Amir Farid (Persian: امیر فرید) is an American-born Iranian-Australian classical pianist and chamber musician based in Melbourne.
[1] He is also the pianist member of Benaud Trio[2] as well as the principal accompanist for the senior performing ensemble of the Australian Children's Choir.
Amir Farid studied with Professor Ronald Farren-Price at University of Melbourne, from 1995 until 2004 when he graduated with Honours.
Between 2003 and 2005 he attended the Australian National Academy of Music, where he worked with Geoffrey Tozer, Rita Reichman and Timothy Young.
[6] In the same year he won the Geoffrey Parsons Award,[7] the only competition in Australia that focuses entirely on the art of piano accompaniment.