Baruch Arnon (born 8 July 1940 in Novi Sad,

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) is a classical pianist and renowned music teacher. He is currently a faculty member at the

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School in New York and has previously taught music at the

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in Tel Aviv and Musica de Camera.

Education

He began his music studies at an early age and studied piano with Ilona Vincze-Kraus at Israel Academy of Music. By 1959 he was taking master classes under Edward Steuermann. In 1962 he was studying at the

School with Irwin Freundlich and earned his B.M. Studying under

Bernard Wagenaar Bernard Wagenaar (July 18, 1894 – May 19, 1971) was a Dutch-American composer, conductor and violinist. Wagenaar was born in Arnhem. He studied at Utrecht University before starting his career as a teacher and conductor in 1914. He moved to ...

and Jacob Druckman, he earned his M.S. in 1965.

Professional information

Between 1960 and 1962 he taught piano at the

. In 1972 he became the artistic director of the Musica da Camera, a position he held until 1980. In 1971 he began teaching at the

School. He has been teaching piano literature and graduate studies there since 1991 and became a professor of chamber music in 2001. He currently lives in New York and spends his time teaching there.

Bibliography and external links

Juilliard online
* Ashkenazy, Vladimir. ''Collins Encyclopedia of Classical Music''. Collins; new ed (2000) (). * Philip, Robert. ''Performing Music in the Age of Recording''. Yale University Press (2004) (). * Hall, Charles J. ''Chronology of Western Classical Music, Volume 2''. Routledge (2002) (). * Zaslaw, Neal. ''Mozart's Symphonies: Context, Performance Practice, Reception''. Oxford University Press; reprint ed (1991) (). {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnon, Baruch 1940 births American classical pianists American male pianists Jewish American classical musicians Juilliard School alumni Juilliard School faculty Living people Musicians from Novi Sad 21st-century Serbian Jews Yugoslav emigrants to the United States 20th-century American pianists 21st-century classical pianists 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century American pianists 21st-century American Jews