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jamie0168

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Who are the most famous teachers of OUR time? (in the U.S.)

on: May 24, 2007, 06:37:28 PM

If you were off to graduate school for the first time and you knew all that mattered was to find the best teacher that anyone had heard of (I know that's not how it is normally, but stay with me here.) Who would you go for? (remember: just the U.S.)

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pianistimo

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Reply #1 on: May 24, 2007, 07:06:51 PM

first of all graduate school is a complete and utter waste of money. jumping through hoops to get into a larger circle. just find a student of a teacher and be done with it. it makes your life more exciting. to have time to practice and go to the library and read whatever you want to. and, you dont' have to write a stupid thesis. although - i'd like to write several stupid thesis's. the thing is - people don't realize - to write a good one - you'd need to start researching it about age 16. otherwis e- you're just saying what someone else said 5 years ago. it's really boring. what graduate school is trying to do is force you into five holes at the same time. practice, study, research, invent, teach/perform - and when do you sleep? sleep is very important to me. either you go and research something in the country of origin - and spend about 20 years doing it or you practice 24/7 and become a really great pianist. but, to split up your time? only a few people can do this. and not sleep. and, what about your finances when you get out? how do you know you'll make it to the concert stage.

go and get a master's degree in whatever other occupation - and then come back and study music in your leisure. just taking your time and doing whatever you want.

ok. nevermind i said all the above. west chester university is the place. most of the teachers graduated from julliard - and yet the school is small and not that terribly bad tuition wise. it's just that - if you're not wanting to spend money - just taking lessons might be the idea. dr cranmer and dr veleta are exceptionally good, imo.

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Reply #2 on: May 24, 2007, 07:34:25 PM

Nelita True (eastman)
Yong Hi Moon (nec)
John Kamura Parker (rice)
Sergei Babayan (cim)
Vedda Kaplinski (juilliard)
John Perry (colburn)
Leon Fleisher (peabody)
Emanual Ax (juilliard)
Richard Goode (yale)
Russel Sherman (nec)
Menahem Pressler (IU)
Jerome Lowenthal (juilliard)

That said, pianistimo is right about every last thing she said. Read her post carefully-- I regret going to grad school so much I can hardly get out of bed in the morning.

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iumonito

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Reply #3 on: May 24, 2007, 08:11:12 PM

That's a good list. I would add Sequeira Costa and Grant Nabore, perhaps Ivan Davis as well. Gary Graffman for sure. Alex Feltsman too.

Although, do you know who Andre Watts and Arnaldo Cohen are? Both at Indiana. And where is James Tocco these days? He used to be at IU too.

Not that I am partial. Graduate school in piano performance was not a waste for me at all, just a stage of development. I am a better pianist for it.

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cherub_rocker1979

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Reply #4 on: May 24, 2007, 09:40:06 PM

John Salmon - The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Sedmara Rutstein - Oberlin College

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mike_lang

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Reply #5 on: May 24, 2007, 10:27:13 PM

Emilio del Rosario trains a lot of young competition winners...

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verywellmister

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Reply #6 on: May 25, 2007, 01:33:24 AM

Stanislav Ioudenitch (Park) maybe?

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Reply #7 on: May 27, 2007, 07:59:36 AM

I like to cheat!

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Reply #8 on: May 27, 2007, 01:15:10 PM

For some reason I posted that on the completely wrong topic.
Sorry!

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Reply #9 on: May 27, 2007, 02:09:22 PM

I don't think Richard Goode is at Yale now.

quote author=thalberg link=topic=25124.msg283070#msg283070 date=1180035265]
Nelita True (eastman)
Yong Hi Moon (nec)
John Kamura Parker (rice)
Sergei Babayan (cim)
Vedda Kaplinski (juilliard)
John Perry (colburn)
Leon Fleisher (peabody)
Emanual Ax (juilliard)
Richard Goode (yale)
Russel Sherman (nec)
Menahem Pressler (IU)
Jerome Lowenthal (juilliard)

That said, pianistimo is right about every last thing she said. Read her post carefully-- I regret going to grad school so much I can hardly get out of bed in the morning.

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hughsung

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Reply #10 on: May 28, 2007, 01:26:07 PM

awww...and i thought that my little cheats made me qualified to be on this "famous teachers" list

Guess cheaters don't prosper after all (though Jorge Bolet would've disagreed vehemently! He loved to come up with all sorts of neat tricks and cheats to get around nasty passages!)

Cheers!

Hugh Sung
www.HughSung.com

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