Joseph Rackers Professor of Piano DEPARTMENTPianoCONTACT INFOEmail Professor RackersBIOGRAPHY “An expert artist…enormous power and intelligent, instinctive interpretation” Spoleto Today “The results are consistently compelling…as if Rackers response were primarily to his relationship with the composer as some sort of kindred spirit” Gramophone “Unflappable virtuosity…highly expressive” American Record Guide “Simply dazzling” The State Joseph Rackers is…
Rebecca Penneys Professor Emerita of Piano BIOGRAPHY Steinway Artist Rebecca Penneys is a recitalist, chamber musician, orchestral soloist, educator, and adjudicator. For six decades she has been hailed as a pianist of prodigious talent. Rebecca has played throughout the USA, East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Western and Eastern Europe, Middle East,…
Vincent Lenti Professor Emeritus of Piano Eastman School Historian DEPARTMENTSPianoCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Lenti585-274-1594BIOGRAPHY BM, MA, Eastman; additional studies, Teachers College, Columbia University. Various professional memberships including 15-year term as treasurer of New York State Music Teachers Association. Recipient, NYSMTA 25th Anniversary Award for Outstanding Service (1986), NYSMTA Citation (1992), Jack L. Frank Award (1998) for…
Jean M. Barr Professor Emerita of Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music BIOGRAPHY Jean Barr is Professor Emerita of Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music at the Eastman School of Music, where she founded the collaborative piano degree programs in 1988. The first person in the United States to earn a doctoral degree in Accompanying, she studied…
Natalya Antonova Wentworth Family Professor Emerita of Piano Mussorgsky: Pictures at an ExhibitionANTONOVA Scriabin, Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1 DEPARTMENTSPianoCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Antonova585-274-1528BIOGRAPHY Natalya Antonova made her debut with the Leningrad Philharmonic at the age of 16. As a soloist of two major concert managements, “State Concert” and “Soviet Union Concert”, she…
Lisa Caravan Assistant Professor of Music Teaching and Learning DEPARTMENTSMusic Teaching & LearningArts LeadershipCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Caravan585-274-1530BIOGRAPHY Dr. Lisa R. Caravan, is a string pedagogue, cellist and conductor who most recently served as assistant professor of music at Bucknell University. Her previous positions included assistant professor of String Music Education at Auburn University and lecturer in…
Kristina BeckerAssistant Professor of GermanDEPARTMENTHumanitiesCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Becker585-275-4251BIOGRAPHY Kristina Becker teaches German in the Humanities Department at the Eastman School of Music. She received her Master’s Degree in Education and American Studies at the Free University and Humboldt University Berlin. She taught for several years in the Berlin school system. She also taught beginning, intermediate…
Marina Lomazov Professor of Piano DEPARTMENTSPianoCONTACT INFOEmail Professor LomazovBIOGRAPHY Praised by critics as “a diva of the piano” (The Salt Lake City Tribune), “a mesmerizing risk-taker” (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland), and “simply spectacular” (Chicago International Music Foundation) Ukrainian-American pianist Marina Lomazov has established herself as one of the most passionate and charismatic performers on the…
Douglas Humpherys Professor of Piano Brahms, Capriccio, Op. 76, No. 1Dutilleux, Choral et VariationsProkofiev, Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 83, I. Allegro inquieto DEPARTMENTSPianoCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Humphreys585-274-1521BIOGRAPHY Since winning the gold medal at the first Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Douglas Humpherys’ concert career has spanned four decades across four continents. During recent years, he…