Abbey Simon Abbey Henry Simon was an American concert pianist, teacher, and recording artist. He was a protégé of Josef Hofmann at the Curtis Institute of Music and a winner of the Naumburg International Piano Competition in 1940. He was called a "supervirtuoso" by The New York Times .Education Simon began lessons with David Saperton at the age of five. At the age of eight, Simon was accepted by Josef Hofmann as a scholarship student at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where he trained with classmates Jorge Bolet and Sidney Foster . Simon also took lessons from Leopold Godowsky and Harold Bauer . Shortly after graduation, he debuted at the Town Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York City . He was the winner of the Naumburg International Piano Competition in 1940.Professional career Simon performed to critical acclaim. The critic Harold C. Schonberg of the New York Times once hailed Simon as a "supervirtuoso". Boston Globe critic Richard Dyer wrote, "Simon's recital offered more than a glimpse into the fabled golden age of piano playing... His virtuosity is marked not only by speed, power, lightness and accuracy but also by intricate interplay of voices and lambent colors." Simon toured in Europe, the Middle East , and the Pacific. He appeared with the New York Philharmonic , Boston Symphony , Chicago Symphony , Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra , London Symphony Orchestra , Houston Symphony, and the Trenton Symphony Orchestra, among many others. Simon gave masterclasses at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Royal Conservatory of The Hague , and the Geneva Conservatory . He served on the faculties of Indiana University , Manhattan School of Music , Hunter College , the Moores School of Music in Houston, and the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. His students include pianists Josef Verba, Eliza Garth , Frederic Chiu , Karen Shaw, John Kamitsuka, Erika Nickrenz , Richard Dowling, Elyane Laussade, Adrienne Park, Roger Wright , Garnet Ungar, Hsia-Jung Chang, Andrew Cooperstock, Daniel Glover, David Korevaar, Nancy Weems, Terence Yung and Martha Argerich . In addition to performing, teaching, and recording as a musical artist , Abbey Simon served as a jury member of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition , the Geneva International Music Competition , the Leeds International Piano Competition , the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition , the Sydney International Piano Competition , and the South Africa International Piano Competition. Simon lived in Geneva, Switzerland . He maintained a home in Houston, Texas where he was, from 1977 until his retirement in April 2019, Cullen Distinguished Professor of Music in the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston . Simon died in Geneva on December 18, 2019, just a few weeks shy of his 100th birthday .Awards and honors In addition to performing and teaching, Abbey Simon has recorded extensively under the VOX , Philips , HMV labels. His discography includes the complete works of Frédéric Chopin and Maurice Ravel , major works of Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann , as well as all of the piano concerti of Sergei Rachmaninoff with Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.Albeniz-Godowsky: *Triana from "Iberia" Beethoven: *Quintet for piano and winds Brahms: *Concerto No. 1 in D-minor *Variations on a theme by Paganini, Op. 35 *Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 & Variations on a theme by Paganini *Three pieces for piano solo *F minor Sonata, Op. 5 *Intermezzi, Capriccios, Fantasies and Rhapsodies Chopin: *The Four Scherzi *The Four Ballades, Impromptus, and Berceuse *The Sonatas and Barcarolle *Etudes, Op.10 & 25 *The Complete Waltzes, Fantasie & Variations Brillantes *Nocturnes *Preludes *The Piano Concertos *The Complete Orchestral Works Dohnanyi: *Variations on a Nursery Song Franck: *Prélude, Chorale and Fugue Grieg: *Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Liszt: *Six Grandes Etudes de Paganini *Etude in D-flat major Mendelssohn: *17 Variations Sérieuses Rachmaninoff: *The Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra *Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op. 30 Ravel: *Piano Concerto in G *Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand *Complete Works for Piano Solo Saint-Saëns: *Le Carnaval des Animaux Schumann: *Variations on the name ABEGG, Kreisleriana, Arabesque, Kinderscenen *Carnaval, Op. 9 & Fantasy in C, Op. 17 Transcriptions: *by Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Godowsky, Chasins
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