Michael Houstoun

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Michael Houstoun (20 October 1952 —) is a concert pianist from New Zealand.

Born and educated in Timaru, Houstoun studied piano under Sister Mary Eulalie and Maurice Till in Dunedin and Christchurch. Having won every New Zealand piano competition and award as a teenager, he then travelled and entered three major international competitions: Van Cliburn (1973, 3rd place), Leeds (1975, 4th place) and Tchaikovsky (1982, 6th)

Houstoun returned to live in New Zealand in 1981 and regularly plays with New Zealand's professional music ensembles as well as solo recitals and recording. In the 1990's he performed and recorded the complete Beethoven sonata cycle, and collaborated with Tainui Stephens on a television documentary about Franz Liszt entitled Icon in B minor.

in 1999, Houstoun received an honorary doctorate in literature from Massey University

[edit] External links

• Michael Houstoun's personal website
• Houstoun's management site