Isabelle Vengerova

Isabelle Vengerova

Infobox musical artist
Name = Isabella Afanasyevna Vengerova


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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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Born = 1 March 1877
Died = 7 February 1956
Origin = Belarus
Instrument = Piano
Genre = Classical
Occupation = Pianist, Teacher
Years_active = 1906-1956

Isabelle Vengerova (OldStyleDate|1 March|1877|17 February, Minsk - 7 February, 1956, New York) was an American pianist and music teacher of Russian origin.

She was born Isabella Afanasyevna Vengerova, in Minsk (now in Belarus). She studied the piano at the Vienna Conservatory with Joseph Dachs, and privately with Theodor Leschetizky; in St Petersburg she studied with Anna Esipova. From 1906 to 1920 she taught at the Imperial Conservatory in St Petersburg and then toured the USSR and Western Europe from 1920 to 1923, when she settled in the USA.

In 1924 she helped found the Curtis Institute and in 1933 joined the faculty of the Mannes College teaching at both institutions until her death in 1956. Vengerova could be tyrannical with her students, sometimes to the point of hurling the furniture in her studio, but she was also known for her painstaking attention to detail and for a psychological insight that brought out the best in each pupil. While she denied having a particular method, she drilled all students in techniques designed to achieve expressive playing and beautiful tone, keeping the fingers close to the keys for evenness and a seamless legato; playing deeply in the keys while using the weight of the forearm and a flexible wrist to achieve a full singing tone without harshness, and controlling tone by higher or lower positions of the wrist.

Among her pupils were Ralph Berkowitz, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Lukas Foss, Gary Graffman, Lilian Kallir, Abbey Simon, Gilbert Kalisch, Jacob Lateiner and Leonard Pennario. She was the maternal aunt and first teacher of Nicolas Slonimsky.

References

#R. Gerig. "Famous Pianists and their Technique" (Washington DC, 1974)
#G. Graffman. "I Really should be Practicing" (New York, 1981)
#R.D. Schick. "The Vengerova System of Piano Playing" (University Park, PA, 1982)
#J. Rezits. "Beloved Tyranna: the Legend and Legacy of Isabelle Vengerova" (Bloomington, IN, 1995)


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