Abbey Simon

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Abbey Simon was an acclaimed American classical pianist renowned for his virtuosic technique and interpretations of Romantic repertoire.

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instanceOf classical pianist
human
awardReceived Ford Foundation Concert Artists Award
National Federation of Music Clubs Award
Naumburg Award
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Curtis Institute of Music
employer University of Houston Moores School of Music
familyName Simon
fieldOfWork music interpretation
music pedagogy
piano performance
genre classical music
givenName Abbey
hasPart extensive discography of Romantic piano music
instrument piano
knownFor Chopin interpretations
Rachmaninoff interpretations
interpretations of Romantic repertoire
virtuosic piano technique
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
memberOf piano competition juries worldwide
movement Romantic music
name Abbey Simon
nativeLanguage English
notableWork recordings of Camille Saint-Saëns’s piano concertos
recordings of Charles-Valentin Alkan’s piano works
recordings of Claude Debussy’s piano works
recordings of Edvard Grieg’s piano concerto
recordings of Franz Liszt’s piano works
recordings of Frédéric Chopin’s piano works
recordings of Johannes Brahms’s piano works
recordings of Maurice Ravel’s piano works
recordings of Robert Schumann’s piano works
recordings of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos
occupation music educator
pianist
positionHeld artist-in-residence at the University of Houston
recordLabel Cascavelle Records
Chandos Records
EMI
Philips Records
Vox Records
VoxBox
residence Houston, Texas
linked to: Houston
sexOrGender male
studiedUnder Josef Hofmann

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Abbey Simon name Abbey Simon