Michael Roll (pianist)
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Michael Roll is an English classical pianist, winner of the first Leeds International Piano Competition in 1963.
Roll, born in the UK to Viennese Jewish parents, was a child prodigy who performed on the concert platform with the City of Birmingham Orchestra at the age of ten and at the Royal Festival Hall
aged twelve under the direction of Sir Malcolm Sargent
. Roll won the Leeds Piano Competition aged only seventeen, while still a pupil at Roundhay School.
Roll is married to pianist Juliana Markova, and they have one son, Maximilian.
Roll, born in the UK to Viennese Jewish parents, was a child prodigy who performed on the concert platform with the City of Birmingham Orchestra at the age of ten and at the Royal Festival Hall
Royal Festival Hall
The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,900-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge. It is a Grade I listed building - the first post-war building to become so protected...
aged twelve under the direction of Sir Malcolm Sargent
Malcolm Sargent
Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading conductor of choral works...
. Roll won the Leeds Piano Competition aged only seventeen, while still a pupil at Roundhay School.
Roll is married to pianist Juliana Markova, and they have one son, Maximilian.