In February and March 2017 Jack Richards sponsored a series of New Zealand concerts by EDITH FISCHER – pianist and protégé of Claudio Arrau and Founder and Artistic Director of Semaine Internationale de Piano et Musique de Chambre, Blonay, Switzerland, and her husband JORGE PEPI-ALOS – pianist and composer Professor at the University of Chile, Santiago. Their visit included a piano recital for four-hands as part of the Tiromoana Summer Concert Series (held in Jack and Won Gyu Moon’s New Zealand summer residence) as well as a recital as part of the Creative New Zealand/Jack C Richards Composer in Residence Program at Victoria University, Wellington.
In the photo Jack is seen with Edith and Jorge following their Christchurch recital, and together with Christchurch pianist Tony Chen Lin, who accompanied the musicians on their New Zealand tour.
“A bit of excitement” is how Gisborne art collector and philanthropist Jack Richards described his terrifying experience of the magnitude 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake in his Wellington apartment...
Two students who received Jack C Richards scholarships to support their graduate studies graduated from the National University of Singapore in July 26 2016.
Ao Ran (Ph.D) and Miller Perez (MA, Applied Linguistics)
Eloise Wallace, the director of Tairāwhiti Museum, talks about the Jack C Richards Decorative Arts Gallery in a post on the museum’s blog entitled Appealing objects – decorative arts at Tairāwhiti Museum.
Cambridge University Press plan to publish the 5th edition of the Interchange series in 2017.
The 5th edition will have substantial new content and design and reflect feedback from focus groups conducted in the primary markets for the series.
Taiwanese-born pianist Ting Chia Hsu 
– currently studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music – has won first prize in the International Piano Competition Teresa Llacuna in Valence France, held in April 2014.
His participation in the competition was sponsored by Jack Richards.
Professor Richards talked about some of the changes in teaching and publishing that are taking place as a result of increased use of technology at the Annual International IATEFL Conference & Exhibition in Birmingham.
Dr. Richards talks about his life and career in Volume 31-02 of the English Australia
Journal in 10 Questions for Jack C. Richards
You’d be hard pressed to find anyone in ELT with the depth and range of experience of
this month’s interviewee. Jack C. Richards is a homegrown talent, born in New Zealand, and in his more than 40 years in the industry, he has taught and presented in numerous countries, including Canada, Singapore and Hong Kong, and has written over 150 articles and books…
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