Peter Elkus
Peter Elkus (born in 1939 in San Francisco, California) is a voice teacher giving master classes for both singers and instrumentalists. His classes have been presented in institutions in ten countries, including the
Career
Elkus was asked to fill the vacancy created by the death of his teacher, Sebastian Engelberg, at the
He has authored the well received book The Telling of Our Truths - The Magic in Great Musical Performance (published in 2007; revised in 2009) with comments by Gerald Ginsberg (Composer and poet), Dr Charles Kaufman (former President of the Mannes College of Music), Dalton Baldwin (pianist, accompanist, coach, educator and recording artist), Jean Luc Vannier (psychoanalyst, music critic and lecturer), Mut Asheru (Editor in Chief Unsigned, The Magazine) and Shinji Eshima (instrumentalist and composer with affiliations with the San Francisco Ballet and Opera Orchestras, San Francisco State University and San Francisco Conservatory of Music).[1]
As a student, he attended opera workshops at the Goldovsky Opera Workshops, in Denver, Colorado, in Wheeling, West Virginia and at New York's Hunter College and Mannes College of Music. He was also chosen by Maria Callas as a member of the Juilliard Opera Center.
He met his former wife and student
In the Opera News article "Flicka in ¾ time",[2] Donald Spoto referred to Elkus’s influence on von Stade as having …"guided her through the thickets of an expanding repertory and a demanding worldwide schedule."
In the case Elkus v. Elkus,[3] 572 N.Y.S.2d 901 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991) Elkus was defendant in a dispute with von Stade over marital property and earnings. The case is often used as case study in property class during the first year of law school.
See also
References
- ^ The Telling of our Truths. L’Association Art Musique Européenne, The Telling of our Truths
- ^ * Flicka in 3/4 time. In: Opera News, 64, No. 9, 2000, Donald Spoto
- ^ * Elkus v. Elkus Archived 2010-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Supreme Court of New York. 169 A.D.2d 134; 572 N.Y.S.2d 901
Sources
- "Articles about Peter Elkus". Los Angeles Times.
- Masterclasses. L’Association Art Musique Europeenne, Masterclasses