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christchurch , canterbury , new zealand 150px jeffrey grice yes 1954 non_vocal_instrumentalist jeffrey grice
 jeffrey grice
jeffrey grice

jeffrey grice -lrb- born 1954 -rrb- is a new zealand musician .
born in christchurch , jeffrey grice studied languages and music at university of auckland .
he then continued his piano studies in paris , obtaining the licence de concert de l'ecole normale supérieure de musique .
resident in france , jeffrey grice has performed regularly in europe and france as a soloist and chamber musician .
in 1999 he was made an `` officier de l'ordre des arts et des lettres '' by the french government for services in the field of music .
other formative influences came from a year spent in israel with enrique barenboim , and from the coaching of charles rosen and florencia raitzin-legrand .
a laureate of the yehudi menuhin foundation , the cziffra foundation and the sophia-antipolis foundation , performing regularly in europe and japan as a soloist and chamber musician , with many prominent conductors and performers .
jeffrey grice has given first performances of works by jenny mcleod -lrb- tone clock pieces -rrb- and nigel keay -lrb- the dancer leads the procession -rrb- .
he has recorded in europe for calliope , erato and integral classic and in japan for sony classical records , cosmo village and jvc .
