The most wanted piano teachers in the USA

[csy]

I have heard of this book and it mentioned 48 teachers all together.
Does anyone know who they are?? 

[danny elfboy]

I have heard of this book and it mentioned 48 teachers all together.
Does anyone know who they are?? 

I know only these:

Frank Weinstock
Luiz De Moura Castro
Robert Hamilton
Bradford Gowen
James Tocco
William C. Race
Awadagin Pratt
Vladimir Viardo
Boris Berman
Richard Cass
Solomon Mikowsky
Robert Roux
Michael Chertock
Elizabeth Pridonoff 
Eugene Pridonoff
Nina Svetlanova
Claude Frank
Martin Canin
Constance Keene
Oxana Yablonskaya
Ralph Votakpek
Gyorgy Sebok
Ann Schein
Peter Frankl
Theodore Letvin
Ilana Vered
George Hadjinikos
Elena Kuschnerova

[pianowelsh]

Yes - I know of :
frank weinstock
Boris Berman
Soloman Miakowsky
Nina Svetlanova
Claude frank
Constance Keene
Oxana Yablonskaya
Ann Schein
Peter Frankl
Theodore Letvin
Elena Kuschnerova

But this is a seriously incomplete list..

Maragrita Schevchenko
Robert Levin
Emmanuel Ax
Peter Tackas
Menahem Pressler
Andre Watts
Leon Fleischer
gary Graffman
Seymour lipkin
eleanor sokoloff
Yohved Kaplinsky
stewart Gordon
etc... there are thousands of v.good teachers - its a big country

[csy]

What s stupid book then......
It makes no sense to judge a teacher 

[pianowolfi]

I thought Sebök was dead? He actually died 1999 as far as I know.

[csy]

I thought Sebök was dead? He actually died 1999 as far as I know.

Yes, you are right.

[pianowelsh]

Your always more popular when your dead!  He will have an extremely long waiting list now! Sorry for the bad taste, but it does seem rather comical that its still in print if a number are no longer with us.  It has to be said although these people do all teach in USA schools they are not all resident in the US nor are they all US citizens.

[pianistimo]

they all come from different perspectives and probably amounts they charge as well.  why not be cheap - and take from a student of a student.  or a student of a teacher and pay less and get the same information.  that's my motto.  i mean - i took from an excellent teacher at west chester.  i have no desire really to take from the top yet - because my playing doesn't merit it yet.  i suppose one knows when one needs that quality - but my -they probably charge at least $100. per 1/2 hour or something. 

personally, i felt my last teacher could have charged anything he wanted.  being young - sometimes teachers don't know what they're worth - or are extra nice to get a load of students going.  perhaps what the market will bear - too - in the long run.  but, as i see it - some people are BORN teachers.  they know how to play and teach and they don't waste time.

[soliloquy]

I had always heard Sokoloff was actually the best TEACHER.  Maybe that's why she's at Curtis I guess XD

[pianowelsh]

Ive heard very good reports about sokoloff too and its seems sokoloff has a number of students who are doing well at the international level..and best of it is they all sound different - ie not in a mould! This is a testament to her teaching. As you say there is a reason im sure why she is hired by Curtis..they donta have to advertise for staff!