Geoffrey Norris Explained

Geoffrey Norris
Birth Place:London, England, UK
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Geoffrey Norris (born 1947) is an English musicologist and music critic. His scholarship focuses on Russian composers; in particularly, Norris is a leading scholar on the life and music of Sergei Rachmaninoff, about whom he has written in numerous articles and a 1976 book-length study. He was chief classical music critic of The Daily Telegraph from 1995 to 2009.

Life and career

Geoffrey Norris was born in London, England in 1947.[1] An enthusiast of Russian culture since his youth, Norris attended the University of Durham and where his undergraduate dissertation concerned The Five, a leading group of 19th-century Russian composers.[2] He continued his studies of Russian music at the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts.[2] From 1995 to 2009, he was chief classical music critic of The Daily Telegraph.[1] Norris has been a lecturer at the Royal Northern College of Music and numerous other universities, as well as a jury member for many piano competitions.[2] Norris currently teaches at the Rachmaninoff Music Academy, London and the Gnesin Music Academy, Moscow.[3]

Norris' scholarship focuses on Russian composers, and in particular, Sergei Rachmaninoff.[2] He has written numerous articles, and a book length study on Rachmaninoff, whose works he catalogued in a 1982 publication with Robert Threlfall.

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  1. Encyclopedia: Kennedy . Michal . Kennedy . Joyce Bourne . Michael Kennedy (music critic) . 2013 . 2007 . Geoffrey Norris . The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music . . Oxford . 978-0-19-920383-3 . subscription . 7 September 2022 .
  2. Web site: Meet The Lecturers: Geoffrey Norris . Miami International Piano Festival . 6 September 2022 . Original from MiamiPianoFest (Archived)
  3. Web site: Professor Geoffrey Norris . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220907035811/https://www.martinrandall.com/professor-geoffrey-norris . dead . 7 September 2022 . 6 September 2022 .