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Rodney Friend MBE (born in Huddersfield, 1939) is an English violinist. Born in Huddersfield, Friend's father was a local tailor. At the age of 12 he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music after Sir Reginald Thatcher, the then principal of the R.A.M, heard Friend perform for the first time. Friend also studied subsequently at the Royal Manchester College of Music. At the Royal Academy of Music, Friend studied under the tutelage of Frederick Grinke.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rodney Friend )〕 He later studied with Endre Wolf, Menuhin and Szeryng. In 1964 Friend became the youngest ever leader/concertmaster of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, working closely with Bernard Haitink, Barenboim, Solti and Giulini. In 1975 he was invited by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra to be their Concertmaster, playing concerts and recording worldwide with Bernstein, Boulez and Mehta.〔http://www.stringscambridge.com/facultyi.htm〕 In 1991 he formed the Solomon Trio with whom he toured Europe extensively.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Solomon Trio | Discography | AllMusic )〕 In 2008 the first two volumes of his books The Orchestral Violinist were published.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rodney Friend Offers Advice to the Young Orchestral Violinist )〕 Friend is at present an Artistic Director at Cambridge International String Academy at Trinity College, Cambridge.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cambridge International String Academy 2015 )〕 He plays a violin made by Giuseppe Guarneri dated 1696. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to music.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= 2015 New Year Honours List )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rodney Friend」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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