Contacts:
Gloria Gottschalk, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 239
[email protected]
Lauren Erlichman, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 206
[email protected]
Patricia A. Neely, Mannes College of Music
212-229-580-0210, ext. 228
[email protected]
CLAUDE FRANK TO PRESENT
MASTER CLASS AT MANNES COLLEGE OF MUSIC
ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2001 AT 3 PM
(New York, NY- August 24, 2001) Pianist Claude Frank will present
a master class at Mannes College of Music, a division of New School University,
on Friday, October 19, 2001 at 3 PM. Claude Frank has appeared with the world’s
foremost orchestras, at major festivals, and at universities since his debut
in 1959. In May 2001, he celebrated the 50th anniversary of his New York debut
at Town Hall with a recital at the 92nd Street Y featuring the works by Bach,
Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven. The master class is open to the public. Mannes
College of Music is located at 150 West 85th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus
Avenues. (Take the #1/9 train to 85th Street.) For further information, call
212/496-8524.
Claude Frank is an internationally acclaimed interpreter of the
piano literature of Beethoven. His 1990 re-release of a CD recording of the
32 piano sonatas by Beethoven on the Music and Arts label was chosen by the
American Record Guide as "the one that reaches an exceptionally
high level…and maintains that level with quite amazing consistency."
Mr. Frank has performed joint recitals with his daughter, violinist
Pamela Frank, and has appeared with his wife, pianist Lilian Kallir. He has
been a repeated soloist with the leading orchestras around the globe including
the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestras, among others. In chamber music, he
has appeared with many of the eminent quartets, among them the Guarneri, Juilliard,
Cleveland, and Toyko Quartets. His festival appearances include Menuhin’s
Gstaad Festival, the Midsummer Mozart Festival in California, the Marlboro Festival,
and the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center.
A renowned teacher, as well as performer, Claude Frank is on the
faculty of the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. He is a professor at Yale School
of Music.
Claude Frank lived in Nuremberg until the age of 12, when he joined
his father in Brussels. Shortly thereafter, he went to live in Paris, where
he studied in the Paris Conservatoire.
The German occupation forced Mr. Frank to leave Paris. While in Spain illegally,
he was overhead at the keyboard and invited to perform at a party given by the
Brazilian Ambassador. There he won his first "fee" – a visa to
come to the United States granted by the American Consul, who was in attendance
at the party.
He continued his studies in New York City with Artur Schnabel and Karl Ulrich Schnabel and studied composition and conducting at Columbia University. At Tanglewood, he studied with conductor Serge Koussevitzky. He resides in New York City.
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Mannes College of Music, a division of New School
University, was founded in 1916. It is one of the world’s major conservatories
of music. Mannes offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs, as well
as a Professional Studies Diploma program. Joel Lester is Dean of the College.
For further information on Mannes College of Music, call 212/ 580-0210 or go
to the Web site at www.mannes.edu
New School University, with 7,000 matriculated students
and 25,000 continuing education students, is comprised of seven academic divisions:
The New School, the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, Parsons
School of Design, Eugene Lang College, Mannes College of Music, the Robert J.
Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, and the Actors Studio
Drama School, as well as the University's B.F.A. in Jazz and Contemporary Music.
New School Online University offers one of the largest selections of online
courses in the nation. For further information about admission to New School
University, call 877-528-3321 or go to the Web site at www.newschool.edu