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In 1987, Abercrombie and Dix founded the Mozart Singing Competition (formerly National Mozart Competition, for singers and pianists), whose patron is
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and his pupils. He then returned to the UK and became well known as a contemporary music specialist, appearing at most of the major London venues.
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He taught himself mathematics, published many research articles, gave lectures at leading universities including
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and later a distinguished writer and civil servant and General Secretary of the
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Abercrombie, Alexander G. (1994). "Subgroups and subrings of profinite rings".
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from 1963–68, and Elisabeth Abercrombie, an operatic soprano. Educated at
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
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London
Magdelen College
Arts Council
Worth
Royal College of Music
Purcell Room
Margaret Kitchin
Paris
Yvonne Loriod
Olivier Messiaen
Nikos Skalkottas
Michael Finnissy
Brian Ferneyhough
Iannis Xenakis
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji
Imperial College London
Liverpool University
number theory
Beatty sequences
probability
mezzo-soprano
Glyndebourne
répétiteur
Philip Howard
Andrew Slater
Rosa Mannion
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Alfie Boe
David Horne
Freddy Kempf

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