- Bonnie Gritton
Bonnie Gritton is an American classical pianist.
As well as performing in concert, she teaches piano performance and pedagogy at the
University of Utah . Dr. Gritton made her debut performance at age 15, when she played Beethoven’s "Emperor Concerto, accompanied by theUtah Symphony Orchestra . She has performed in concerts in Europe, Israel, and the U.S. Recent tours have taken her to Greece, Spain and Hawaii.Dr. Gritton's concert performances are often piano duets with her University of Utah colleague, Professor Susan Duelhmeir. Together they have released a
CD of the music ofGershwin on theCentaur label and a recording of theWolking Jazz Two-Piano Concerto with theWarsaw Philharmonic Orchestra .Gritton received her Master's and the Ph.D. in musicology from the
University of California at Los Angeles , studying underAube Tzerko ,Rosina Lhevinne ,Igor Kipnis andLola Odiaga . She also studied the pedagogical and critical works ofFriedrich Wieck , who wasRobert Schumann 's music teacher and father-in-law. Wieck's musical writings formed the subject of Dr. Gritton's Ph.D. dissertation.External links
* [http://www.bonniegritton.com Website]
* [http://www.duehlmeier-gritton.com/ Duehlmeier-Gritton Duo Website]
* [http://www.saltlakesymphony.org/gue.htm Salt Lake Symphony Biography]
* [http://data.music.utah.edu/personnel/music/FMPro?-db=person&-lay=web&-sortfield=position&Department=music&isactive=1&isWebActiveBool=1&appointment=faculty&area=Keyboard&-max=100&-skip=4&-find=&-Format=music_faculty_detail.html&-RecID=120 University of Utah Biography]
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