Rae de Lisle

Rae de Lisle (born 1947) is a New Zealand pianist and music educator.

De Lisle attended Wellington East Girls' College then studied at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1967 she won the Auckland Star Piano Competition.

De Lisle was awarded a scholarship from the New Zealand Arts Council. She went to London for eight years, including four years studying at the Guildhall School of Music. While in London she won the Sheriff’s Piano Prize, the Victor Hoddy Memorial Prize and the Jubilee Scholarship. She won the Mobil Award for best classical recording in 1990. She changed her focus to teaching and investigating performance-related injury prevention in musicians. and is well-known for her remedial work with pianists recovering from injury. This led to publication in 2018 of an interactive book of exercises for piano technique.

Personal life De Lisle is married to broadcaster Bill McCarthy. They met in 1975 when he interviewed her for a television programme while she was on a brief trip back to New Zealand, and married in 1977. The couple have two daughters.