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Patricia Benkman, Pianist Born 1917-1974 A Pianist active on concert stages across the United States and Europe during her life as a concert pianist and teacher. She made her debut with the San Francisco Symphony at a the age of 12 playing Edward Grieg A Minor Piano Concerto, and the Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue in very early performances of the masterworks. Patricia Benkman was a student of Egon Petri, Marcel Maas Isabele Vengerova and others. Ozan Marsh (June 25, 1920 in Pasadena, California - March 15, 1992) was a pianist active in concert performances throughout the world as well as across the United States on many concert tours with Columbia Artists Management, Boston Pops and other venues. He was one of the last group of purely romantic performers to take the stage in the 20th century. (A list is forthcoming) Ozan Marsh was A disciple of Rachmaninoff, Horowitz, Petri, Casadesus and von Sauer whom were teachers and coaches during his career from the mid-1930's. The late Ozan Marsh has received the plaudits of audiences and critics around the world, many articles on Ozan Marsh can be found in news archives across the country. He was particularly known for his performances of Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Kabalevsky. During his career, Marsh won critical acclaim in recital appearances and as soloist with many of the world’s most distinguished orchestras: among them, the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops, Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestras, to name a few. Before the second world war he studied in Europe at Fountainbleau with Robert and Gaby Casadesus, Isidore Phillipp and other noted figures of this musical period. He traveled to Vienna and worked with Emile Von Sauer (one of the last surviving pupils of Franz Liszt) and continued study with Egon Petri during summer sessions in Zakopane Poland. Marsh gave his Paris and Warsaw debut (Warsaw Conservatory) in 1938 only months before the outbreak of the war. His first Town Hall New York debut was in 1939 and received fine praise from the New York Times. During WWII he served in the Navy's "Lighter than Air" dirigible squadron as well as a final post as chaplains assistant because of a disability caused by the war. During his career he played over 200 concert appearances with the Boston Pops Orchestra (in Boston and on nationwide concert tours), Appeared a number of times with the New York Philharmonic and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as well as gave hundreds of solo concerts throughout the United States under Columbia Artists Management, on their Community Concerts Series. During his life he had the opportunity to tour Russia (former Soviet Union 1980)at the invitation of the Soviet Government and at the invitation of one of that nations foremost senior composers Dimitri Kabalevsky. He toured South Korea three time and China PRC twice playing solo concerts as well as appearing with orchestra with the Beijing (China) Opera Orchestra. Ozan Marsh was characteristic of the finest of his kind. An artist of restless energy, attracted to the piano as though by a magnet. He was a tireless craftsman, constantly mixing, blending, and researching the qualities of sound with an acute inner ear. Marsh possessed a huge repertory augmented by research. He stemmed from the grand manner of the keyboard, when the pianist was the heroic personage. Ozan Marsh played in a monumental style graced by elegant virtuosity with refinement and subtle coloring that was uniquely his own. Ozan Marsh coupled an outstanding performing career with an equally distinguished academic one. He served on the faculties of such major institutions as Indiana University, Manhattan School of Music, Butler University, St. Lawrence University, University of Arizona and the Chautauqua Institution. He was honored with many awards, but accepted few. During the 1970's he was given respect with the University of Arizona Creative Teaching Award, (A plaque to this honor exists in the Hall of Fame, Memorial Union at the University of Arizona) He participated in judging various international piano competitions including the Van Cliburn, the Franz Liszt, the National Federation of Music Clubs and many others. Some of his students include Donna Amato, Janet Colburn, Edgar Coleman,and David Syme among others. He was also the President of the Pianist’s Foundation of America, (formerly the Southwest Pianists Foundation) an organization devoted to furthering of the careers of promising young pianists. He gave a great deal of his time to the much needed project of furthering the goals of those pianists, many who have gone on to wonderful careers themselves. Ozan Marsh has recorded for RCA (His Masters Voice), CBS (Columbia), PFA and VLR Records, the Voice of America and the Boston Symphony Transcription Library. [edit]DiscographyHis discography includes many published and unpublished recordings and videos:
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Please write me for information regarding the "Masters" of Ozan Marsh which include sound only and videos- Richard.Ozanne@asu.edu |
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