Herbert Fryer

Herbert Fryer (21 May 1877 – 7 February 1957) was an English pianist, teacher and composer.

(George) Herbert Fryer was born in Hampstead, London in 1877, the only son of three children. His father George Henry Fryer was an insurance broker. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, then went on for two years study (1893–95) under Oscar Beringer at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM). In 1894 Fryer won the Heathcote Long Prize. This was followed by four years study (1895–98) at the Royal College of Music (RCM), under Franklin Taylor.

In 1898 Fryer had some lessons with Ferruccio Busoni in Weimar. He also had some lesson with Tobias Matthay. He made his London debut on 17 November 1898, and then commenced a career as a touring recitalist as well as an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. These tours took him all over Britain and Europe, and also to many parts of Canada, the United States, Australia (including the goldfields of Western Australia) South Africa, the Far East, and India. He was also a competition adjudicator. He was said to have travelled more than any other British pianist. He gave 50 recitals in London alone, said to have been a record. The King of Norway attended his recital in Christiania.

He played at the Proms on six occasions from 1901 to 1918, playing such works as Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Concert Fantasia, and Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2. No doubt his knowledge of the Brahms was informed by the fact that his teacher Oscar Beringer had given the British premiere of the work in 1882.

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