Dr. John Rink

Biography

John Rink is an Emeritus Professor of Music at the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of St John's College. He studied at Princeton University, King's College London, and the University of Cambridge, focusing his doctoral research on the evolution of tonal structure in Chopin's early music and its relation to improvisation. Rink's expertise encompasses performance studies, nineteenth-century music (with a particular emphasis on Chopin), theory, analysis, and digital musicology. He has authored monographs such as 'Chopin: Piano Concertos' (1997) and 'Annotated Catalogue of Chopin's Editions' (2010), and has edited significant volumes including 'Practice and Performance: Studies in Musical Interpretation' (1995) and 'Chopin Studies 2' (1994). His research has culminated in roles such as Director of the £2.1 million AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice. An active participant in international musicology, Rink has served as an editor for major journals and has been involved with various esteemed academic bodies. His research interests include improvisation, digital musicology, and the performance practices of composers such as Chopin, Liszt, and Brahms. Notably, he played a key role in developing collaborative research projects that bridge cultural and historical perspectives on music performance.

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