Seymour lipkin biography of rory

John and Jude Lubrano. Lipkin holds pedagogical positions in the piano and chamber music faculties of the Curtis Institute of Music, and the Juilliard School. Now in his 88th year, Lipkin still enjoys a thriving concert schedule, and shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. Final Note met with the vibrant and utterly charming pianist in his apartment in New York, to chat about his studies with Rudolf Serkin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski, life as a concert pianist, and his memories of working with Leonard Bernstein.

My grandfather separated from the family before I was born, but my parents wanted me to be a violinist, obviously because of him. When a friend who was a cantor sang a note for me in my crib, I repeated it back to him according to my parents , demonstrating perfect pitch. They were advised that 3 years old was too soon to begin the violin, so they started me on the piano instead.

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At the age of 6 or 7 I studied both instruments. Around 10 they asked the then concertmaster which instrument he advised; he later told me he had looked at my rather short stubby fingers, and advised them to have me study the piano. In later years, he told me that had he looked at my fingers then, he would have advised the violin …. Too late!!!

Anyway, I liked the piano because it could make more noise than the violin.