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He is a pianist and arranger
born in Grand
Rapids, Michigan. He studied at the University
of Michigan and the Juilliard
School of Music with his teachers including William Bolcom
and Louis Nagel. He has performed
in concerts of every genre with artists that include Robert Guillaume,
Smokey Robinson, Mercedes Ellington and "B" for Bob in Sesame Street. His symphony appearances have been
with symphony orchestras from Detroit,
Grand
Rapids and New
Mexico, with further appearances with the
Cleveland Pops as a soloist and with the Elgin
and Dearborn Symphonies as a pops conductor. He has taught at Calvin
College, Western
Michigan University,
Aquinas College
and Grand State
University and has developed
programs for the Gilmore Keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo
as Education Director. His
wife, Stacy, is the Executive Director of the Kalamazoo Symphony and
together they have commissioned the composer Peter Boyer to write his first
piano concerto which Rich will premiere in 2007.
Richard Addinsell recordings
Warsaw Concerto
Centaur CRC 2433 (CD: Piano Pops)
Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - John Varineau
Piano - Rich Ridenour
Source:
- http://www.artra.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/artists/type/more/artistid/12
- http://www.richridenour.com/
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