Peter Serkin

Peter Serkin ( born July 24, 1947 in New York City ) is an American pianist European descent. He is the son of pianist Rudolf Serkin and grandson of the violinist Adolf Busch.

Life

Peter Serkin began his piano studies at the age of 11 years at the Curtis Institute of Music. His teachers were initially Lee Luvisi, Mieczyslaw Horszowski and Rudolf Serkin. Later he continued his studies with Ernst Oster, Marcel Moyse and Karl Ulrich Schnabel. Peter Serkin has performed with leading symphony. In addition, he has. Chamber music partner of Alexander Schneider, Yo -Yo Ma, Pamela Frank, the Guarneri String Quartet, Budapest String Quartet and the Orion String Quartet made ​​the name He belongs TASHI of the founding members of the chamber music ensembles. Peter Serkin teaches at the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music as well as in summer courses at the Tanglewood Music Center.

Important composers such as Hans Werner Henze, Peter Lieberson, Alexander Goehr, Luciano Berio, Oliver Knussen, Leon Kirchner and Toru Takemitsu have dedicated works to him. He was also involved in many premieres and first performances of these and other composers.