Stephen Emmerson
Stephen Emmerson is an Australian pianist and teacher based in Brisbane, on the staff of the Queensland Conservatorium since 1987. His performing life centres on solo piano and fortepiano and, above all, chamber music.
He studied at the University of Queensland and, on a Commonwealth Scholarship, at New College, Oxford, taking a Master of Philosophy in 1983 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1989. His piano teachers were Pamela Page and Peter Wallfisch.
He teaches music literature and performance, convenes the Doctor of Musical Arts programme, and has performed widely in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific. Chamber work has been the main focus in recent decades, including the Griffith Trio and Dean-Emmerson-Dean.
On disc he appears across Australian chamber repertoire and piano four hands, and on Remixing Modernism (MD 3341), a two-disc studio experiment that presents the same early modernist programme in a conventional mix and a multi-track reworking.
Stephen Emmerson is featured on the following titles
Remixing Modernism
A unique experiment by Stephen Emmerson: this two-CD set presents the same 1908–1909 piano repertoire with contrasting styles of mixing and sound production, from traditional to modern.
Stephen Emmerson also appears on
Peter Sculthorpe
A retrospective compilation of favourite chamber works by the late Peter Sculthorpe, drawn from Move’s own catalogue. Torres Strait song, Kakadu landscapes and intimate string writing are heard in performances by leading Australian musicians.
Dreamtracks
Music for clarinet by Australian composers. Celebrating Australia’s landscape, spirit and composers, Dreamtracks gathers some of the finest contemporary Australian writing for solo clarinet, clarinet and piano, and unusual chamber combinations.
