he selected Smith and Denis Matthews to appear in his recording of Bach's triple keyboard concerto. Smith said he learned more in four days with Fischer than he did in his previous research.
Professional career
Smith, as a performer, championed piano works from the Victorian period. By the time's insecure Charles-Valentin Alkan's Concerto for Solo Piano, he was first encouraged to record music. Humphrey Searle sent him the score: "Unplayable" was his first impression when he first saw it. He later performed many of Alkan's works as well as wrote a biography. His efforts contributed to Alkan's resurgent interest, including the Alkan Society's remaining president from 1977, which was before his death.
His body of work as Alkan's pioneering efforts, as well as complete analysis in all of the minor key Op. 39, as well as Chopin, Schubert, Beethoven, Balakirev and Liszt's music, were among the 39 titles on display.
He taught piano for many years, first at Harrow School in 1943, then at The King's School in Canterbury from the 1950s to 1990. He then went to auditions at the Kent School of Music (Canterbury) to select private students to whom he might donate his spare time.