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weighted MIDI keyboard controller with 'real time' recording techniques; as of 2009 her recordings in this medium number almost 900, most of them produced in collaboration with PG Music, Inc. In 1993 she released with PG the computer-based learning program "Pianist" with 215 MIDI-Sequences of classical pieces. On the PC-screen you could see a piano keyboard and the notes she played when recording each piece.
333:. In 1986 the Hungarian Minister of Culture awarded her the Ferenc Liszt Medal of Honour for "outstanding achievement" in the interpretation of Liszt's music. In 1987 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, and in 1991 was granted an Honorary Licentiate Diploma (LWCM) from the Western Ontario Conservatory of Music (now
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Tryon now broadcasts frequently for the BBC as well as for
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In 1976, Tryon became
Associate Professor of Music at McMaster University; in 1980, the post of Artist-in-Residence at McMaster was created for her. Within North America, Tryon has appeared in such cities as Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Washington, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and Los
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Government House Announcement of 29 December 2017 (Canada Gazette of 6 January 2018) "For her internationally celebrated career as a pianist and for her contributions as an educator and builder of classical music culture."
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In early 2009, Tryon was in London to record an all-Mozart disc with the LSO (for release on the APR label). The works recorded were the Piano
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423:'Chopin: A Chronological Journey' - 46 works, including Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise, op. 22; Fantasie in F minor, op. 49; Sonata no. 2, in B-flat minor, op. 35; Sonata no 3, in B minor, op. 58; Barcarolle, op. 60; Nocturnes, Waltzes, and Mazurkas. (3CDs; APR 7301; 2007)
420:'Valerie Tryon Plays Mendelssohn'- including Andante and Rondo Capriccioso, Op.14; Songs Without Words nos 1–3, 18, 25, 30, 34 & 37; Variations, Op.82; Three Fantasies or Caprices, Op.16; Variations, Op.83; Variations Serieuses, Op.54 (Appian APR 5595; 2005)
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Ballads (Margaret Price, soprano; Gerald English, tenor; James Lockhart, piano; Douglas Tate, harmonica; Valerie Tryon, piano; Cardiff Festival Players dir. James Lockhart; Argo ZRG69;
414:'A Liszt Odyssey' - including 'Am stillen Herd', 'Liebestod' from 'Tristan' (Wagner-Liszt), Faust Waltz (Gounod-Liszt), Funérailles, Concert Studies, Hungarian Rhapsodies, and Liszt's Buch der Lieder, vols. 1 and 2 (2 CDs; Appian APR 7039; 2004)
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She is well known for her interpretations of the romantics; when the BBC launched its Radio
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that resulted in 6 recording on the Dorian label from 1989 to 1994. Her 1971 performance with Isaac of
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Debussy, represents a special passion: she has twice performed this repertoire in a demanding cycle of five successive recitals.
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Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 49; Schubert: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B flat major, D 898/Op. 99 (Rembrandt Trio; Dorian Recordings; DOR-90130; 1986)
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to contemporary composers; it also includes more than sixty concertos and a significant amount of chamber music. Among modern British composers, both
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for "best classical album" in 1994. Her album "The Joy of Piano" brought a second Juno nomination in the same category the following year.
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