Rudolf Serkin

Home > ... > Literature and the Arts > Performing Arts > Music: History, Composers, and Performers: Biographies > ...

Essential
reading

Compare
side-by-side

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, and more

Schoenberg: Serenade Op. 24; Chamber Symphony Op. 9. (Rudolf Serkin)
Magazine article from: National Review; 10/1/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...Chamber Symphony Op. 9, as they were respectfully played and recorded at the fortieth Marlboro Music Festival, of which Rudolf Serkin was director, adumbrate a paradox: that to get anything out of the music, you must listen so tensely that you are robbed... Read more
Rudolph Serkin: a Life.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: American Music Teacher; 10/1/2003; ; 437 words ; ...360 pp., $35. Three major pianists, Rudolf Serkin, Claudio Arrau and Wilhelm Kempff...difficult to obtain. A fine biography of Serkin appeared early in 2003. Coauthors...book into two parts. In the first, Serkin's life is traced from his humble... Read more
Beethoven: Concerto for violin and orchestra. (Isaac Stern, Daniel Barenboim, New York Philharmonic)
Magazine article from: National Review; 7/31/1987; ; 266 words ; ...New York Philharmonic), both with Rudolf Serkin as soloist, and the Concerto for...sound. And as always, in listening to Serkin, we forget Beethoven's acid dicta...their fingers.' The self-effacing Serkin, as sound and developed a pianist... Read more
Ruth Laredo dies at 67.(pianists)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: American Music Teacher; 8/1/2005; 300 words ; ...Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she studied with Rudolf Serkin. She graduated in 1960 and that same year married the...Hall solo recital debut came only in 1981. At Curtis, Serkin schooled Laredo in the basics of Mozart and Beethoven... Read more
Cherished tradition: the Curtis Institute of Music at Mid-Century.(profile of institute)
Magazine article from: American Music Teacher; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...I realized I was in the presence of Rudolf Serkin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski. There also...shock, I managed to choke out the name, Rudolf Serkin. Mr. Zimbalist then said, I'm sorry, but Mr. Serkin already has his quota for next year. I... Read more
Conference events.
Magazine article from: American Music Teacher; 2/1/2007; 700+ words ; ...Juilliard School, Marlboro and the Curtis Institute, with Rudolf Firkusny, Leon Fleisher and Rudolf Serkin. Bronfman is now a U.S. citizen. Toronto Symphony Orchestra...such conductors as John Eliot Gardiner, Andrew Davis and Rudolf Barshai. With Mario Bernardi, Coop recorded three concertos... Read more
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra. (Zubin Mehta, Berlin Philharmonic)
Magazine article from: National Review; 10/1/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...Chamber Symphony Op. 9, as they were respectfully played and recorded at the fortieth Marlboro Music Festival, of which Rudolf Serkin was director, adumbrate a paradox: that to get anything out of the music, you must listen so tensely that you are robbed... Read more
Faure: Piano Quartet Op. 15; Trio Op. 120. (Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler)
Magazine article from: National Review; 10/1/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...Chamber Symphony Op. 9, as they were respectfully played and recorded at the fortieth Marlboro Music Festival, of which Rudolf Serkin was director, adumbrate a paradox: that to get anything out of the music, you must listen so tensely that you are robbed... Read more
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4. (Riccardo Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)
Magazine article from: National Review; 10/1/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...Chamber Symphony Op. 9, as they were respectfully played and recorded at the fortieth Marlboro Music Festival, of which Rudolf Serkin was director, adumbrate a paradox: that to get anything out of the music, you must listen so tensely that you are robbed... Read more
Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor. (Christopher Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music, Winchester College Quiristers, Winchester Cathedral Choir)
Magazine article from: National Review; 10/1/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...Chamber Symphony Op. 9, as they were respectfully played and recorded at the fortieth Marlboro Music Festival, of which Rudolf Serkin was director, adumbrate a paradox: that to get anything out of the music, you must listen so tensely that you are robbed... Read more

Pictures from Google Image Search

Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture

For students and teachers!

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including: