Anthony Goldstone

Anthony Goldstone (25 July 1944 – 2 January 2017) was an English pianist, known for his eclectic repertoire. He also played a prominent part in promoting works for piano duo with his wife Caroline Clemmow.

Early life Goldstone was born on 25 July 1944 in Liverpool. He grew up in Sale and attended Brooklands Primary School there, then Manchester Grammar School. Eschewing a scholarship to Cambridge, he entered the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), then known as the Royal Manchester College of Music (RMCM). There he studied with Derrick Wyndham, and later in London with Maria Curcio.

Goldstone and Clemmow piano duo

In 1984, Goldstone began a piano duo partnership with Caroline Clemmow, whom he later married, in 1989.

They owned a pair of Grotrian-Steinweg grands, which they kept in the local church of St John the Baptist in Alkborough, North Lincolnshire, which was also the venue for many of their recordings. Music Web International finding that "the recording quality is excellent" and "the piano sound is very good; rich and full with plenty of detail" and The Classical Reviewer noting that "the church acoustic allows the music to expand magnificently" Only Stephen Pritchard in a review in the Guardian said of one such recording that the acoustics were "sepulchral", and "pour[ed] some pretty cold water over some very hot music".

Personal life He was active in performing and recording until the end of his life. Founder of the Divine Art label Stephen Sutton was quoted as saying: "Until the very last week, he was writing to me about his projects, retaining an amazing level of wit and even frivolity in what must have been extremely difficult circumstances..."