American pianist Gary Graffman has been a major figure in the classical music world since winning the Leventritt award in 1949. For 30 years, Mr. Graffman performed, toured and recorded with the world’s most prestigious orchestras. Despite an injury to his right hand in 1979, Mr. Graffman transformed his career to become the president of The Curtis Institute of Music, champion of music for left hand piano literature, and celebrated teacher of a brilliant new generation of pianists such as Lang Lang, Yuja Wang, and Haochen Zhang.
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Musical Selections
Promenade from Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”
Variation 18 from Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody from a theme of Paganini Variation 18
Balakirev’s “Islamey: Oriental Fantasy”
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44: 1. Allegro brillante e molto vivace
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 3: Allegro brillante
Schubert Fantasy in C major “The Wanderer”, Op. 15 (D. 760): I. Allegro con fuoco, ma non troppo
Gary Graffman: The Complete Album Collection (Sony Classical)
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Love your podcast! Congratulations. Very interesting story. Can you tell me what piano piece you use as the introduction for your podcast?
Thank you, Jasmine! I actually composed the theme music myself!