- Leonard Rose
Leonard Rose (
July 27 ,1918 –November 16 ,1984 ) was a great American cellist, considered one of the most important pedagogues of the 20th century.Rose's parents emigrated from
Kiev ,Ukraine and Leonard was born inWashington, D.C. . Rose took lessons fromWalter Grossman , Frank Miller andFelix Salmond and after completing his studies atPhiladelphia 'sCurtis Institute of Music at age 20, he joinedArturo Toscanini 'sNBC Symphony Orchestra , and almost immediately became associate principal. At 21 he was principal cellist of theCleveland Orchestra and at 26 was the principal of theNew York Philharmonic .He made many recordings as a soloist after 1951, including concertos with conductors such as
Leonard Bernstein ,Eugene Ormandy ,George Szell andBruno Walter among others. Rose also joined withIsaac Stern andEugene Istomin in a celebratedpiano trio .Rose's legacy as a teacher remains to this day: his students from the
Juilliard School ,Curtis Institute andIvan Galamian 'sMeadowmount Summer School fill the sections of many American orchestras, notably those of theBoston Symphony Orchestra ,Cleveland Orchestra ,Philadelphia Orchestra , and theNew York Philharmonic . His pupils includeLori Singer ,Raymond Davis ,Desmond Hoebig ,Christopher von Baeyer ,Myung-Wha Chung ,Thomas Demenga ,Stephen Kates ,Lynn Harrell ,Yehuda Hanani ,Hans Jørgen Jensen ,Bruce Uchimura ,Donald Whitton ,Yo-Yo Ma ,Ronald Leonard ,Steven Pologe ,Sara Sant'Ambrogio ,Matt Haimovitz , andJohn Sant’Ambrogio .He played anAmati cello dated 1662, played today by Gary Hoffman.Rose died inWhite Plains, New York , ofleukemia .Awards and Recognitions
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
*Eugene Istomin , Leonard Rose &Isaac Stern for "Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios" (1971)
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