Pianist Jeffrey Grice

Jeffrey Grice was born in Christchurch. Following graduating at Auckland University, he was awarded a Queen Elizabeth Arts Council grant and a French government bursary to study in France, obtaining in 1978 a Licence de Concert from the Ecole Normale Superieure de Musique de Paris.    In 1979, he moved to Israel for a year to consolidate repertoire with Enrique Barenboim (Daniel Barenboim’s father).    Other formative influence came from the guidance of American pianist Charles Rosen and the coaching of Argentinian-born pianist Florencia Raitzin-Legrand, a Laureate of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, the Cziffra Foundation, and the Sophia-Antipolis Foundation.     Jeffrey Grice has recorded extensively with several best recordings in Europe, Japan and New Zealand.    He has given concerts in France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, England, the USA, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Laos, Abu Dhabi, Malta, the Czech Republic, Morocco, Greece, Israel, Egypt, Uganda, Rumania and Canada.    His career had a stage and movie sideline. After a first brief appearance in the 1979 5-part television serial Les Dames de la Côte by Nina Companeez, he then played (though as an actor) in the 1991 prize-winning French film Un Coeur en hiver (A Heart in Winter) by Claude Sautet.    PROGRAMME     François COUPERIN  (1668 - 1733)                            La Mènetou  Les Bergeries  Les Langueurs  Tendres               Les Charmes     Karol SZYMANOVSKI                    (1882 – 1937)     9 Preludes op 1    Andante ma non troppo  Andante con moto  Andantino  Andantino con moto  Allegro molto - impetuoso  Lento - Mesto  Moderato  Andante ma non troppo    Lucien JOHNSON    4 Nocturnes     (Four extracts from THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES a ballet recently premiered by the Borderline Arts Ensemble in February 2025 at the Dunedin Arts Festival with Jeffrey Grice at the piano).    Nocturne I - Mirrors  Nocturne II - Shadow Puppets  Nocturne I - Northern Lights  Nocturne V - Lucy 3am    Interval     Frédéric CHOPIN                                            Sonata no 3 in B minor op 58    Allegro maestoso  Scherzo  Largo        Presto non tanto     Serge RACHMANINOV Transcriptions of Fritz Kreisle                                                                                 Liebesleid & Liebesfreud.