Amir Farid

The US-born Iranian-Australian pianist Amir Farid, winner of the Australian National Piano Award, has been described as “a highly creative musician – a pianist of great intelligence and integrity.”

Based in Melbourne and New York City, he performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician in major concert halls and at festivals, including Carnegie Hall in New York, St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, the New York Festival of Song, and the Mostly Mozart Festival at New York’s Lincoln Center. He has also performed in Kuwait, Australia, Italy, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand, and China.

As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with artists including Ian Bostridge, Claude Delangle, Arabella Steinbacher, Lise Berthaud, Nikki Chooi, Mats Lidström, Alexander Baillie, Martin Loveday, Greta Bradman, Siobhan Stagg, Wolfgang Holzmair, Michel Bellavance, and Philippe Cuper. He is the pianist of the Benaud Trio, which won the Piano Trio Prize at the 2005 Australian Chamber Music Competition, and a member of New York’s Exponential Ensemble.

Amir Farid is also represented in the Steinway & Sons Spirio catalogue. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London, the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, and the Australian National Academy of Music with Ronald Farren-Price, Andrew Ball, Geoffrey Tozer, Rita Reichman, and Timothy Young.

In New York, he works in the Vocal Arts Department at the Juilliard School and collaborates with organisations including the New York Philharmonic, the Oratorio Society of New York, and the New York Choral Society.

Picture: Ira Weinrauch

The artist's homepage:

https://www.amirfarid.com/