Richard McMahon is an English

United Kingdom

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 pianist

Pianist

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, music professor and Head of the Keyboard department of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff.
He is the musical advisor and chair of the jury for the Newport International Piano Competition and his teaching life outside RWCMD has now taken on an international dimension involving him in examining, moderating and adjudicating as well as giving masterclasses throughout the UK and overseas. Richard McMahon also regularly partners the violinist James Clark

James Clark

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, Concertmaster of the Philharmonia, giving recitals for BBC

BBC

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Radio 3 as well as performances throughout the UK.