Ruth Nye
Ruth Nye, born Ruth Farren-Price, sister of fellow pianist Ronald Farren-Price, grew up in Australia where she attended Methodist Ladies' College in Melbourne.
Ruth Nye
- Born
- 1932 · Australia.
- Nationality
- Australia
- Occupation
- pianist · music educator · musician
- Honours
- Member of the Order of the British Empire
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Nye studied with Claudio Arrau in New York, and had a career as a concert pianist, initially known by her maiden name Ruth Farren-Price, before turning her attention to teaching. She married fellow Australian Ross Nye in 1956. Ruth Nye is currently on the faculty of the Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey, UK and the Royal College of Music in London, UK. She holds master classes and lectures throughout the world.
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Ruth Nye appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a pianist and musician.
Honours
Ruth Nye was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours list. In 2008 a Fellowship of the Royal College of Music was conferred on her by the Prince of Wales. She lives near London. A biography of Ruth Nye, titled A Life in Music: Ruth Nye and the Arrau Heritage, has been written by Roma Randles.
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- 1.Trove: The Argus, 29 April 1952, "Two reasons for smiling". Retrieved 15 February 2014
- 2.Pollack Consulting
- 3.Randles, Roma. A life in music : Ruth Nye and the Arrau heritage. Grosvenor House Publishing Limited. 2012. 978-1-78148-200-1.
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