1. Rosalyn Tureck was an American pianist and harpsichordist who was particularly associated with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
12 Facts About Rosalyn Tureck
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Rosalyn Tureck was one of the great pianists of the 20th Century and she is known as the High Priestess of Bach.
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Rosalyn Tureck was the granddaughter of a cantor from Kiev.
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Rosalyn Tureck continued her musical studies in Chicago with pianist and harpsichordist Gavin Williamson.
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Rosalyn Tureck later studied at the Juilliard School in New York City, where one of her teachers was Leon Theremin.
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Rosalyn Tureck made her debut at Carnegie Hall playing the electronic instrument invented by Theremin, the eponymously named theremin.
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In 1940, Rosalyn Tureck joined the piano faculty of the Mannes School of Music.
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In 1970, Rosalyn Tureck performed in Boston for the Peabody Mason Concert series.
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Rosalyn Tureck was an honorary fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford.
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Rosalyn Tureck responded by stating that she was an influence and that it was very kind of him to say so.
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Rosalyn Tureck was among the founders of the Music Academy of the West summer conservatory in 1947.
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Rosalyn Tureck died in New York City in 2003, aged 89.