Description  |  1. Introduction  |  2. Early Teachers  |  3. Teachers by Example  |  4. Conductors, Pianists, Composers and other related inspirations  |  5. Composers and Other Inspirations  |  6. Colleagues, Family and Friends, and mostly, just working hard  |  7. 'We get by with a little help from our friends' - thanks to The Beatles

4. Conductors, Pianists, Composers and other related inspirations (cont.)

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My pianists over the years, beginning in college, were my most important collaborators and teachers. They were and are a blessing. Albert Hirsh and Moreland Kortkamp Roller had played for all the great artists passing through, in the several generations preceding mine as well as in NY, and Albert was so proud of having played with the young Itzhak Pearlman when he was just beginning to tour, seeing himself as a father figure. Eliko has taught me how to play Rachmaninoff, Yoshiko coached me on Chopin, and and John, most of the new music I play, including many of his original works, which we have premiered together. We all developed interpretations together, and they taught me how to listen and think, and then, express those thoughts. I have also enjoyed earlier collaborations with Hui-Min Wang, Myron Romanul and Leslie Amper.

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5. Composers and Other Inspirations

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