Richard Raymond (pianist)

Raymond studied with Leon Fleisher,{{Cite web |date=2005-06-26 |title=Beethoven |url=https://www.npr.org/2005/06/26/4718396/beethoven |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524014952/https://www.npr.org/2005/06/26/4718396/beethoven |archive-date=2024-05-24 |access-date=2024-05-24 |publisher=NPR}} Marc Durand, John Perry, Lise Boucher and Antoine Reboulot.{{Cite web |title=Richard Raymond |url=https://smcq.qc.ca/smcq/fr/artiste/raymond_ri/biographie |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=SMCQ |publisher=Quebec Contemporary Music Society |language=fr}} He holds a master's degree in music from Université de Montréal and an artist diploma from both the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto and the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland{{Cite web |title=Forest Hill Musicaldays in San Francisco |url=https://www.foresthill-sf.com/musicaldays/ |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=www.foresthill-sf.com}}.{{Better source needed|date=May 2024}}

In 1990, Raymond won first prize in the 18-25-year-old category of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra International Competition,{{Cite news |last=Broun |first=Ronald |date=1999-02-22 |title=AT THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION, RAYMOND VS. CHOPIN |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/02/23/at-the-phillips-collection-raymond-vs-chopin/83733549-68fa-4846-8c35-cd4b2ecb36fd/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520223127/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/02/23/at-the-phillips-collection-raymond-vs-chopin/83733549-68fa-4846-8c35-cd4b2ecb36fd/ |archive-date=2024-05-20 |access-date=2024-05-20 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} as well as first prize in the Canadian International Stepping Stone Competition.{{Cite web |date=1991-01-17 |title=Richard Raymond, piano - Discover Archives |url=https://discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/otufm51-c-1991-3 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca |publisher=University of Toronto}} In 1991 he won the grand prize in CBC Radio's National Competition for Young Performers.{{Cite web |last1=Versaille |first1=Claire |last2=McGregor |first2=Nancy |last3=Wardro |first3=Patricia |last4=Potvin |first4=Gilles |date=2013-12-15 |orig-date=2006-02-07 |title=CBC Radio Competitions |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cbc-radio-competitions-emc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520225058/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cbc-radio-competitions-emc |archive-date=2024-05-20 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |language=en}} In 1993, he was the first Canadian to receive the Chamber Music Prize in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition,{{Cite web |last=Robb |first=Peter |title=Master Piano Recital Series: Teacher, performer, Richard Raymond sets his sights on a Beethoven bonanza |url=https://artsfile.ca/master-piano-recital-series-teacher-performer-richard-raymond-sets-his-sights-on-a-beethoven-bonanza/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209211304/https://artsfile.ca/master-piano-recital-series-teacher-performer-richard-raymond-sets-his-sights-on-a-beethoven-bonanza/ |archive-date=2023-12-09 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=Artsfile |language=en-US}} and in 1998, he took Second Prize in the William Kapell International Piano Competition and won the Virginia Parker Prize.{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Virginia Parker Award |url=https://canadacouncil.ca/-/media/Files/CCA/Funding/Prizes/Laureates/virginia-parker-award/Virginia_Parker_Liste_Cumulative_List_2023.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211113001/https://canadacouncil.ca/-/media/Files/CCA/Funding/Prizes/Laureates/virginia-parker-award/Virginia_Parker_Liste_Cumulative_List_2023.pdf |archive-date=2024-02-11 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=Canada Council for the Arts }} He has been nominated for an East Coast Music Award and an OPUS Prize.

From 2001 until 2009, Raymond was an associate professor with the music department at McGill University in Montreal, QC.{{Cite web |date=April 5, 2004 |title=Richard Raymond To Give Muhlenberg's Piano Series Finale |url=https://www.muhlenberg.edu/news/2004/richardraymondtogivemuhlenbergspianoseriesfinale.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524022706/https://www.muhlenberg.edu/news/2004/richardraymondtogivemuhlenbergspianoseriesfinale.html |archive-date=2024-05-24 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=Muhlenberg College |language=en}} He went on to teach with the music faculty at the Montreal Conservatory of Music in 2010.{{Cite web |title=Richard Raymond |url=https://www.conservatoire.gouv.qc.ca/fr/formation-musique/professeurs/raymond-richard/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524023424/https://www.conservatoire.gouv.qc.ca/fr/formation-musique/professeurs/raymond-richard/ |archive-date=2024-05-24 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=www.conservatoire.gouv.qc.ca |publisher=Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal |language=fr}}{{Better source needed|date=May 2024}} Among his alumni includes Bruce Liu.{{Cite web |date=Oct 22, 2021 |title=Montreal pianist 'keeps audience breathless' as he wins prestigious international competition |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bruce-liu-montreal-piano-fryderyk-chopin-1.6220416 |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524025144/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bruce-liu-montreal-piano-fryderyk-chopin-1.6220416 |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |access-date=May 24, 2024 |website=CBC |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}}

• Richard Raymond (Musica Viva, 1993) {{Source needed|date=May 2024|reason=Cannot verify via independent source.}}
• Liszt: Piano Works (Music Viva, 1995) {{Source needed|date=May 2024|reason=Cannot verify via independent source.}}
• Chopin: Waltzes (Analekta, 2001) {{Cite web |date=2024-05-24 |title=Search Results for Richard Raymond |url=https://outhere-music.com/en/classical-music-shop?products%5Bquery%5D=richard%20raymond |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524020807/https://outhere-music.com/en/classical-music-shop?products%5Bquery%5D=richard%20raymond |archive-date=2024-05-24 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=Outhere Music |publisher=Outhere}}
• Reubke, Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Analekta, 2003)

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• [http://www.webconcerthall.com/interview/raymond.htm Web Concert Hall: Interview with Richard Raymond]
• [http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/1999/kr127243852622500000.htm The Canada Council for the Arts: New Brunswick Pianist Richard Raymond]

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