The RAS China in Shanghai is extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Leslie Howard, generally regarded the finest living exponent of Liszt, will talk to us about his remarkable career, one that has taken him all over the world, as a performing and recording artist. Dr. Howard will explain why Liszt is one of the most important - yet misunderstood and poorly served - of all composers, and will illustrate his talk at the piano. Dr. Howard’s recordings of Liszt’s complete music for solo piano have earned him a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest recording project ever undertaken by a solo artist. He has also written extensively on the composer and has edited and completed many of Liszt's scores.
Dr. Howard showed exceptional talent at a very early age, and whilst in his first year studying English at a university in Melbourne, he was invited to lecture the post-graduate Music students in advanced counterpoint and theory. Following his own post-graduate Music studies in Italy he moved to London in 1972. Dr. Howard is an instructor at the Guildhall School of Music in London and often gives master-classes at London's Royal College of Music and Royal Academy of Music. He is also frequently invited to sit on the juries of music competitions, including the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition.
Dr. Howard has been the President of the British Liszt Society for 21 years and holds the American Liszt Society's Medal of Honor. Among numerous other honours, he has received the Ferenc Liszt Medal of Honour and the Pro Cultura Hungarica Medal and Citation by the Hungarian Government, and was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia ‘for service to the arts as a musicologist, composer, piano soloist and mentor to young musicians’ in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 1999.
Entrance: RMB 30 (RAS members) and RMB 80 (non-members) those unable to make the donation but wishing to attend may contact us for exemption, prior to the RAS Lecture. Membership applications and membership renewals will be available at this event.
