21. Letters To The Editor - August, 2001 I am trying to find info on a concert pianist from Germany named Ellie Nye the master classes of edwin fischer at the Stern Conservatory of Potsdam. http://www.pianowomen.com/letters0801.html

22. Edwin Fischer At Basic Music edwin fischer was a Swiss classical pianist and conductor. He is widely regardedas one of the great pianists of the 20th century, particularly in the http://basicmusic.net/MusicianDisplay.php/musn/2462

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23. EDWIN FISCHER  Public Performances And Broadcasts edwin fischer Public Performances and Broadcasts, 19431953 The Cantor ofLeipzig was fischer s specialty, both as a pianist and as a conductor, http://classicalcdreview.com/efma.htm

EDWIN FISCHER Public Performances and Broadcasts, 1943-1953 The program essay by Farhan Malik that accompanies these six discs (for the price of four) states straightaway that "the 1880s saw the birth of three pianists who were to become indelibly associated with the core German piano literature: Wilhelm Backhaus (1882), Artur Schnabel (1884) and Edwin Fischer, who was born in Basel [Switzerland] on 6 October 1886." No mention, though, of their stellar colleague, Artur Rubinstein seven months older than Fischer - who was one of of the great"Chopianists" of all time, yet played much of the same repertoire, often as well and sometimes better. The lone exception in his case was Bach der Vater, but then neither Backhaus nor Schnabel were Bach-specialists. The Cantor of Leipzig was Fischer's specialty, both as a pianist and as a conductor, here of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. But this is 19th-century Bach, be cautioned, on a grand piano, recurringly with a heavy touch and sometimes a sobriety verging on didacticism. Fischer also led the Berlin Philharmonic in a 1943 performance of Beethoven's C major Concerto (officially No. 1, actually No. 2) but disfigured it with his outrÈ After the war, on a distinguished but short-lived series of HMV LPs issued in the U.S. by RCA, Fischer was soloist in a powerfully solemn "Emperor" Concerto with Furtw”ngler and the Philharmonia Orchestra, as well as soloist on two LPs of Mozart Concertos conducting "his" orchestra: Nos, 17, 20, 22, 24 and 25. There were also Schubert's

24. MusicMoz - Instruments: Keyboard: Piano: Bands And Artists: F fischer, edwin (18861960) - Excerpts from pianist Alfred Brendel s essay on hisswiss piano teacher. Folk, Peter - Composer, graduate at Prague AMU, http://musicmoz.org/Instruments/Keyboard/Piano/Bands_and_Artists/F/

Editor login Link Feedback Submit Item ... About Search Whole Directory free-text band or artist name song title album This Category free-text Advanced Search Top Instruments Keyboard ... Bands and Artists Subcategories: Finn, Tim Links: Fanning, Diana - Includes discography, biography, repertory, reviews, recordings with audio samples and current tour schedule. Feghali, Jos© - Brazil-born pianist, living in Texas; biography, reviews, discography, news and more. Ffrench, Alexis Alexander (b.1970) - Concerto performer, recitalist and leading exponent of solo improvised concerts; mp3 audio samples. Fialkowska, Janina - Website of Canadian-American concert pianist Janina Fialkowska. Includes biography, discography, repertoire and contact information. Fiorentino, Sergio (1927-1998) - Biography; discography; pictures; MP3 samples. Fischer, Edwin (1886-1960) - Excerpts from pianist Alfred Brendel's essay on his swiss piano teacher. Folk, Peter - Composer, graduate at Prague AMU, pianist and teacher. Friends of Richter and Gilels, The - Contact information for society devoted to pianists Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels. This category needs an editor This category incorporates modified data from the Open Directory Project.

25. Piano Pedagogy Forum Salmon is also active as a jazz pianist, performs regularly with the jazz quintet It is daunting for me to consider that Lili Kraus, edwin fischer, and, http://www.music.sc.edu/ea/keyboard/PPF/3.1/3.1.PPFka.html

PIANO PEDAGOGY FORUM v. 3, no. 1/January 1, 2000 KEYNOTE ADDRESS John Salmon John Salmon School of Music University of North Carolina-Greensboro Greensboro, NC 27412 jcsalmon@uncg.edu Adding Notes: A Reflection on Interpretive Freedom by John Salmon Several battle cries for interpretive freedom have converged in my mind recently: John Perry, speaking to an audience at last year's Music Teachers National Association convention in Los Angeles, exhorted pianists to view the Urtext as only the beginning of the interpretive process; without creativity, Perry argued, no score, however "definitive," will ever come to life in performance. Robert Weirich, speaking to the same group in Los Angeles, urged us to consider "the spirit of improvisation" that caused such works as Beethoven's "Rage Over the Lost Penny" and Mozart's Adagio in B Minor, K. 540, to come to life, even accepting (if not demonstrating at that moment) the esthetic legitimacy of spontaneous note-changing. William Westney, in the August/September 1999 issue of American Music Teacher , warns against the perils of perfectionism, stressing beauty as the true goal of practice and performance. Robert Levin, at a 92nd Street Y gathering, defended ornamentation in Schubert.

26. Pianist: Definition And Much More From Answers.com A performing classical pianist usually starts playing piano at a very young age, Vladimir Feltsman; Annie fischer; edwin fischer Leon Fleisher http://www.answers.com/topic/pianist

showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Health ... More... On this page: Dictionary WordNet Wikipedia Translations Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping pianist Dictionary pi·an·ist pē-ăn ĭst, pē ə-nĭst n. One who plays the piano. WordNet Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words. The noun pianist has one meaning: Meaning #1 a person who plays the piano Synonym: piano player Wikipedia pianist This article deals with those who play the piano. For other uses, see pianist (disambiguation) A pianist is a person who plays the piano A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an orchestra or smaller ensemble , or accompany one or more singers or solo instrumentalists A performing classical pianist usually starts playing piano at a very young age, some as early as three years old. Many well-known classical composers were able pianists themselves; for example, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig van Beethoven Franz Liszt Johannes Brahms ... Robert Schumann , and Sergei Rachmaninoff were all virtuoso pianists. Most pianists specialize in certain composer(s)'s music or a certain period to some extent.

27. Alfred Brendel: Information From Answers.com Brendel (born January 5 , 1931 ) is an Austrian pianist , born in Czechoslovakia . As well as his old teacher, edwin fischer, he cites Alfred Cortot, http://www.answers.com/topic/alfred-brendel

showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Health ... More... On this page: Wikipedia Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Alfred Brendel Wikipedia Alfred Brendel Alfred Brendel Alfred Brendel (born January 5 ) is an Austrian pianist , born in Czechoslovakia . He is widely regarded as one of the great classical pianists of the second half of the 20th century Brendel was born in V­zmberk (now Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic ) into a non-musical family. They moved to Zagreb when Brendel was six, and later to Graz . They lived there during World War II , towards the end of which the fourteen year old Brendel was sent to Yugoslavia to dig trenches. However, he caught frostbite and was taken to hospital. Throughout his childhood, Brendel had occasional piano lessons, but otherwise little formal music education. After the war, Brendel composed music, as well as continuing to play the piano and paint . He never had any more formal piano lessons, however, and although he did attend masterclasses with Edwin Fischer and Eduard Steuermann , he is largely self-taught.

28. Pianist -- Facts, Info, And Encyclopedia Article A pianist is a person who plays the (A stringed instrument that is played by (Click link for more info and facts about edwin fischer) edwin fischer http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/p/pi/pianist.htm

Pianist [Categories: Pianists] This article deals with those who play the piano. For other uses, see (Click link for more info and facts about pianist (disambiguation)) pianist (disambiguation) A pianist is a person who plays the (A stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds) piano A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an (A musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players) orchestra or smaller (A group of musicians playing or singing together) ensemble , or accompany one or more (A person who sings) singer s or solo (Someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)) instrumentalist s. A performing (Click link for more info and facts about classical) classical pianist usually starts playing piano at a very young age, some as early as three years old. Many well-known classical (Someone who composes music as a profession) composer s were able pianists themselves; for example, (Prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy; master of the classical style in all its forms of his time (1756-1791))

29. The New York Review Of Books: PIANO PORTRAIT the true Chopin pianist needed to be a Chopin specialist. liked to listento (Cortot, edwin fischer, Kempff) stood out in beauty and variety. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/16503

@import "/css/default.css"; Home Your account Current issue Archives ... Email to a friend Letter PIANO PORTRAIT By Alfred Brendel In response to Piano Portraits June 12, 2003 To the Editors When Michael Kimmelman ["Piano Portraits," NYR , June 12] states that I "rejected Chopin," this could be misunderstood. I have always admired this piano composer par excellence, whose twenty-four preludes remain, in my piano universe, one of the most sublime constellations. As I have often explained, I decided against playing Chopin because it seemed to me that, unlike the player of a wider Central European repertory, the true Chopin pianist needed to be a Chopin specialist. Since my younger years, things have changed. The Chopin specialist is out, and the master, instead of being treated as a bird of paradise, has been incorporated into the mainstream of performance. Incidentally, the sound of the pianists I particularly liked to listen to (Cortot, Edwin Fischer, Kempff) stood out in beauty and variety. I never advocated "austerity" unless the character of the music required it. Some American critics, in the past, used to call my playing percussive, dry, or didactic. Perhaps Europeans had different eardrums. May I invite Mr. Kimmelman to take me at my word when I say that I am still puzzled by success, and that the relatively slow pace of my career has left me largely unruffled. As far as I know myself, I am not a poseur, and the irony is that of circumstances. I have been ambitious as a musician but not deeply impatient as a practitioner of the concert trade. The fact that I managed to acquire some esteem fills me with amused, and slightly incredulous, pleasure.

30. The New York Review Of Books: On Mozart: An Interview With Alfred Brendel The following is drawn from conversations between the pianist Alfred Brendel and edwin fischer and Wanda Landowska were considerably more courageous. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/15736

@import "/css/default.css"; Home Your account Current issue Archives ... Email to a friend Feature On Mozart: An Interview with Alfred Brendel By Martin Meyer , Translated from the German by Richard Stokes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (click for larger image) The following is drawn from conversations between the pianist Alfred Brendel and the Swiss writer Martin Meyer, to be published in October. Martin Meyer : You see Mozart to a considerable extent as a composer of form. Could it not be that Mozart's strict sense of form is obscured for the public at large by his wonderful melodies, his so-called "sweetness"? Alfred Brendel MM : Astonishing for such an intelligent composer. AB Don Giovanni MM : When did you yourself discover the dark side of Mozart's genius? Was it clear from the moment you began to devote yourself to Mozart? AB Mozart , there is a tendency toward simplicity or simplification which may sometimes sound tired. The question then arises as to whether there are perhaps weaker works by Mozart, and whether one dares to talk about them. In this respect I am always very cautious, and proceed from the principle that if we have something to criticize in the work of a master, it is our fault rather than his. Nonetheless I'd like to say that some late Mozart, for example the Sarastro music in The Magic Flute , sounds rather anonymous. Mozart clearly did not feel at home in the world of institutionalized virtue.

31. NEC Faculty: Veronica Jochum The daughter of eminent conductor Eugen Jochum (190287), pianist Veronica A former student of piano legends Josef Benvenuti, edwin fischer and Rudolf http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/faculty/jochumV.html

Faculty Performance Opportunities Life in Boston Apply to NEC ... Finance Your Education Veronica Jochum Piano The daughter of eminent conductor Eugen Jochum (1902-87), pianist Veronica Jochum has been associated with musical greatness since her early childhood. A former student of piano legends Josef Benvenuti, Edwin Fischer and Rudolf Serkin (who invited her to study with him in America), she has performed music ranging from Bach to contemporary in more than 50 countries, collaborating with many of the world's premier orchestras, conductors, musicians and labels. A pianist critics have called "an institution at the piano" ( Leipziger Volkszeitung ), "a splendid pianist" ( New York Times ), and "a commanding artist" ( Los Angeles Times ), Ms. Jochum has passed on the lessons of her mentors, and the experience of her esteemed career, as a longtime educator on the piano faculty at New England Conservatory (NEC). The widow of the late architect and Harvard University professor Willo von Moltke, and sister-in-law to the famous Nazi resistance figures Freya von Moltke and the late Helmuth James von Moltke, Ms. Jochum is spending much of her current career performing music and supporting causes related to the promotion of peace, reconciliation, and liberation from oppression. She works with a variety of organizations and recently performed selections from Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time at the site of Stalag 8-A, the Nazi prison camp where it was written and premiered during the composer's captivity there. In 1994, Ms. Jochum was recognized by the president of her native Germany with the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (or Bundesverdienstkreuz) for her embodiment of the highest traditions of German culture.

32. NEC Pianist Veronica Jochum Premieres First-ever Golijov Piano Work At Recital O Composerpianist John McDonald composed two birthday pieces for Jochum in 2000, is a former student of Josef Benvenuti, edwin fischer and Rudolf Serkin. http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/newsHightlights/2004/jochum_golijov.html

NEC Update NEC in the Media Press Releases Press Kit For Immediate Release: September 22, 2004 NEC Pianist Veronica Jochum premieres First-ever Golijov Piano Work at Recital October 17 in Jordan Hall New Music Also Includes John McDonald's Zwei Jochums , Op. 350 New England Conservatory piano faculty Veronica Jochum will present two world premieres by Osvaldo Golijov and John McDonald at her recital, Veronica Jochum and Friends , October 17 at 8 p.m. in NEC's Jordan Hall. Along with the new pieces, she will perform works of Bach, Brahms, and Frank Martin, assisted by current NEC faculty, students, and extended family. Argentine-Jewish composer Osvaldo Golijov has written his first piano work, Le vante: Fantasy on a Chorus from the St. Mark Passion, especially for Jochum. Based on the eleventh section of the 2001 Passiona setting of the story of Judas offering to betray Jesus for silver coinsthe piece is fired by Latin American dance rhythms. The composer has compared the section to a raucous Cuban meal in which a drunken priest relates the biblical narrative. Interestingly, in the process of transcription to piano, the music morphed from Cuban rhythms to tango, Jochum says. Daughter of the eminent conductor Eugen Jochum, the Berlin-born Veronica Jochum is a former student of Josef Benvenuti, Edwin Fischer and Rudolf Serkin. She has performed in more than 50 countries, collaborating with artists such as Sir Colin Davis, the Berlin Philharmonic Quartet, and Gunther Schuller. Among orchestras she has played with are the Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra. She has served on the NEC faculty since 1965.

33. Nimbus Records, Grand Piano, NI 8806, Brahms - Booklet Note Harold Bauer, Wilhelm Backhaus, edwin fischer, Carl Friedberg, Myra Hess, fischer was a monumental pianist, who suffered from nervous tension but who http://www.wyastone.co.uk/nrl/gpiano/8806c.html

Brahms Harold Bauer, Wilhelm Backhaus, Edwin Fischer, Carl Friedberg, Myra Hess, Artur Rubinstein by David Dubal Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), the great master from Hamburg, was deeply grounded in piano technique by Eduard Marxsen, Hamburg's leading teacher and a formidable pianist. Brahms made his debut as a pianist at the age of fourteen, and continued to play periodically in public. In his earlier years he performed a massive literature, including the Beethoven Eroica and Diabelli Variations, Bach's Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, Schumann's Fantasy and Sonatas (giving the premiere of Schumann's F minor Sonata, Op. 14 in 1863). He also gave the world premieres of his own D minor and B flat major Piano Concerti. All of Brahms' piano music makes considerable demands on the player. Very little of it can be called conventionally 'easy' to play, most of it is extremely difficult, and the pianism is awkward and often jolting, not because of lack of pianistic skill, but because of his dense musical demands and unusual hand placement. Brahms is ever the contrapuntist and his cross-rhythms and endlessly inventive positioning of arpeggio figurations deep into bass territory make his music difficult to memorise. This disc presents Brahms throughout his career from the Sonata in F minor, composed when he was 20, to the samples of his late music which he called "the cradle songs of my old age." Sending them one by one to his beloved Clara Schumann, he told her that "an audience of even one is too many."

34. Pianist Conrad Hansen And The Remington Story edwin fischer, who had a busy concert schedule, asked Conrad to be his assistantand teach fischer s students when he was on tour. http://www.soundfountain.com/remhansen.html

LP LIST THE REMINGTON SITE 7" RECORD GALLERY BACK Conrad Hansen (1906 - 2002) Tchaikovsky's 1st Concerto on the Czech Ultraphon 78RPM label Wilhelm Furtwaengler conducting in the Old Philharmonic Hall (Alte Philharmonie) which was destroyed in 1944. (Picture taken from the Unicorn release of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 'Choral' - UNI. 100/101.). The Masterseal release of Tchaikovsky's Op. 23. Conrad Hansen was born on the 24th of November 1906, in Lippstadt in Westphalia. In 1920 he came to Berlin to study and two years later was accepted as a student of the great Edwin Fischer, untill 1930. Edwin Fischer, who had a busy concert schedule, asked Conrad to be his assistant and teach Fischer's students when he was on tour. So from 1935 on Hansen taught at the Berlin Municipal Conservatory (Berliner Musikhochschule, formerly Sternsches Konservatorium). After a very successful concert performance in 1940, commemorating Tchaikovsky's 100th birthday (April 25th), he was asked to record the Piano Concerto Op. 23 with

35. Jörg/Joerg/Jorg Demus: His Early Recordings For Remington Records: Bach, Beetho warm and caressing, characteristics that are especially attractive in such ayoung pianist. He studied piano with edwin fischer, Walter Gieseking, http://www.soundfountain.com/remdemus.html

LP LIST THE REMINGTON SITE 7" RECORD GALLERY BACK R-199-39: Schubert Piano Sonata in B flat Opus posthumous. Franz Schubert revisited: Moments Musicaux and Impromptus on Deutsche Grammophon 139 310. On the contrary. His performances take the listener far beyond the score. He transcends the music, dematerializes it, while touching the inner core of the composition, the essence, all shells having been peeled off. No wonder Warren Demotte characterized the Remington record of the Schubert Sonata Opus posthume as: "Demus is in excellent form, technically and interpretively; it is a pleasure to aknowledge the maturity of his playing. This is one of Remington's best records." And about the Chopin Balades he wrote: "Demus promises much for the future in his sensitive performances of the Third and Fourth Balades." About the Beethoven Sonatas: "Demus, in his early twenties, has astonishing poetic maturity." Demotte on Schubert's Moments Musicaux: "Demus's playing is warm and caressing, characteristics that are especially attractive in such a young pianist."

36. Edwin Fischer Biography edwin fischer biography and related resources. He first came to prominenceas a pianist following World War I. In 1926 he became conductor of the Lübeck http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Fischer_Edwin.html

Biography Base Home Link To Us Search Biographies: Browse Biographies A B C D ... Z Edwin Fischer Biography Edwin Fischer (October 6, 1886 - January 24, 1960) was a Swiss classical pianist and conductor. He is widely regarded as one of the great pianists of the 20th century, particularly in the traditional Germanic repertoire of such composers as Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert. He is also regarded as one of the finest piano teachers of modern times. Fischer was born in Basel and studied music first there, and later in Berlin. He first came to prominence as a pianist following World War I. In 1926 he became conductor of the Lübeck Musikverein, Lübeck and later conducted in Munich. In 1932 he formed his own chamber orchestra, and was one of the first to be interested in presenting music of the baroque in an historically accurate way. Though his performances were not particularly historically accurate when compared to similar performances today, he did conduct concertos by the likes of Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from the keyboard, which at the time was most unusual. In 1932 he returned once again to Berlin, succeeding Artur Schnabel in a teaching role at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik. In 1942 he moved back to Switzerland, temporarily putting his career on hold through World War II. Following the war, he began to perform again, as well as giving masterclasses in Lucerne, which were attended by a number of later prominent pianists, Alfred Brendel and Daniel Barenboim among them.

37. PIANO SONATAS MAIN_G fischer, edwin, Ludwig van Beethovens Klaviersonaten, Insel Verlag, Wiesbaden, The great pianist that I was able to hear, for myself and also meet and http://www.raptusassociation.org/sonmuskriteinle.html

BEETHOVEN'S PIANO SONATAS AN INTRODUCTORY COMMENT ON THE MUSIC CRITICISM OFFERED HERE Beethoven at the Piano As lay people, we can find expert comments on the works of classical music in books, periodical publications and in CD brochure comments. These may be rendered from a variety of viewpoints: from that of the biographer, that of the musicologist, that of the music critic or that of the active musician. Here, with respect to Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas, first of all, I want to list the relevant literature that I found in the bibliographical listings of the books I consulted in creating this section. Besides Thayer's standard biography, the authors I consulted are, in alphabetical order: Barry Cooper (Beethoven: 2000), Joachim Kaiser (Die 32 Klaviersonaten Beethovens und ihre Interpreten: 1975), William Kinderman (Beethoven: 1995) und Maynard Solomon (Beethoven: 1977 und 1998). The following list is arranged in the alphabetical order of the authors of the works I found and lists the titles of the works written by them, particulars with respect to each publication and by what above-noted authors they have been listed in their respective bibliographical sections. Autor Title Particulars with respect to the Publication Mentioned by: Badura-Skoda, Paul

38. PIANO SONATAS MAIN_G Der pianist Alfred Brendel schrieb, dieses Finale sei ein geistreicher Spaß . He quotes edwin fischer again with Der Schlußsatz ist voller Humor und http://www.raptusassociation.org/son7e.html

BEETHOVEN'S PIANO SONATAS SONATA N0. 7, OP. 10/3 ON ITS MUSICAL CONTENT In our look at the musical content of this sonata we follow the pattern indicated in our introductory comments on music criticism offered here. This pattern offers you comments in the following sequence: MUSCIOLOGISTS AND BEETHOVEN RESEARCHERS ACTIVE MUSIC CRITICS ACTIVE, PERFORMING ARTISTS Each category can be directly accessed by clicking on the above links. Therefore, if you prefer one kind of comment(s) over another, you can make your own selection. MUSCOLOGISTS AND BEETHOVEN RESEARCHERS Also to this third sonata of this work group, William Kinderman provides a brief overview: "The design of the D major Sonata op. 10 no. 3 is unusual in that Beethoven maintains the tonic major or minor throughout all four movements. One reason for this tonal plan is found in the expressive relationship between the inner movementsan extended Largo e mesto of tragic character in D minor, whose solemn darkness is broken by the beginning of the gentle Menuetto in the major, marked

39. Pianists, The Piano Forums, pianist audio samples, master pianists, piano compositions. IncludesArgerich, Barenboim fischer, edwin. Essay excerpt by Alfred Brendel. http://www.zeroland.co.nz/classical_pianists.html

Film Music Literature Philosophy ... Store Pianists . The Piano . Great Pianists A Web Directory Web www.zeroland.co.nz Pianists Web Index: A B F G ... W General Index: A B C D ... Z Classical Piano and Pianists . A Web Index A All Pianos.com: A valuable piano directory containing many articles and resources. All Pianos.com have thoroughly researched the best sites and articles about the piano and piano playing and compiled them into one, easy-to-navigate website. B Brendel, Alfred. Brendel's essays on music - excerpts. C Chopin Piano Competition Competition directories Competitions. An international directory of piano competitions in 58 countries compiled by Masa Mizuno. International Piano Competitions. Piano Net. Cortot, Alfred. Information on one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, hoping to ignite some interest in pianophiles as well as students of piano. Franz Liszt International Piano Competition G Gilmore Biennal Keyboard Festival I International Keyboard Institute and Festival International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow. M Martha Argerich International Piano Competition Mr Land's Piano Lesson. A virtual piano lesson.

40. CLAUDIO ARRAU BIOGRAPHY Arrau is the only pianist alive who, at any rate while he is playing, He willbe my masterwork, said Krause, who also taught edwin fischer. http://www.princeton.edu/~gpmenos/biography.html

CLAUDIO ARRAU BIOGRAPHY Claudio Arrau, renowned throughout the world as one of the supreme keyboard masters of the century, stands today at the summit of his long and legendary career, for the one artistic goal he has pursued for a lifetime: the total fusion of virtuosity and meaning. Where other famous pianists play the piano for excitement, power or display, Arrau plays to probe, to divine, to interpret. Says Arrau, "An interpreter must give his blood to the work interpreted." The famed late doyen of London music critics, Sir Neville Cardus of the Guardian, explained Arrau vividly: "Arrau is the complete pianist. He can revel in the keyboard for its own pianistic sake, representing to us the instrument's range and power, but he can also go beyond piano playing as we are led by his art to the secret chambers of the creative imagination." In a tribute by the Berlin Philharmonic, which bestowed the Hans von Bulow Medal on Arrau in 1980, on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of his debut with that great orchestra, it was put even better: "When Arrau bends over the keyboard, it is as if Music and only Music itself, is flowing out of his entire body. There is not a nuance of feeling or sound that he has not mastered. His pianissimo is more eloquent, more mysterious than that of others, and his fortissimo has more depth of dimension and is more limitless." But a London Sunday Times interview some years back explained the Arrau mystique best of all: "One regards him as a sort of miracle; the piano is the most machinelike of instruments except the organ - all those rods, levers, little felt pads, wires, no intimate subtle human connection with it by breath, tongueing, or the string player's direct engagement with speaking vibrations. But Arrau makes it live, like God teaching Adam on Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel roof; liquid, mysterious, profound, alive."

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