Roger Woodward


Roger Woodward AC OBE is an Australian classical concert pianist.

Biography

Woodward was born in 1942 in Chatswood, a suburb of Sydney, the youngest of four children to Gladys and Frank Woodward. He studied church music with Kenneth Long in Sydney, and, at the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music, conducting with Sir Eugene Goossens, piano with Alexander Sverjensky and composition with Raymond Hanson. He won the piano section of the 1964 ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition, beating David Helfgott in the final.
In 2002 he was appointed founding director of the School of Music and Dance at San Francisco State University. He is a Professor for Classical Piano at the SFSU's School of Music.
In 2014, Woodward published his autobiography, Beyond Black and White: My Life in Music.

Personal life

Woodward has three children, one of whom is adopted.

Honours and awards

Woodward has had numerous awards, including:

ABC Classics

contents:Rain Tree Sketch, Les Yeux Clos, For Away, Litany, Piano Distance, Uninterrupted Rests, Corona, Crossing ;
contents: Sarcasms op.17, Prelude op.12 No.7, Suggestion Diabolique op.4 No.4, Visions Fugitives op.22, Four Etudes op.2, Visions Fugitives op.22, Children's Suite op.65, Pensees op.62, Visions Fugitives op.22, Nocturne op.43 bis No.2, Gavotta op.32 No.3, Paysage op.59 No.2, March from L'amour des trois oranges op.33a
contents: 2 Danses op.73, 5 Preludes op.74, Vers la flamme op.72, Sonata No.10 op.70, 2 Poemes op.71, 2 Poemes op.69, 2 Preludes op.67, 2 Poemes op.63, Poeme-nocturne op.61, Sonata No.6 op.62 and 3 Etudes op.65;
contents: L'Isle Joyeuse, Estampes, D'un cahier d'esquisses, Images I, Hommage a Haydn, Images II, La plus que lente, Page d'album and Children's Corner;
contents: Suite Bergamasque, Etudes Book I, Images and Etudes Book II
contents: Angklung
contents: Feldman Piano Concerto

Decca

contents: Corona, For Away, Piano Distance, Uninterrupted Rests

Deutsche Grammophon

contents: Xenakis Keqrops

Deutsche Grammophon Australia

contents: Xenakis Keqrops

EMI

contents: Corona, For Away, Piano Distance, Uninterrupted Rests;

Polskie Nagrania