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| Sunday | 01 Jan 1956 | UK, Harriet Cohen Award “for outstanding artistry in performance” | |
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| Saturday | 21 Jan 1956 | UK, London; Rohan auditioned to be soloist for the National Youth Orchestra. He tied first place with the pianist John Ogden. It was left to the conductor Jean Martinon to decide whether he would prefer a piano or cello concerto in his next concert programme. | |
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| Tuesday | 24 Jan 1956 | UK, London, at the house of Jane Birdwood; performance for Lady Ravensdale | |
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| Friday | 27 Jan 1956 | UK, BBC Radio Meet The Commonwealth “Commonwealth Calling” | |
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| Sunday | 29 Jan 1956 | UK, Oxford | |
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| Tuesday | 31 Jan 1956 | UK, London, concert at the home of Adila Fachiri. Rohan played for the impressario Shavoux, with Adila hoping there would be the possibility of arranging a Wigmore Hall recital for Rohan. | |
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| Friday | 03 Feb 1956 | UK, Oxford; with unknown pianist | |
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| Monday | 27 Feb 1956 | Italy till 23/03, Milan, Florence and other cities. | |
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| Sunday | 25 Mar 1956 | UK, London; Rohan aged 17. Rohan met Robert Mayer who organised “Robert Mayer's Children's Concerts” to discuss a possible concert on March 9 1957. | |
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| Wednesday | 11 Apr 1956 | UK, London, Royal Festival Hall in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal. Rohan received five curtain calls. Reviewed on pages 25 and 38 of the booklet London Musical Events - July 1956 where Rohan is on the front cover. | |
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| 11 April 1956: UK, London, Royal Festival Hall in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal. Rohan received five curtain calls. Reviewed on pages 25 and 38 of the booklet London Musical Events - July 1956 where Rohan is on the front cover. |
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| Joseph Haydn (website) | Concerto in D major | | National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Jean Martinon (conductor) |
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| Thursday | 12 Apr 1956 | UK, London, The Cavalry Club | |
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| Thursday | 26 Apr 1956 | UK, London, concert at the home of Adila Fachiri | |
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| Friday | 27 Apr 1956 | UK, London. Rohan played the Schuman Cello Concerto in A minor for Sir Adrian Boult. | |
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| Wednesday | 13 Jun 1956 | UK, BBC TV Music For You. With other artists including the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Rohan besieged next day by fifty people at the railway station | |
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| Tuesday | 19 Jun 1956 | UK, Bournemouth. Rohan auditioned as soloist for the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Groves for a possible concert next year. | |
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| Wednesday | 20 Jun 1956 | UK, Oxford, Lena and Marga Deneke offered their home in Oxford to Rohan should he ever come to live in the UK. | |
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| Friday | 20 Jul 1956 | UK, BBC Home Service recital. | |
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| 20 July 1956: UK, BBC Home Service recital. |
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| Unknown | Unknown Items | | Gordon Honey (baritone) | | Robert Sutherland (piano) | | Stewart Nash (piano) |
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| Monday | 23 Jul 1956 | UK, London; St James’s Palace State Apartments, London, by gracious permission of HM The Queen, in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal | |
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| 23 July 1956: UK, London; St James’s Palace State Apartments, London, by gracious permission of HM The Queen, in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal |
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| Joseph Haydn (website) | Concerto in D major | | Royal Amateur Orchestral Society, Arthur Davison (conductor) |
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| Wednesday | 25 Jul 1956 | UK, London, RAM. Rohan auditioned for the Suggia Award, organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain. | |
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| Friday | 27 Jul 1956 | Switzerland, Basel. Rohan played for the Swiss Radio in Basel. The composer Conrad Beck was the Musical Director at that time. | |
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| Monday | 30 Jul 1956 | Italy, Florence till 16/08, studying Grieg's Cello Sonata, Beethoven's Cello Sonatas and Elgar's Cello Concerto with Cassadó. | |
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| Friday | 17 Aug 1956 | Italy, Siena, Accademia Chigiana till mid-September, studying with both André Navarra and Cassad&aoacute; at this time. | |
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| Wednesday | 05 Sep 1956 | Italy, Siena, Accademia Chigiana | |
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| Saturday | 15 Sep 1956 | Switzerland, Radio Basel | |
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| Tuesday | 18 Sep 1956 | Switzerland, Basel; Konzertagentur Gertrudis Beyer-Hané, Grosser Saal der Musik Academie | |
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| Sunday | 00 Oct 1956 | Italy, Floroence; further studies with Cassadó | |
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| Saturday | 10 Nov 1956 | Italy till 25th; Italian tour organised by Mrs. Erede Moresco for Gioventù Musicale d'Italia. Towns included Sarzana and the final concert on 25th November in Teatro Lirico, Milan. | |
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| Friday | 00 Dec 1956 | Return to Ceylon | |
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