Terence Judd
{{Short description|English pianist (1957–1979)}}
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Terence Judd (3 October 1957[http://www.prokofiev.org/recordings/recordings.cfm?t=1&uid=408 The Prokofiev Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611232533/http://www.prokofiev.org/recordings/recordings.cfm?t=1&uid=408 |date=2011-06-11 }}{{spaced ndash}}between 16 and 23 December 1979) was an English pianist.
Career
Terence Judd was born in 1957 to English-American parents, Anthony and Gloria Judd. In 1967, aged 10, he won the National Junior Pianoforte Competition, and came to the attention of Eileen Joyce, who supported and encouraged him.[http://callawaymedia.arts.uwa.edu.au/unrestricted/documents/joyce/EileenJoyceTimeline.pdf Eileen Joyce (1908-1991) Timeline] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118061320/http://callawaymedia.arts.uwa.edu.au/unrestricted/documents/joyce/EileenJoyceTimeline.pdf |date=2016-01-18 }} He also studied with Maria Curcio, the last and favourite pupil of Artur Schnabel.[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/apr/14/obituary-maria-curcio The Guardian, 14 April 2009] In London he also studied with Ezra Rachlin (1915–1995). Known particularly for his championship of virtuosic romantic works, above all the music of Franz Liszt, he brought a characteristic exuberance and clarity of expression to his performances; and his recordings bear witness to that. His renditions of Alberto Ginastera's Piano Sonata No. 1 and Samuel Barber's Piano Sonata in E{{flat}} minor are exemplary for other pianists, and his memorable performances of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3, which he played back-to-back in the finals of the 1978 Tchaikovsky Competition, are among the most exciting of these well-known virtuosic works. He was awarded joint 4th Prize, with Boris Petrov.[http://musiqueclassique.forumpro.fr/t2531-tous-les-laureats-du-concours-tchaikovsky Musique classique]. Retrieved 10 June 2014
Death
Shortly before he was due to embark on a six-concert tour of the Soviet Union, Judd left his parents' Brondesbury Park home in north-west London after Sunday lunch on 16 December 1979, telling them he was going for a walk. A week later, on 23 December, his body was found washed up on the beach at the foot of Beachy Head.The Day 28 December 1979, New london, Connecticut, USA. There was a one-way train ticket in his pocket, which was seen as evidence he had not intended returning.[http://ian.malkin.free.fr/FTP/douglas_press/0902_Classic_FM.pdf "Remembering Terence: tragedy of a prodigy", Classic fm, February 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512221257/http://ian.malkin.free.fr/FTP/douglas_press/0902_Classic_FM.pdf |date=2014-05-12 }} At the coroner's inquest, his general practitioner testified that he had treated Judd for depression in February 1979. Earlier in his life, Judd had suffered a nervous breakdown and spent several months at a clinic in north London, where he received ECT. The coroner delivered an open verdict,[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19800125&id=BgI-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1656,4708227 The Glasgow Herald, 25 January 1980] but it is generally accepted that Judd took his own life.
His family scattered his ashes in Hawaii, a place he had long desired to visit.
The Terence Judd Award{{cite web |url=http://www.halle.co.uk/publishedsite/terencejudd.asp |title=The Hall? |accessdate=2008-11-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605153237/http://www.halle.co.uk/publishedSite/terencejudd.asp |archivedate=2008-06-05 }} is given in his honour.
Selected discography
Judd produced a number of recordings for Chandos Records, including:
- [http://www.chandos.net/details06.asp?CNumber=CHAN%209914]. Includes the Ginastera and Barber sonatas mentioned above as well as Liszt, Shostakovich and Ravel.
- [http://www.chandos.net/CD_Notes.asp?CNumber=CHAN%2010004]. Predominantly Liszt (including the Sonata in B minor) as well as some Chopin.
- [http://www.chandos.net/CD_Notes.asp?CNumber=CHAN%2010150]. A more classical selection, with Bach, Scarlatti and Haydn as well as some romantic works.
- [http://www.chandos.net/CD_Notes.asp?CNumber=CHAN%209913]. The concertos mentioned above, recorded in the Tchaikovsky Competition.
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Category:English male classical pianists
Category:Prize-winners of the International Tchaikovsky Competition
Category:20th-century English classical pianists
Category:20th-century English musicians
Category:Pupils of Maria Curcio