About Teacher
Gian-Franco Ricci has been a Lecturer in Piano at the University of Newcastle from 1996 to 2016, and during that time was invited by the University of Auckland (NZ) to teach as Senior Lecturer in their piano department. Dr. Ricci has over two decades of experience teaching piano at tertiary level. During that period, Gian-Franco also coordinated the piano strand, taught piano techniques and music pedagogy classes, as well as coached music ensembles. Gian-Franco’s broad range of abilities, from solo performance to designing eLearning music software, allows him to incorporate technical and interpretive skills, biomechanics, technology, and principles of sports psychology into his teaching. Born into a musical family of renowned musicians, Gian-Franco studied in the USA with many well-known pianists including, Béla SÃki, Leon Fleischer Abbey Simon and Theodore Lettvin. Dr. Ricci earned his BMus and MMus in the US and a Ph.D. from the University of Newcastle (Australia). Dr. Ricci has performed extensively in the United States, Europe, and Australia. His live broadcasts include performances for PBS in the USA as well as the ABC in Australia. His recordings include the world premiere of Yusef Lateef’s Piano Sonata on Atlantic Records, and the complete Schubert Sonatinas with his father, Ruggiero Ricci, on the violin, on the Ricci Collection label. Dr. Ricci has had many years experience as an AMEB Diploma examiner, and an adjudicator at competitions and eisteddfods. He has given many master classes in Europe and Australia, also conjointly with his wife, Natalia Ricci, a permanent staff member of the Sydney Conservatorium, with whom he runs a private studio in Crows Nest. Gian-Franco’s latest project is the development, in collaboration with Avondale College of the first fully online music pedagogy course in Australia.General Information
Working with Children : Yes
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B.Mus. (Uni of Michigan USA), M.Mus. (Uni of Massachusetts), Ph.D. (Uni of Newcastle, Australia)
Experience
15+ years
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