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Canin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ethan Canin (born 1960), American author, educator, and physician *Martin Canin (1930–2019), American pianist *Stuart Canin (born 1926), American violinist and conductor See also *Cann (surname) *Canini (surname), Canini {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethan Canin
Ethan Andrew Canin (born July 19, 1960) is an American author, educator, and physician. He is a member of the faculty of the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. Canin was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, while his parents were vacationing from Iowa City, where his father, Stuart Canin, taught violin at the University of Iowa. He and his family moved around the midwestern and northeastern United States, and eventually settled in San Francisco, California, where he attended Town School and later graduated from San Francisco University High School. He attended Stanford University and earned an undergraduate degree in English. Returning to the University of Iowa, Canin entered the Iowa Writers' Workshop, receiving an MFA in 1984, and went on to attend Harvard Medical School, where he earned an M.D. in 1991. Beginning his medical practice with a residency at the University of California San Francisco, he pursued both medicine and writing for several years, leaving medicine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Canin
Martin Canin (March 23, 1930–May 9, 2019) was an American pianist and prominent piano pedagogue who was on the faculty of The Juilliard School from 1976 to 2016 and of Stony Brook University from 1965 to 1993. Canin was born in New York City and was a graduate of Juilliard, where he studied under the eminent piano pedagogue Rosina Lhévinne, who along with her husband Josef Lhévinne was part of a long lineage of Russian pianists and teachers. He began piano studies at age 7 as a scholarship student at the Henry Street Settlement, on New York's Lower East Side, studying first with Aurelio Giorni and later for a decade with Austrian-born pianist, composer, and conductor Robert Scholz (pianist), Robert Scholz, as well as attending summer-school programs at the Meadowmount School of Music. Canin studied also with the noted pianist, pedagogue, and critic Olga Samaroff at the Philadelphia Conservatory before entering The Juilliard School. Early performances Canin began his career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Canin
Stuart Canin (born 1926 in New York City) is an American violinist and conductor. On December 30, 1936, at the age of 10, he performed on the Fred Allen radio hour.Alex Walsh, "STUART CANIN: "...An Excellent Violinist." — Harry Truman," Dec. 10, 2012, American Federation of Musicians Local 6, https://afm6.org/archives/stuart-canin-an-excellent-violinist-harry-truman-by-alex-walsh/ Afterwards, Fred Allen remarked "... a little fellow in the 5th grade, and already plays better than Jack Benny." This was the first volley in the famous Benny-Allen feud. As an American GI, he performed for President Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference. In 1959, he became the first American violinist to win the Paganini Competition. Canin studied with Ivan Galamian at the Juilliard School. He taught music at the University of Iowa and Oberlin Conservatory, then served as concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony (where he was appointed by Seiji Ozawa), the San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cann (surname)
Cann is an English surname. Early occurrences of the name are found in north Dorset and Cornwall. The probable derivation is either from the Dorset village of Cann, or from the Old English "canne" meaning a can or cup (so the name would mean someone dwelling in a hollow or deep valley). House of Names Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Cann (died 1864), English sport wrestler *, Canadian soccer player * (born 1991), American football player * |
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