Trevor Barnard

Trevor John Barnard (born 3 January 1938) is a British-born Australian pianist and teacher.

Life and career Trevor John Barnard was born in London in 1938. He entered the Royal Academy of Music at a young age, followed by private study with Herbert Fryer, a student of Tobias Matthay and Ferruccio Busoni. He later won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music and then studied intensively with Harold Craxton.

Barnard appeared as soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and various BBC orchestras. He had earlier played it under Arthur Dennington in 1958. Neglected Areas of Piano Teaching (2008) Several pedagogical papers for the former US refereed keyboard journal Clavier and its successor Clavier Companion.

In 1999, Barnard fulfilled a long-held ambition to also record Bliss's Piano Sonata, written in 1952 for the Australian pianist Noel Mewton-Wood, who had impressed Bliss greatly with his playing and recording of the Piano Concerto.

There is also the first commercial recording (1999) of Ferruccio Busoni's 24 Preludes in all the major and minor keys, Op. 37. and contain a number of world premiere recordings.

Barnard also contributed to an album displaying the artistry of the saxophonist Peter Clinch.