Frank Anderson Tyrer (17 November 1891 – 16 December 1962) was an English concert pianist, composer and first conductor of New Zealand's National Orchestra.
[citation needed] He made his debut at a Promenade concert under Thomas Beecham in 1919, playing the Rachmaninoff second concerto.
Over the next four years he gave a series of orchestral concerts in the Queen's Hall, London, playing concerti by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Arensky, Liszt and Mackenzie.
[citation needed] He toured Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa as a performer, conductor and musical examiner.
[1] In 1940 he became conductor of the New Zealand Centennial Music Festival Orchestra which played concerts in several cities between May and June.