Cellist Zoe Knighton is one of Australia’s most dynamic musicians, and I am thrilled to have formed a long-term duo with this wonderful player.  After our first successful series of concerts in 2009 performing the complete works for cello and piano by Felix Mendelssohn in celebration of the bicentenary of his birth, we have gone one step further and recorded the program onto CD.

This new release from Move Records, ‘Mendelssohn Cello’, wouldn’t have been possible without the vision and generosity of Mr. Richard Gubbins.

To order your own copy, please email me at info@amirfarid.com.

More details on the recordings page.

My debut solo CD, ‘Veiled Virtuosity’, is now available for purchase in the iTunes Store.

To purchase through the iTunes Store, you will need the iTunes software (for Mac or PC), available at www.apple.com.

My new solo CD, ‘Veiled Virtuosity’, has been selected as ‘CD of the Week’ on ABC Classic FM for the week commencing 5th October 2009.

For more information, please click here to go directly to ABC’s ‘CD of the Week’ page, or visit www.abc.net.au/classic.

VEILED VIRTUOSITY - Move Records

My debut solo CD has finally been released on the Move Records label.

‘Veiled Virtuosity’ contains works by Liszt, Brahms, Prokofiev, Beethoven, Vine and Maroufi, as well as the premiere recording of Stuart Greenbaum’s Evocation (2006).

$25 plus postage and handling.

For more information, or to order your own copy, please email me at info@amirfarid.com.

Please visit the Recordings page for track listing details.

In 2008-09, Amir attended the Royal College of Music London, one of the world’s most prestigious music institutions.  Here he undertook a Postgraduate Diploma in Performance, studying with Professor Andrew Ball.

He completed the course in July 2009, graduating with distinction - the highest class awarded by the College.

Amir would like to thank the following organisations and individuals who made his time in London possible:

Mr. Neville Arthur, the Australia Business Arts Foundation, the Australian Music Foundation, the Australian National Academy of Music, Mr. John Garran, Mrs. Lois Goodin, Mrs. Heather de Haes, the Ian Potter Cultural Trust, the Royal College of Music, The Swiss Global Artistic Foundation, the Tait Memorial Foundation, the Turnbull Family and the University of Melbourne.

“At the (MSO Sidney Myer Music Bowl Series) concert’s heart stood the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2, the nonpareil of passionately charged music. Soloist Amir Farid outlined an interpretation distinguished by its assured urgency, making the most of the score’s exposed passages, slotting into the MSO’s eloquent accompaniment with a mature expertise. Farid avoided any temptation to overdraw technical flourishes, husbanding his outbursts carefully and producing a sensitive, generous-spirited interpretation of this ever-welcome warhorse.”

Clive O’Connell - The Age, 16/2/2009 (click here for the full review)

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“The Russian theme (at the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl Valentine’s Day Concert) continued with the Rachmaninov that followed, the justifiably popular Piano Concerto no 2 with Amir Farid at the keyboard. This was a perfect program choice, as the performance provided the spectacle necessary for entertaining a large crowd in an open air venue. Farid delivered the ‘whole package’ so to speak, with a technically accomplished performance, full of the emotion that the occasion demanded. The importance of choosing accomplished young musicians at these free concerts cannot be underestimated as a source of inspiration for other young people. Young children throughout the audience were transfixed by Farid’s inspiring performance, which must have a long term effect upon musical futures.”
Ronald McCoy - Arts Hub, 16/2/2009 (click here for the full review)

To read more reviews of Amir Farid’s performances, please go the the Reviews page.

On 4th November 2008, Amir Farid presented his debut solo recital in London.  This was held at the beautiful ‘St. Martin in the Fields’ in Trafalgar Square, which is among London’s most loved and important performance venues.

The program included works by Brahms, Vine, Ravel, Maroufi and Prokofiev.

Amir Farid’s debut solo CD recording, on the ‘Move Records’ label, is in the final stages of production.  Please keep checking this website for details and news of its release!

The Royal College of Music London, one of the world’s most prestigious music institutions, will be Amir’s new home for 10 months. Commencing September 2008, Amir will be undertaking postgraduate studies at the College with Professor Andrew Ball.
Click here to view the RCM website.

The 2008 season-opening concert by the Australia Pro Arte Orchestra, featuring Amir Farid as soloist in Mozart’s C minor piano concerto, will be broadcast on ABC Classic FM on Wednesday 21st May at 8pm.

If you were not able to be there, this is an opportunity to hear the concert in its entirety, which also included Frank Martin’s Polytptyque (with violinist Michael Brooks-Reid), and Haydn’s Symphony No.90.

The frequency in Melbourne for ABC Classic FM is 105.9FM.  If you are tuning in outside Melbourne, go to the ABC Classic FM website at www.abc.net.au/classic for frequency details.

To read the review of the concert, click here.

I hope you are able to tune in!