JEROME ROSE, hailed as "the Last Romantic of our own age" is an American
pianist
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and educator, (born 12 August 1938 in Los Angeles). JEROME ROSE is one of America's most distinguished pianists, has been heard in major concert halls across five continents. A Gold Medalist from the International Busoni Competition.
Biography
A pupil of
Adolph Baller, Rose had his debut with the
San Francisco Symphony at the age of 15. A
Mannes College
Mannes School of Music is a music conservatory in The New School, a private research university in New York City. In the fall of 2015, Mannes moved from its previous location on Manhattan's Upper West Side to join the rest of the New School ca ...
and
Juilliard School
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of Music graduate, he also studied with
Leonard Shure and
Rudolf Serkin
Rudolf Serkin (28 March 1903 – 8 May 1991) was a Bohemian-born Austrian-American pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Beethoven interpreters of the 20th century.
Early life, childhood debut, and education
Serkin was born in ...
at the
Marlboro Music School. He was a
Fulbright Scholar in Vienna as well. He won the Gold medal at the 1961
Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition
The Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition is a music competition for young pianists that takes place in Bolzano, Italy. It was founded in 1949 by Cesare Nordio in memory of the pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni.
History
The fir ...
.
Rose began his international career while still in his early twenties. He has appeared with such orchestras as the
Berlin Philharmonic
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History
The Berlin Philharmonic was fo ...
,
Munich Philharmonic
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,
Vienna Symphony
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, and the
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
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in Rome. A frequent visitor to London, he has appeared with the
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
London Symphony Orchestra
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, and the
Royal Philharmonic
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The RPO was established by Thomas Beecham in 1946. In its early days, the orchestra secured profitable ...
. In the United States, he has soloed with the
Chicago Symphony,
Atlanta Symphony
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History
Though earlier organizations bearing the same name date ba ...
,
Houston Symphony
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History
The first concert of what was to become the Houston Symphony took place on June 21, ...
,
Baltimore Symphony
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, and many others. Conductors include
Sir Georg Solti
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,
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Wolfgang Sawallisch (26 August 1923 – 22 February 2013) was a German conductor and pianist.
Biography
Wolfgang Sawallisch was born in Munich, the son of Maria and Wilhelm Sawallisch. His father was director of the Hamburg-Bremer-Feuerversich ...
,
Sir Charles Mackerras
Mackerras in 2005
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,
Stanisław Skrowaczewski
Stanislaw Pawel Stefan Jan Sebastian Skrowaczewski (; October 3, 1923 – February 21, 2017) was a Polish-American classical conductor and composer.
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Skrowaczewski was born in Lwów, Second Polish Republic (now Lviv, Ukraine). His pa ...
,
Sergiu Comissiona
Sergiu Comissiona (June 16, 1928 – March 5, 2005) was a Romanian-Israeli-American conductor and violinist.
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Early life
Born in Bucharest, Romania in a Jewish family, he began violin studies at the age of five, was hired as a violin ...
,
David Zinman
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Education
After violin studies at Oberlin Conservatory, Zinman studied theory and composition at the University of Minnesota, earning his M.A. in 1963. H ...
,
Hans Vonk,
Robert Spano
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and
Christian Thielemann
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.
Rose began his teaching career at the age of 25 years, upon being appointed
artist-in-residence at
Bowling Green State University
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. He has given masterclasses at the
Moscow Conservatory
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, the
Chopin University of Music in ,Warsaw the
Mozarteum University Salzburg
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in Salzburg, the
University of Music and Performing Arts Munich
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, and is a frequent guest at the Toho Conservatory of Music in Tokyo, Japan. Since 1998, he has been on the faculty of the
Mannes College of Music
Mannes School of Music is a music conservatory in The New School, a private research university in New York City. In the fall of 2015, Mannes moved from its previous location on Manhattan's Upper West Side to join the rest of the New School ca ...
.
In 1999, he founded the annual International Keyboard Institute/Festival (IKIF), a summer music academy which attracts some of the world's top piano students.
Some of the festival's past and present faculty members/artists include
Vladimir Feltsman,
George Li
George Li (; born August 24, 1995) is an American concert pianist who was a recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2016 and silver medalist of the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition.
Early life
George Li was born on August 24, 1995 ...
,
Alexander Kobrin,
Alexander Braginsky, and many others. Each year, the festival hosts an international piano competition near the end, called the Dorothy MacKenzie Piano Competition. Prizewinners are awarded international performance and recording opportunities, as well as the opportunity to appear at the IKIF as a performer the following year. The IKIF has been held at both Mannes College and at Hunter College.
Among his students are some of today's leading pianists, including
Martín García García, who won the third prize at the
XVIII International Chopin Piano Competition
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and first prize at the
Cleveland International Piano Competition
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in 2021.
He has served on the juries of the
Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition,
Hamamatsu International Piano Competition,
International Chopin Competition
The International Chopin Piano Competition ( pl, Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina), often referred to as the Chopin Competition, is a piano competition held in Warsaw, Poland. It was initiated in 1927 and has been held ev ...
,
International Franz Liszt Piano Competition
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The Competition is held in Utrecht in the Netherlands. It fir ...
, and many others.
Jerome Rose was awarded an
Honorary Doctorate
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in Music from the
State University of New York for his lifetime achievement and dedication in music.
He has four children and five grandchildren.
References
External links
Official siteMannes College The New School for Music Medici Classics Productions International Keyboard Institute & FestivalDavid Dubal interview with Jerome Rose WNCN-FM, 19-Oct-1986
Jerome Rose: The Artist at Home, Episod 1
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1938 births
American classical pianists
Male classical pianists
American male pianists
Living people
Prize-winners of the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition
Jewish classical pianists
20th-century American pianists
21st-century classical pianists
20th-century American male musicians
21st-century American male musicians
21st-century American pianists