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JAMES DICK is recognized as one of the truly important pianists of his generation.

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James Dick

Recognized as one of the truly important pianists of his generation, James Dick’s early triumphs as top prizewinner in the Tchaikovsky, Busoni and Leventritt International Competitions were a mere prelude to an eminent career. Acclaimed recitals and concerto performances in the world’s premier concert halls include New York’s Carnegie Hall, Town Hall and 92nd Street “Y”, London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Kennedy Center and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, the Rudolphinum in Prague, Victoria Hall in Singapore. He continues his successful performing career nationally and internationally.

His many honors include: Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture, 2003 Texas State Musician, International Sterling Patron of the Mu Phi Epsilon Fraternity, 2007 Arts Champion of the Arts Council of the Brazos Valley and Texas Lyceum 2007 Stewardship of Texas Value Award.

James Dick remains committed to music education. In 1971, he established The International Festival-Institute at Round Top. This educati

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James Dick, Piano

Dmitry ShostakovichPiano Quintet in g minor, op. 5705/21/2009Sergei RachmaninovRhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 (Variation 18)08/20/2009Sergei RachmaninovRhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, in a minor, opus 4305/21/2009Gabriel FauréPiano Quintet No. 1 in d minor, Op. 8905/21/2009Camille Saint-SaënsPiano Concerto No. 2 in g minor, Op. 2205/21/2009Ludwig van BeethovenConcerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4, Op. 58 (Rondo Vivace)08/20/2009Ludwig van BeethovenPiano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 7305/21/2009Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPiano Concerto No. 1 in b-flat minor, Op. 2305/21/2009Samuel BarberConcerto for Piano and Orchestra (Canzone)08/19/2009

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James “Dick” Richards overcame the loss of his parents at an early age and a childhood of poverty in his native Jamaica to become one of Bermuda’s richest black men.

He was reportedly the first black person in Bermuda to have a hotel licence and was the Island’s oldest bar owner at the time of his death. The Canadian Hotel, a hotel turned boarding house on Reid Street, Hamilton, was the business enterprise he was mostly identified with, and the most notable of the properties he amassed.

A colourful personality, he died at age 92 while playing cards with friends at the Canadian Hotel.

Richards had seen active service in Africa before he was posted to Bermuda in 1903 with the Third Battalion of the West India (Indies) Regiment. The soldiers were called ‘Bully Roosters’ because of their colourful costumes.

Initiative

Born near Black River, in the parish of St. Elizabeth in Jamaica, Richards lost both parents at very early age. It forced him to rely on his own initiative to make his way through life, he later said.

In 1887, at the age of 15, he left home t