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Gary Graffman, The Epicurean Pianist

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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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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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[…] Gary Graffman, former director of the curtis institute of music and teacher of some of the most renowned pianists […]

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Jasmine Reese
Jasmine Reese
5 years ago

Love your podcast! Congratulations. Very interesting story. Can you tell me what piano piece you use as the introduction for your podcast?

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hughsung
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5 years ago
Reply to  Jasmine Reese

Thank you, Jasmine! I actually composed the theme music myself!

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