American pianist and educator (born 1938)
Jerome Rose
is an American
pianist
and educator.
A pupil of
Adolph Baller
, Rose made his debut with the
San Francisco Symphony
at the age of 15. A
Mannes College
and
Juilliard School
of Music graduate, he also studied with
Leonard Shure
and
Rudolf Serkin
at the
Marlboro Music School
. He was a
Fulbright Scholar
in Vienna as well. He won the gold medal at the 1961
Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition
.
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Rose began his international career while still in his early twenties. He has appeared with such orchestras as the
Berlin Philharmonic
,
Munich Philharmonic
,
Vienna Symphony
, and the
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
in Rome. A frequent visitor to London, he has appeared with the
London Philharmonic
Orchestra, the
London Symphony Orchestra
, and the
Royal Philharmonic
. In the United States, he has soloed with the
Chicago Symphony
,
Atlanta Symphony
,
Houston Symphony
,
Baltimore Symphony
, and many others. Conductors include
Sir Georg Solti
,
Wolfgang Sawallisch
,
Sir Charles Mackerras
,
Stanisław Skrowaczewski
,
Sergiu Comissiona
,
David Zinman
,
Hans Vonk
,
Robert Spano
, and
Christian Thielemann
.
Rose began his teaching career at the age of 25 after being appointed
artist-in-residence
at
Bowling Green State University
. He has given masterclasses at the
Moscow Conservatory
, the
Chopin University of Music
in Warsaw, the
Mozarteum University Salzburg
in Salzburg, the
University of Music and Performing Arts Munich
and is a frequent guest at the Toho Conservatory of Music in Tokyo, Japan. Since 1998, he has been on the faculty of the
Mannes College of Music
.
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In 1999, he founded the annual International Keyboard Institute/Festival (IKIF), a summer music academy that attracts some of the world's top piano students.
[3]
Some of the festival's past and present faculty members and artists include
Vladimir Feltsman
,
George Li
,
Alexander Kobrin
,
Alexander Braginsky
, and many others. Each year, the festival hosts an international piano competition near the end, called the Dorothy MacKenzie Piano Competition. Prizewinners are awarded international performance and recording opportunities, as well as the opportunity to appear at the IKIF as a performer the following year. The IKIF has been held at both Mannes College and Hunter College.
He has taught a number of notable pianists, including
Martin Garcia Garcia
, who won the third prize at the
XVIII International Chopin Piano Competition
and the first prize at the
Cleveland International Piano Competition
in 2021. His other students include Magdalena Baczewska, Asaf Blasberg, and Eduard Zilberkant.
He has served on the juries of the
Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition
,
Hamamatsu International Piano Competition
,
International Chopin Competition
,
International Franz Liszt Piano Competition
, and many others.
Jerome Rose was awarded an
Honorary Doctorate
in Music from the
State University of New York
for his lifetime achievement and dedication to music.
He has four children and five grandchildren.
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