Edith Grosz | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | August 9, 1919 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | February 14, 2011 (aged 91) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Genres | Classical |
| Instrument | Piano |
Edith Grosz (August 9, 1919 – February 14, 2011) was an American classical pianist and music educator, based in Amsterdam. She was born in Philadelphia in a Jewish family of Hungarian origin and was a sister of Bertram Myron Gross.[1]
Grosz studied piano at the Juilliard School in New York with Olga Samaroff and Eduard Steuermann. She and her husband, violinist Isidor Lateiner, gave concerts internationally as a duo. They moved to the Netherlands in 1963.
Grosz became famous in the Netherlands through the chamber music series "Round of Romance" at the Concertgebouw, in which she appeared with Isidor Lateiner and cellist Godfried Hoogeveen.[2] She was also a professor of piano at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam where she trained generations of pianists, including Barbara Lister-Sink, Rian de Waal, Sebastian Huydts, Anna Nieukerken, Kees Wieringa, and Ad Wammes. Her teaching emphasized careful awareness of the musculoskeletal system, which helped form the basis of the "Lister-Sink Technique."[3] She began a long-term relationship with the composer Jochem Slothouwer in the 1980s, and they were married in 2008.
In addition to her career as a musician and pedagogue, Grosz owned "Brasserie Rondo," a coffee shop where artists and students in Amsterdam convene.
- ^ Bertram M. Gross, 84, Author of Full Employment Bills of 1944-45, The New York Times, March 15, 1997.
- ^ "Zondag Brunchdag; Een uitkomst voor vreemden die in hetzelfde bed wakker worden en blij zijn zich in een publieke ambiance te kunnen terugtrekken". Nrc.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-03-03.
- ^ Ken Keuffel. "Easing the Pain of the Piano Player". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved 2017-03-03.