Martin Canin

Martin Canin (1981). Photo by Peter Schaaf, reproduced by permission.

Martin Canin (March 23, 1930–May 9, 2019)[1][2][3] was an American pianist and prominent piano pedagogue who was on the faculty of The Juilliard School from 1976 to 2016 and of Stony Brook University from 1965 to 1993.

Canin was born in New York City and was a graduate of Juilliard, where he studied under the eminent piano pedagogue Rosina Lhévinne, who along with her husband Josef Lhévinne was part of a long lineage of Russian pianists and teachers. Canin began piano studies at age 7 as a scholarship student at the Henry Street Settlement, on New York's Lower East Side, studying first with Aurelio Giorni and later for a decade with Austrian-born pianist, composer, and conductor Robert Scholz, as well as attending summer-school programs at the Meadowmount School of Music. Canin studied also with the noted pianist, pedagogue, and critic Olga Samaroff at the Philadelphia Conservatory before entering The Juilliard School.[4][5]

  1. ^ Dubal, David (2004). The Art of the Piano: Its Performers, Literature, and Recordings. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 65. ISBN 9781574670882.
  2. ^ "Martin Canin Obituary". Legacy.com. The New York Times. May 11, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  3. ^ “Martin Canin 1930–2019. In Memoriam”. (September 3, 2019). The Juilliard Journal. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  4. ^ Martin Canin biography. Aloha International Piano Festival. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  5. ^ “Interview with Martin Canin”. November 3, 1991. Lower East Side Oral History Collection and Tamiment Library, New York University.