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Composer-pianist WENDY
HISCOCKS was born in Wollongong near Sydney and began playing the piano
at an early age. In her teens she started composing, and went on
to study composition with Peter Sculthorpe at University of Sydney.
Her career started with a two-year residence as composer and composition
teacher at a major Perth school that resulted in the establishment of composition
as an accredited subject in the West Australian school syllabus.
Since moving to London in 1988 she has received commissions, premières
and broadcasts from distinguished soloists, ensembles and choirs from around
the world. Wendy’s recent appearance in ABC TV’s I.O.U. documentary
on the Australian painter Lloyd Rees includes a performance of her choral
work Grace by Trinity College Choir, Melbourne and is scheduled
for broadcast in February 2008. As pianist she has appeared internationally
at venues ranging from London’s Purcell Room to festivals on various continents
such as the Kusatsu International Summer Academy and Festival in Japan
and Australia’s Port Fairy Festival. She performs piano duos and
duets, chamber music and accompanies singers in a large range of repertoire
including her own compositions. She has recorded piano duet and duo
music by Chabrier with Roy Howat for the French label Stil and her piano
duet arrangement of Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre was published
by Edition Peters in 2007. Wendy is also an authority on the music
of Arthur Benjamin, a topic on which she is preparing a doctorate for the
Australian National University. Wendy has recently returned from
a tour to Hawaii to perform two-piano works with Roy Howat, give a composition
masterclass and attend Scott McCarey’s world premiere of two piano solos
titled ‘Trees and Lightning’ and ‘Prawning Lanterns on Lake Illawarra’
which are part of a larger collection of piano works called Scenes from
an Australian Childhood.
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WENDY HISCOCKS
PIANIST
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