Education
Friend also studied subsequently at the Royal Manchester College of Music. At the Royal Academy of Music, Friend studied under the tutelage of Frederick Grinke.
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Rodney Friend
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Career
Born in Huddersfield, Friend"s father was a local tailor. He later studied with Endre Wolf, Menuhin and Szeryng. In 1975 he was invited by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra to be their Concertmaster, playing concerts and recording worldwide with Bernstein, Boulez and Mehta.
In 1991 he formed the Solomon Trio with whom he toured Europe extensively.
In 2008 the first two volumes of his books The Orchestral Violinist were published. Friend is at present an Artistic Director at Cambridge International String Academy at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He plays a violin made by Giuseppe Guarneri dated 1696.
Achievements
Membership
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to music
