Education

Piano Faculty - Taught for 6 years at the USC Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles, CA
Administrator - 3 years at the USC Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles, CA
Doctor of Musical Arts - USC Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles, CA
Piano Performance with Dr. Stewart Gordon,  Theory and Analysis Minor with Dr. Robert Moore, Pedagogy Minor with Prof. Dennis Thurmond
Master of Music - USC Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles, CA
Piano Performance with Dr. Stewart Gordon
Artist Diploma - The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Canada
Piano Performance with John Perry, Studies with Leon Fleisher, Marc Durand 
Bachelor of Music - USC Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles, CA
Piano Performance with John Perry, Antoinette Perry
Pre-college, Conservatory - The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
Piano Performance with John Perry
Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen, CO
Piano Performance with John Perry, Antoinette Perry, Ann Schein, Joseph Kalichstein
Masterclasses, Private Studies, and Courses with Vitaly Margulis, Sergei Silvansky, Dr. Ick-Choo and Hae-Young Moon, Eduardus Halim, David Arnay, Leslie Kinton, Michael “Smidi” Smith, Dr. Madeleine Hallé, John Barnett
Dr. Gordon and me 🥰 Is there anything Dr. Gordon can't do? 😌 🙂 Always in awe of his brilliance, his genius, his integrity, and his authencity. So real, so warm, so brilliant. I am so blessed to have him in my life.
Dr. Gordon and me 🥰 Is there anything Dr. Gordon can't do? 😌 🙂 Always in awe of his brilliance, his genius, his integrity, and his authencity. So real, so warm, so brilliant. I am so blessed to have him in my life.
I found him sitting and listening to me playing the Schubert B-flat sonata after the masterclass. So I asked him for an autograph ✍🏻🙂
I found him sitting and listening to me playing the Schubert B-flat sonata after the masterclass. So I asked him for an autograph ✍🏻🙂
Ms. Schein, more than a student of Arthur Rubinstein, more than the wife of Earl Carlyss (who took this picture of us), more than a fabulous pianist, more than a wonderful warm person. She's so much more. She invited me to her NY cottage. I lost the address and have regretted not asking her for it again.
Ms. Schein, more than a student of Arthur Rubinstein, more than the wife of Earl Carlyss (who took this picture of us), more than a fabulous pianist, more than a wonderful warm person. She's so much more. She invited me to her NY cottage. I lost the address and have regretted not asking her for it again.
I have a picture with him that I cannot find!! 😂 My lessons with him were mostly me admiring his inhuman technique. I will find this picture hopefully. Here's what's written on the Juilliard website: "Pianist Joseph Kalichstein was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. In 1969, he won the Leventritt International Piano Competition. He has appeared with many of the world’s major orchestras, including the Berlin, London, Boston, and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, the Cleveland Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and London Symphony. He has played solo recitals and chamber appearances in annual tours of Europe, North America, the Far East, and Australia. Kalichstein has made regular appearances at the La Jolla, Aspen, Ravinia, Santa Fe, Tanglewood, and Verbier summer festivals. He has made recordings for Audiofon, Erato, Koch International, Nimbus, RCA, and Vanguard. He is a founding member (1977) of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, which was named 2002 Musical America Ensemble of the Year. He has been a chamber music consultant to the Kennedy Center since 1997 and he is artistic director of the Fortas Chamber Music Concerts at the Kennedy Center. Kalichstein has studied in Israel with Joshua Shor. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Juilliard, where he studied with Edward Steuermann and Ilona Kabos. In the summer of 1969, he studied with Vladimir Ashkenazy. Kalichstein has been a piano faculty member at Juilliard since 1983 and since 2003 has served as the Edwin S. and Nancy A. Marks Chair in Chamber Music Studies."
I have a picture with him that I cannot find!! 😂 My lessons with him were mostly me admiring his inhuman technique. I will find this picture hopefully. Here's what's written on the Juilliard website: "Pianist Joseph Kalichstein was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. In 1969, he won the Leventritt International Piano Competition. He has appeared with many of the world’s major orchestras, including the Berlin, London, Boston, and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, the Cleveland Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and London Symphony. He has played solo recitals and chamber appearances in annual tours of Europe, North America, the Far East, and Australia. Kalichstein has made regular appearances at the La Jolla, Aspen, Ravinia, Santa Fe, Tanglewood, and Verbier summer festivals. He has made recordings for Audiofon, Erato, Koch International, Nimbus, RCA, and Vanguard. He is a founding member (1977) of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, which was named 2002 Musical America Ensemble of the Year. He has been a chamber music consultant to the Kennedy Center since 1997 and he is artistic director of the Fortas Chamber Music Concerts at the Kennedy Center. Kalichstein has studied in Israel with Joshua Shor. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Juilliard, where he studied with Edward Steuermann and Ilona Kabos. In the summer of 1969, he studied with Vladimir Ashkenazy. Kalichstein has been a piano faculty member at Juilliard since 1983 and since 2003 has served as the Edwin S. and Nancy A. Marks Chair in Chamber Music Studies."
I regret the fact that I wasn't fond of pictures, recordings.  If I can turn back the time, I'd record all my performances, all thousands of them, I'd take more pictures of all my performances, all thousands of them.  I'd also take a thousand pictures with everyone I've met in my musical journey.  With Marc Durand, I'd do the recordings, pictures, of our lessons, masterclass, and dinner outings.  Thousands. A wonderful teacher, a wonderful pianist, and a wonderful artist.  He called me "babygirl" and not by my name, which I totally preferred.  
Here's what's written about him in The Canadian Encyclopedia:
Durand, Marc
Marc Durand. Pianist, teacher, b St-Samuel, Que, 28 Aug 1949; B MUS (Montreal) 1969, M MUS (Montreal) 1970, Concert Diploma (Sherbrooke) 1972, M MUS (Temple, Philadelphia) 1975. Following piano studies at the École Vincent-d'Indy with Yvonne Hubert and Natalie Pépin, he studied accompaniment with Louise André. From 1973 to 1975, he received further training from Harvey Wedeen at Temple U in Philadelphia. On a scholarship from the Juilliard School in New York, he worked under Adele Marcus. He took part in several summer sessions in Europe, Canada and the USA, studying piano with Leon Fleischer, Pierre Sancan, Yvonne Lefébure, Jacques Rouvier, and Ronald Turini; chamber music with Dorothy Delay, Lilian Fuchs, and Helen Kwalwasser; and accompaniment with John Newmark, and Dalton Baldwin. In 1973, he won second prize at the International Stepping Stones of the Canadian Music Competitions, and first prize at the Leschetizky Competition in New York in 1975.
He made his New York debut at Carnegie Recital Hall in 1976. He has been a soloist with various orchestras and given numerous recitals as soloist, accompanist and chamber performer in Canada, the USA, Europe, and Asia. He has been heard regularly on CBC radio. As accompanist, Durand has made several recordings with baritone Bruno Laplante and mezzo-soprano Marie Laferrière. He has taught piano at UQAM (1971-83), Laval University (1978-82), the University of Montreal (beginning in 1980), the RCMT (as guest professor, 1989-90), and at the JMC Orford Art Centre, also giving master classes in Canada and the USA. Among his students are Anne-Marie Dubois, Louis Lortie, Jean Saulnier, Paul Stewart, and Claude Webster. Durand was artistic director 1986-9 of the Montreal International Music Festival.
One of my conducting teachers.  One day after class, I stayed behind to practice in the classroom.  He asked me what I am working on and then stayed and listened to my Ravel La Valse.  He used to tell us about Otto Klemperer during class.
His bio on Enclyclopedia.com (Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire):
"Barnett, John (Manley)
Barnett, John (Manley), American conductor; b. N.Y., Sept. 3, 1917. He studied piano, violin, and trumpet. He took courses at Teachers Coll. of Columbia Univ., the Manhattan School of Music, and the Salzburg Mozarteum (1936), and received training in conducting from Walter, Weingartner, Enesco, and Malko. He was asst. conductor of the National Orchestral Assn. in N.Y. (1937–41), and also a conductor with the WPA Federal Music Project there (1939–42), serving concurrently as conductor of the Stamford (Conn.) Sym. Orch. From 1946 to 1956 he was assoc. conductor of the Los Angeles Phil., and from 1956 to 1958 its assoc. music director. In 1947 he organized the Phoenix (Ariz.) Sym. Orch., conducting it until 1949. He later served as music director of the Hollywood Bowl (1953–57) and of the Los Angeles Guild Opera Co. (1954–79). From 1958 to 1972 he was music director of the National Orchestral Assn. in N.Y.; from 1961 to 1971 he held the post of music director of the Phil. Sym. Orch. of Westchester, N.Y. From 1972 to 1978 he served as artistic consultant to the NEA. From 1979 to 1985 he was music director of the Puerto Rico Sym. Orch. in Santurce."
My long time teacher, Mr. John Perry. Despite the years I've worked with him, this is the only picture I have with him. I had my first lesson with him at age 15.
My long time teacher, Mr. John Perry. Despite the years I've worked with him, this is the only picture I have with him. I had my first lesson with him at age 15.
"John Perry, distinguished artist and teacher, earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the Eastman School of Music where he was a student of Cecile Genhart. During those summers, he worked with the eminent Frank Mannheimer. Recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, he continued studies in Europe for four years where he worked with Wladyslav Kedra, Polish concert artist and professor at the Akademie für Musik in Vienna, and Carlo Zecchi, renowned conductor, pianist, and head of the piano department at the Santa Cecilia Academy of Music in Rome. Mr. Perry has won numerous awards including the highest prizes in both the Busoni and Viotti international piano competitions in Italy and special honors at the Marguerite Long International Competition in Paris. Since then he has performed extensively throughout Europe and North America to great critical acclaim. Also a respected chamber musician, Mr. Perry has collaborated with some of the finest instrumentalists in the world. He also enjoys an international reputation as a teacher, presenting master classes throughout the world. He often is a jury member at some of the most prestigious international piano competitions. His students have been prize winners in most major competitions and include two first-prize winners in the Rubinstein, four first-prize winners in the Music Teacher’s National Association national competition, and first-prize winners in the Naumburg National Chopin competition, the Cleveland Competition, Beethoven Foundation competition, the Federated Music Clubs, and the YKA, AMSC, and YMF competitions, and finalists in the Chopin International in Warsaw, the Van Cliburn, the Queen Elisabeth, Leeds, Dublin, Busoni, Viotti and the Three Rivers competitions. Mr. Perry is professor at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, professor of piano at California State University Northridge in Los Angeles, visiting artist faculty at Boston University, and Professor Emeritus of the USC Thornton School of Music. In addition, he recently founded a music school, John Perry Academy of Music in Los Angeles, where he serves as Artistic Director. During the summer he is artist professor at the Lake Como International Piano Academy, the Banff Center in Alberta, Canada, the Sarasota Music Festival in Florida, the Orford Music Festival in Quebec, the Morningside Music Bridge Program in Calgary, Alberta, the Internationaler Klaviersommer Cochem, Germany, the International Music Festival in Perugia, Italy, the Amalfi Coast Music Festival in Italy, Montecito International Music Festival in Santa Barbara, and the John Perry Academy Summer Piano Festival in California. In January he is main guest artist at the Sydney Piano Festival in Australia. His recordings are available on the Telefunken, Musical Heritage Society, CBC, ACA and Fox labels."
"John Perry, distinguished artist and teacher, earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the Eastman School of Music where he was a student of Cecile Genhart. During those summers, he worked with the eminent Frank Mannheimer. Recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, he continued studies in Europe for four years where he worked with Wladyslav Kedra, Polish concert artist and professor at the Akademie für Musik in Vienna, and Carlo Zecchi, renowned conductor, pianist, and head of the piano department at the Santa Cecilia Academy of Music in Rome. Mr. Perry has won numerous awards including the highest prizes in both the Busoni and Viotti international piano competitions in Italy and special honors at the Marguerite Long International Competition in Paris. Since then he has performed extensively throughout Europe and North America to great critical acclaim. Also a respected chamber musician, Mr. Perry has collaborated with some of the finest instrumentalists in the world. He also enjoys an international reputation as a teacher, presenting master classes throughout the world. He often is a jury member at some of the most prestigious international piano competitions. His students have been prize winners in most major competitions and include two first-prize winners in the Rubinstein, four first-prize winners in the Music Teacher’s National Association national competition, and first-prize winners in the Naumburg National Chopin competition, the Cleveland Competition, Beethoven Foundation competition, the Federated Music Clubs, and the YKA, AMSC, and YMF competitions, and finalists in the Chopin International in Warsaw, the Van Cliburn, the Queen Elisabeth, Leeds, Dublin, Busoni, Viotti and the Three Rivers competitions. Mr. Perry is professor at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, professor of piano at California State University Northridge in Los Angeles, visiting artist faculty at Boston University, and Professor Emeritus of the USC Thornton School of Music. In addition, he recently founded a music school, John Perry Academy of Music in Los Angeles, where he serves as Artistic Director. During the summer he is artist professor at the Lake Como International Piano Academy, the Banff Center in Alberta, Canada, the Sarasota Music Festival in Florida, the Orford Music Festival in Quebec, the Morningside Music Bridge Program in Calgary, Alberta, the Internationaler Klaviersommer Cochem, Germany, the International Music Festival in Perugia, Italy, the Amalfi Coast Music Festival in Italy, Montecito International Music Festival in Santa Barbara, and the John Perry Academy Summer Piano Festival in California. In January he is main guest artist at the Sydney Piano Festival in Australia. His recordings are available on the Telefunken, Musical Heritage Society, CBC, ACA and Fox labels."
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