Serkin
Americannoun
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Rudolf 1903–91, U.S. pianist, born in Bohemia.
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Peter, 1947–2020, U.S. pianist (son of Rudolf Serkin).
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He once purchased a Steinway piano from Columbia Records that had been used by Rudolf Serkin and Glenn Gould.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2024
During one memorable appearance with the BSO in 1959, the pianist Rudolf Serkin broke his instrument’s pedal lyre mid-performance.
From Washington Post • May 4, 2021
In reading your wonderfully personal piece from a few weeks ago about the pianist Peter Serkin, you mention his recording of Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2021
Serkin had inherited the mantle of classical music as a birthright going back generations, and received the best training imaginable.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2021
One of this year’s great losses and a phenomenal Schoenbergian, pianist Peter Serkin recorded a gripping account of Brahms’ Piano Quintet with the Guarneri Quartet in New York in 1995.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2020
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