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Gilbert Kalish (born July 2, 1935) is an American pianist.
He was born in New York and studied with Leonard Shure,
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July 15, 1999 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalish, Gilbert American classical pianists American male classical pianists Jewish classical pianists Arabesque Records artists Living people 1935 births Musicians from New York City Stony Brook University faculty 20th-century American pianists Classical musicians from New York (state) 21st-century classical pianists 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century American pianists
Gilbert Kalish (born July 2, 1935) is an American pianist.
He was born in New York and studied with Leonard Shure, Julius Hereford
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and Isabelle Vengerova
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She was born Izabella Afanasyevna Vengerova (Изабелла Афанасьевна Венгерова) in M ...
. He was a founding member of the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, a pioneering new music group that flourished during the 1960s and '70s. He was a pianist of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players
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from 1969 to 1998.
He is noted for his partnerships with other artists, particularly his thirty-year collaboration with mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani
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, but also including cellists Timothy Eddy and Joel Krosnick, and soprano Dawn Upshaw
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.
Kalish is Leading Professor and Head of Performance Activities at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. From 1968 to 1997, he was a faculty member of the Tanglewood Music Center
The Tanglewood Music Center is an annual summer music academy in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States, in which emerging professional musicians participate in performances, master classes and workshops. The center operates as a part of the Tanglew ...
and served as the "Chairman of the Faculty" at Tanglewood from 1985–1997. He has also served on the faculties of the Banff Centre
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and the Steans Institute at Ravinia, and is renowned for his master class presentations.
Kalish has a large discography, encompassing classical repertory, 20th-century masterworks and new compositions. These include his solo recordings of Charles Ives
Charles Edward Ives (; October 20, 1874May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. His music was largely ignored during his early career, and many of his works went unperformed f ...
' ''Concord Sonata'' and sonatas of Joseph Haydn
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, vocal music with Jan DeGaetani and landmarks of the 20th century by composers such as Elliott Carter
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, George Crumb
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, Ralph Shapey
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and Arnold Schoenberg
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. He made the world premiere recordings of Charles Ives' ''Largo for Violin and Piano'', ''In Re Con Moto et al.'', ''Largo Risoluto'' No. 1 & 2, ''A Set of Three Short Pieces,'' and songs ''The All-Enduring'', ''The Innate'', and ''Song (She is not fair)''. Kalish appeared on Charles Schwartz's 1979 jazz symphony '' Mother______! Mother______!!'' with Clark Terry
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He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke ...
and Zoot Sims
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.
Kalish has given many first performances, and has had many works written for him. He gave the first solo piano recital in the newly renovated Miller Theatre
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In 1988, the former McMillin Theater was renovated and ...
at Columbia University
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. He has received many honours, including three Grammy Award
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nominations. In 1995, he was presented with the Paul Fromm Award by the University of Chicago
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Music Department for distinguished service to the music of our time.
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July 15, 1999 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalish, Gilbert American classical pianists American male classical pianists Jewish classical pianists Arabesque Records artists Living people 1935 births Musicians from New York City Stony Brook University faculty 20th-century American pianists Classical musicians from New York (state) 21st-century classical pianists 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century American pianists