Jack Winerock

Jack Winerock (born 1945) is a Professor of Piano in the Department of Music and Dance in the School of Fine Arts at the University of Kansas (KU).

Background

Dr. Jack H. Winerock, a native of New York City, received his undergraduate and masters degrees from the Juilliard School of Music and his doctorate from the University of Michigan. His teachers included Sascha Gorodnitzki, György Sándor, and Leon Fleisher. Following his graduation from Michigan, he accepted an appointment at the University of Kansas.

In 1976, Winerock received Second Prize in the International Bach Competition. That year he made his orchestral debut with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. In 1979 he made his New York debut at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center. Since that time he has received yearly invitations to perform in Europe and South America as well as in the U.S. In 1986 he gave the first performance of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" in the People's Republic of China and in 1988 performed for the first time in Japan. He has recorded the Sonatas of Alexander Reinagle (teacher of George Washington's children) for the Musical Heritage Society and the "Concerto for Piano and Winds" by Igor Stravinsky for Golden Crest Records.

Winerock has received national and international acclaim as a teacher, clinician, and adjudicator. His students have won prizes in national and international competitions, including the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw and the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA). His students hold important faculty positions both in the United States as well as in conservatories in Europe, South America, and Japan. In addition to his duties at the University of Kansas, he has served as Visiting Professor at the Chopin Academy in Warsaw, the Herzliya Conservatory in Israel, and at Middlesex University in London, England.

Press Comments

* "His powerful hands and resourceful technique are directed by a long-sighted view that encompassed the whole work." - "The Times" Fact|date=February 2007
* "A complete virtuoso and an intelligent." - "Brussels Le Soir"Fact|date=February 2007
* "A polished, extraordinarily sensitive arstist." - "Wiener Zeitung"Fact|date=February 2007
* "A performance of expressive refinement and rare delicacy." - "The New York Times"Fact|date=February 2007
* "Highly original, individual, and tremendously impressive." - "The Washington Post"Fact|date=February 2007

Winerock in the News

* [http://www.oread.ku.edu/Oread98/OreadJune5/page7/piano.html "A grand reward"] "The Oread" (June 5, 1998) -- Winerock's students win competition
* [http://www.pittstate.edu/pr/02-24-200302.html "PSU sponsors guest piano recital"] Pittsburg State University (Feb. 24, 2003)
* [http://www.news.ku.edu/2003/03N/SeptNews/Sept2/kemper.html "'Surprise Patrol' delivers Kemper Award to piano professor today"] KU News (Sept. 2, 2003)
* [http://www.kansan.com/stories/2004/jul/06/lied_center_hos/ "Lied Center hosts piano competition"] "The University Daily Kansan" (July 6, 2004)
* [http://www.morningside.edu/morningside/news/Feb05/pianocompetition.htm "Internationally acclaimed pianist Dr. Jack Winerock will judge Morningside College’s Young Artist Piano Competition"] Morningside College (Feb. 16, 2005)

Sources and External Links

* [http://www2.ku.edu/~kupiano/winerock.html Jack Winerock] -- faculty page, University of Kansas
* [http://www.experts.ku.edu/~kunews/cgi-bin/expert/view.shtml?id=2127 KU Experts Guide] -- Jack Winerock (Professor of Piano)
* [http://www.chopin.edu.pl/ The Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music] -- official site (in Polish, English)