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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1947-07-24
- Active to
- 2020-02-01
Discography
- Sonata in G Op.781966
- Piano Concerto Op. 42 / Piano Pieces Op. 23 / Fantasy For Violin And Piano Op. 471968
- Piano Concerto in D, Op. 61A1971
- Chamber & Piano Works1983
- Concerto pour violon, op. 36 / Concerto pour piano, op. 421986
- Piano Concerto no. 11986
- Brahms - Double Concerto / Berg - Chamber Concerto1990
- H'un (Lacerations) and Other Works1991
- Brahms / Schumann1992
- ...In Real Time1996
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Peter Serkin (born July 24, 1947 in Manhattan, New York City, New York - died February 1, 2020 in Red Hook, New York) was a distinguished American pianist. He was born in New York City and is the son of one of the world's leading pianists, Rudolf Serkin, and grandson of the influential violinist Adolf Busch, whose daughter Irene had married Rudolf Serkin. (Peter was given the middle name Adolf in honor of his grandfather, according to Rudolf Serkin: A life by Stephen Lehmann and Marion Farber,
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Red Hook
- Father
- Rudolf Serkin
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Curtis Institute of Music
- Employer
- Juilliard School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Number of children
- 5
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1947-07-24
- date of death
- 2020-02-01
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
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