Maria Curcio

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Maria Curcio (27 August 1918

Myung-Whun Chung, Leon Fleisher, Rafael Orozco, Christopher Elton, Hilary Coates, Simone Dinnerstein, Massimiliano Mainolfi, Matthew Schellhorn and Geoffrey Tozer. She was the last student of Artur Schnabel
and she passed on his teachings to her own students.

Biography

Maria Curcio was born in

Naples Conservatory at age nine, receiving her degree by 14. Her mother arranged for her to study with Alfredo Casella and Carlo Zecchi (a pupil of Artur Schnabel)[2] in Italy, and with Nadia Boulanger in Paris.[1][4] She also studied with Artur Schnabel himself from age 15; he did not normally take young pupils, but his son Karl Ulrich persuaded him to audition her.[1] When he did so, he described her as "one of the greatest talents I have ever met".[4] When Schnabel was on tour, she had lessons with Fritz Busch.[4]

She made her London debut in 1939,

Netherlands Opera.[4]

In the meantime, Peter Diamand had been appointed director of the

Leeds International Pianoforte Competition in 1966,[1] and on the jury of the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition in 1978.[6] She was appointed visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music, University of London.[1] She played privately with Sir Clifford Curzon, who had introduced her to Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears and their circle in 1947.[1][2] She often played four-hand piano music with Britten.[5]

She and her husband divorced in 1971 after he had a relationship with Marlene Dietrich. She spent her last few years in Porto, Portugal, where she died in March 2009, aged 90.

BBC Scotland made two films about Maria Curcio in the 1980s: Music in Camera: Maria Curcio – Fulfilling a Legacy and Maria Curcio – Piano Teacher.[7] A documentary of her life, Music Beyond Sound, was made by her student Douglas Ashley in 1993.[1] He also wrote a book of the same name.[8][9]

Students

Maria Curcio's students came from many countries, and included:

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Telegraph, 7 April 2009
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Times Online, 25 April 2009
  3. ^ a b Liverpool Daily Post, 9 April 2009
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x The Guardian, 14 April 2009
  5. ^ a b Michael Church Archived 26 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Winners, members of the jury and artistic guests, Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition
  7. ^ International Piano Archived 25 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ WorldCat
  9. ^ a b c Douglas Ashley, Classical Pianist
  10. ^ College of Charleston, Music Department Archived 15 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ The Observer Archived 16 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Hyperion Records
  13. ^ Angela Brownridge Archived 14 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Hyperion Records
  15. ^ medici.tv
  16. ^ Web Concert Hall Archived 11 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ "Inon Barnatan". New York Philharmonic. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  18. ^ The Petrie School of Music at Converse College Archived 29 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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