Katz migrated to Israel in 1959. He joined the faculty of the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, and became a professor of piano in 1972. His most notable pupils are Mordecai Shehori, Astrith Baltsan and Angela Borochov (née Angela Stone).
Katz was renowned particularly for his recorded interpretations of J. S. Bach,[2] Beethoven, the concertos of Khachaturian[2] and Prokofiev, and the violin sonatas of Brahms and Franck (with Henryk Szeryng;[3] this was the only recording Szeryng ever made of the Franck Sonata[4]). He also recorded the music of Chopin, Debussy, Enescu, Fauré, Haydn, Liszt, Mozart, Ravel, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky.[3] His recordings received consistently high critical acclaim, and his playing was often compared with that of Vladimir Horowitz.[3]
His great performance is the Beethoven Emperor Concerto conducted by Sir John Barbirolli in 1958 on PYE records.
mindru, katz, june, 1925, january, 1978, romanian, israeli, classical, pianist, born, 1925, june, 1925bucharest, romaniadiedjanuary, 1978, 1978, aged, istanbul, turkeygenresclassicaloccupation, musicianinstrument, pianoyears, active1947, 1978, contents, biogra. Mindru Katz 3 June 1925 30 January 1978 was a Romanian Israeli classical pianist Mindru KatzBorn 1925 06 03 June 3 1925Bucharest RomaniaDiedJanuary 30 1978 1978 01 30 aged 52 Istanbul TurkeyGenresClassicalOccupation s MusicianInstrument s PianoYears active1947 1978 Contents 1 Biography 2 Death 3 References 4 External linksBiography editKatz was born to Jewish parents in Bucharest in 1925 He was discovered as a child prodigy by the noted composer George Enescu and taught by Florica Musicescu 1 He graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in Bucharest in 1947 in which year he also made his debut with the Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra He had an international career visited 40 countries and played under conductors Sir John Barbirolli Sir Adrian Boult Sergiu Celibidache Sergiu Comissiona Antal Dorati Josef Krips Lorin Maazel Harold Byrns Yuval Zaliouk and Alfred Wallenstein Katz migrated to Israel in 1959 He joined the faculty of the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv and became a professor of piano in 1972 His most notable pupils are Mordecai Shehori Astrith Baltsan and Angela Borochov nee Angela Stone He was a jury member at the first Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv in 1974 won by Emanuel Ax together with Arthur Rubinstein himself Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Eugene Istomin and others Katz was renowned particularly for his recorded interpretations of J S Bach 2 Beethoven the concertos of Khachaturian 2 and Prokofiev and the violin sonatas of Brahms and Franck with Henryk Szeryng 3 this was the only recording Szeryng ever made of the Franck Sonata 4 He also recorded the music of Chopin Debussy Enescu Faure Haydn Liszt Mozart Ravel Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky 3 His recordings received consistently high critical acclaim and his playing was often compared with that of Vladimir Horowitz 3 His great performance is the Beethoven Emperor Concerto conducted by Sir John Barbirolli in 1958 on PYE records Death editAt the age of 52 Katz died of a heart attack on stage during a recital in Istanbul Turkey 2 while performing Beethoven s Piano Sonata No 17 in D minor Tempest 1 He left behind a wife and daughter References edit a b Bach Cantatas a b c ArkivMusik Archived from the original on 2011 07 28 Retrieved 2010 11 01 a b c Cembal d amour Music Web InternationalExternal links editMindru Katz discography at Discogs nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mindru Katz amp oldid 1137690227, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
