Myers Foggin (23 December 1908 – 1986) was an English concert pianist and conductor. Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. He studied at the

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from 19271932. His teachers included the composer York Bowen.

Professional career

Soon after completion of his studies, Foggin was appointed Professor of Pianoforte at the Royal Academy (1936–49), later also holding the post of Director of Opera (1948–65). He was Warden of the Royal Academy from 194965. Foggin's international concert pianist career included appearances in

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and

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. He appeared frequently in concert in the United Kingdom, and he made several recordings as a pianist for Decca. These include

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's ''Clarinet Sonata in F major, Op. 129'' with Frederick Thurston, to whom Stanford rededicated the work, Brahms’ ''Sonata in E flat major, Op. 120, No. 2'' for clarinet and piano (also with Thurston), and Brahms' ''Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano, Op. 91'', in which he and the viola virtuoso Max Gilbert, a colleague at the Royal Academy, accompanied the Liverpool-born contralto Nancy Evans. Together with Watson Forbes (viola) he recorded two works by Richard Henry Walthew (18721951) – the ''Sonata in D for Viola and Piano'' and ''A Mosaic in Four Parts''. He accompanied the Russian tenor

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on a Parlophone album of songs by Mussorgsky released in late 1934. Foggin undertook a tour of

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in September 1946 together with the cellist David Ffrangcon-Thomas performing cello sonatas by British and Czech composers. During the tour he also broadcast a specially arranged programme of British piano works from Prague. Foggin was guest conductor of several leading Italian orchestras in addition to holding several appointments in the UK, where he conducted the People's Palace Choral Society (1936–49) and Croydon Philharmonic Society (1957–73), and he was musical director at the Toynbee Hall from 194649. He was appointed Principal of

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and was Chairman of the

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from 1968 and President of the National Federation of Music Societies from 196772. Foggin was guest conductor with the Carl Rosa Opera, Sadler's Wells Opera and the

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. He was awarded a

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, and died in

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in 1986.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Foggin, Myers 1908 births 1986 deaths English conductors (music) British male conductors (music) English classical pianists British male classical pianists 20th-century British conductors (music) 20th-century British classical pianists 20th-century English musicians 20th-century British male musicians Chairpersons of the Royal Philharmonic Society