Jacob Lateiner (March 31, 1928 – December 12, 2010) was a Cuban-American pianist.

Early life and studies

Though born on March 31, 1928, Lateiner's father did not get around to registering his birth until May 31 the same year. He was the brother of violinist

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. Lateiner studied at the

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with

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. He showed what turned out to be a lifelong interest in chamber music, studying with the violist

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and the cellist

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. He also studied privately with

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in 1950, and subsequently collected Schoenbergiana since that period. Notable students include

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, Ernest So, and Jarred Dunn (Lateiner's last student).

Performing and recording career

As a soloist, Lateiner appeared with many of the world's leading conductors, including

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and

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. He was a champion of contemporary American music, and commissioned, premiered and recorded

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's piano concerto. The premiere took place at Symphony Hall,

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, on January 6, 1967, with Lateiner as soloist accompanied by the

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, with Erich Leinsdorf conducting. He also premiered the third piano sonata of

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. As a chamber musician, Lateiner's name is associated with those of

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and

, with whom he shared a

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for their recording of

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, and that of the

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. He taught at the

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, New York, from 1966 until his death, and had a concurrent appointment on the piano faculty of the

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, since 1994. In 1984 he served on the jury of the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition. His career was marked by an interest in historical performance research. In 1992, he published an article on 'An Interpreter's Approach to Mozart' in the journal Early Music. He also collected early editions of classical music. Lateiner died on December 12, 2010 in a New York City hospital. A two-disc set of his live performances, ''The Lost Art of Jacob Lateiner'', has been published by Parnassus Records.Parnassus Records website
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External links

Mannes College The New School for Music

References

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