Margaret Baxtresser
Margaret Barthel Baxtresser (June 10, 1922 – June 7, 2005) was an internationally renowned American concert
At age 13, she was a
In 1994, she became the first American artist to perform in Vietnam after the Vietnam War. The government of Vietnam invited her back on several occasions to perform. When Baxtresser died, she left her library of piano and chamber music to the Hanoi Conservatory of Music (now called The Vietnam National Academy of Music).
A supporter of the arts in her local community of
During her career Baxtresser performed as a Baldwin artist, and had two Baldwin grand pianos in her home.
At the time of her death in 2005, the Tuesday Musical Association in Akron, Ohio, established a fund to dedicate one concert each season in tribute to Baxtresser. She had been a devoted supporter of Tuesday Musical for many years. Performers who have appeared on the Tuesday Musical Margaret Baxtresser Annual Piano Concert series include piano luminaries such as Emanuel Ax, Joyce Yang, Garrick Ohlsson, Fei-Fei, Yuja Wang, Conrad Tao, and Martín García García.
Historic piano
Baxtresser left her historic
While Baxtresser owned the piano, it was played by leading composers, conductors, and concert pianists of the time who visited her home in Akron including André Watts, Leonard Slatkin, Ned Rorem, Maxim Shostakovich, Vincent Persichetti, and Vladimir Ashkenazy.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Margaret Baxtresser: A life In Tune". Archived from the original on 2006-12-05. Retrieved 2007-03-15.
- ^ "In Performance To Pay Tribute To Margaret Baxtresser". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-03-15.
- ^ a b https://schubert.org/collection/c-bechstein-grand-piano/