Piano Duets: American Composers

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Michael Aston held an Exhibition for music at Cambridge University. After a short career in the Civil Service he moved to Leeds in 1979 and began a career as a freelance musician. A pianist specializing in accompaniment and piano duos he taught piano and became involved in continuing education presenting courses for the universities of Manchester Nottingham and Cambridge. He is a lifelong enthusiast for the music of William Walton and has lectured widely on the subject and visited the Walton estate in Italy. He has written about Walton for Classical Music magazine and edited a volume of the William Walton Edition published by Oxford University Press. He is the compiler of five volumes of piano duets published by OUP.