Jerome Rose - pianist

Jerome Rose, one of America's most distinguished pianists, has been heard in major concert halls across five continents. A Gold Medalist from the International Busoni Competition, Mr. Rose began his international career while still in his early twenties. His catalogue of critically acclaimed recordings on Monarch Classics includes the Liszt Concerti with the Budapest Philharmonic, Liszt's Transcendental Etudes, the Complete Schumann Sonatas, "Davidsbundlertanze", and "Kreisleriana", the Last Three Beethoven Sonatas, and the Complete Ballades & Fantasy of Chopin. In addition, newly released on Medici Classics are the Schubert Posthumous Sonatas and Wanderer Fantasie; and the Liszt Sonata, Don Juan Fantasy and Mephisto Waltz.

His recordings of Franz Liszt for Vox were awarded the Grand Prix du Disque from the Liszt Society of Budapest, and the Ministry of Culture of Hungary conferred on him the Franz Liszt Medal for organizing the comprehensive Liszt Centennial Celebration in Washington D.C. in 1986.

Previously, he served as the Artistic Director of the International Festival of the Romantics in London, and the Schubert and Brahms Festival at the Library of Congress. A teacher as well as a performer, the artist is the author of "The Young Virtuoso" published by Warner Books.

Mr. Rose has appeared with such orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, and Santa Cecilia, Rome. A frequent visitor to London, he has appeared with the London Philharmonic, London Symphony, and the Royal Philharmonic. In addition he has been soloist with most major U. S. orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Houston, Baltimore & Atlanta. Conductors include Sir Georg Solti, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Sir Charles Mackerras, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Sergiu Comissiona, David Zinman, Hans Vonk, Robert Spano, and Christian Thielemann. He was a pupil of Adolph Baller when, at the age of 15, he debuted with the San Francisco Symphony. A graduate of the Mannes College and the Juilliard School of Music, Jerome Rose studied with Leonard Shure and Rudolf Serkin at Marlboro. He was also a Fulbright Scholar in Vienna.

Mr. Rose has given masterclasses at the Moscow Conservatory, the Chopin Academy in Warsaw, and at the Toho School in Japan. He is on the Faculty of the Mannes College of Music and is Founder/Director of the International Keyboard Institute & Festival held every summer in New York City. Mr. Rose's performances at the Festival are recorded by WFMT Chicago for worldwide radio broadcast.

Recent concerto appearances include Prokofiev No. 1 with the Mexico City Symphony conducted by Jorge Mester, Brahms 2 in Corpus Christi, and the Schumann Concerto in Edmonton, Canada with Grzegorz Nowak. In addition to masterclasses in the U.S., he returned last season to Japan for classes and a recital in Tokyo. This season recital venues in the U.S. include Boston and New York. He will also appear in recital in Italy. Mr. Rose was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Music from the State University of New York for his lifetime achievement in music.