Rosalyn Tureck

Rosalyn Tureck (born 14 December 1913 in Chicago, † 17 July 2003 in New York City ) was an American concert pianist and music researcher and was in his lifetime as the " High Priestess of Bach ".

Although Tureck made ​​his debut with Brahms ' Piano Concerto No. 2, Op 83 and played in their early music of romantic composer Chopin, Liszt and Busoni's Bach arrangements, they increasingly devoted himself since the age of 22 and soon even exclusively the piano works of Thomas cantor. Your career really began with the legendary New York piano six nights when she performed all 48 preludes and fugues from the Well- Tempered Clavier and the complete Goldberg Variations - on the modern concert grand piano. Tureck This raised transverse to the prevailing and particularly influenced by Wanda Landowska opinion that Bach is displayed only on the harpsichord.

In Germany it was only late known, especially through publications Deutsche Grammophon: a digital recording of the Goldberg Variations and a mono recording of the 48 Preludes and fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier 48.

Tureck published an introduction to the performance practice of Bach in three volumes by Oxford University Press.

Glenn Gould described their style of interpretation as a model for his own.