Rose, Jerome
Rose, Jerome
Rose, Jerome , noted American pianist and teacher; b. Los Angeles, Aug. 12, 1938. He was a pupil of Adolf Bailer at the San Francisco Cons. (1952–56), making his debut at the age of 15 with the San Francisco Sym. Orch. He studied piano and chamber music with Shure at the Mannes Coll. of Music in N.Y. (B.S., 1960; M.S., 1961), and also with Serkin at the Marlboro (Vt.) School of Music (1956, 1965). In 1961 he captured Ist prize at the Busoni Competition in Bolzano, and then pursued an international career. In 1981 he organized the International Festival of the Romantics in London. In 1986 he organized the Franz Liszt Celebration in Washington, D.C., and was also awarded the Franz Liszt Medal by the Hungarian government. He was artist-in- residence at Bowling Green (Ohio) State Univ. (from 1963); also visiting artist-in-residence at the Univ. of Mich, in Ann Arbor (1984–85). Rose has won special praise for his performances of the Romantic repertoire; in addition to his compelling readings of Liszt, he gives fine interpretations of Beethoven, Schübert, Schumann, and Chopin. He is pianist-author of the film For the Young Virtuoso: A Piano Master class with Jerome Rose (1987).
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire