Gary Graffman
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1928-10-14
- Active to
- 2025-12-27
american pianistclassicalpianist
Discography
- Gary Graffman Plays Beethoven & Chopin
- Concerto No. 11959
- The Virtuoso Liszt1960
- Piano Concerto no. 2 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini1964
- Piano Concertos nos. 2 and 31965
- Piano Concertos 1 & 31983
- Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Rachmaninoff: Three Preludes1990
- String Quartets nos. 2 & 3 / Piano Quintet1998
- Concerto Nicolò / Concerto for Orchestra2003
- Henryk Szeryng & Gary Graffman at the Library of Congress2005
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Gary Graffman (born October 14, 1928) is an American classical pianist, teacher of piano and music Graffman was born in New York City to Russian-Jewish parents. Having started piano at age 3, Graffman entered the Curtis Institute of Music at age 7 in 1936 as a piano student of Isabelle Vengerova. After graduating from Curtis in 1946, he made his professional solo debut with conductor Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. By age 20, Graffman had made a name for himself worldwide as a cl
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gary
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Educated at
- Curtis Institute of Music
- Employer
- Curtis Institute of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- art music
- Instrument
- piano
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- date of birth
- 1928-10-04
- medical condition
- focal dystonia
- date of death
- 2025-12-27
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