Research topic: Rudolf Serkin

Rudolf Serkin 1903-91, Austrian-American pianist, b. Bohemia. Serkin gave joint recitals with Adolf Busch and made his U.S. debut (1933) with the Busch chamber players. He was a soloist (1936) with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra under Toscanini. Serkin and Busch brought the entire cycle of Beethoven piano-and-violin sonatas to New York audiences in 1938. In 1939 he joined the staff of the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, and was later (1968-75) its director. He also became director of the Marlboro School of Music in Vermont in 1951. His son Peter Serkin, 1947-, b. New York... Read more