Rolf Hind


Rolf Hind is a British pianist and composer. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London and at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Biography

Rolf Hind was born in London from a German mother and an English father. He studied piano with Kendall Taylor, John Barstow, John Constable, Johanna Harris and composition with Edwin Roxburgh, Jeremy Dale Roberts. He teaches at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and at the Royal Academy of Music as well as Brunel University, Dartington Summer School and in conservatories throughout Europe and Asia.
His tours have taken him from Carnegie Hall to The Proms as he played on all major international stages and festivals.
A specialist of 20th and 21st century repertoire, Rolf Hind has worked with many composers whose works he premiered, such as John Adams, Unsuk Chin, Tan Dun, Helmut Lachenmann, Per Nørgård, Poul Ruders, Thomas Ades, George Benjamin, Olivier Messiaen, György Ligeti, György Kurtág, Michael Finnissy, James Dillon, James MacMillan and Rebecca Saunders.
He has made numerous appearances with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Radio Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the South West German Radio Orchestra, the Stockholm Sinfonietta, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, and orchestras in the Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, Norway, France, Portugal and the US under conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin, Andrew Davis, Markus Stenz, Oliver Knussen and Franz Welser-Möst.

Selected recordings

Rolf Hind has written many pieces for orchestra, chamber ensemble and solo instruments. His works are published by Casa Ricordi.