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Ania Dorfmann (9 July 189921 April 1984) was a Russian-born American pianist and teacher, who taught at the Juilliard School in New York for many years and was the first of only a very few women pianists to play or record under Arturo Toscanini. ==Career== Ania Dorfmann was born in Odessa, Russia (now in Ukraine) in 1899, the daughter of a merchant. She gave her first concert at the age of 11. Around this time she accompanied the even younger Jascha Heifetz.〔(holdridgerecords.com )〕〔(Highbeam Research )〕 In 1916-17 she studied in Paris with Isidor Philipp at the Conservatoire de Paris,〔〔(Juilliard School )〕 then returned to Russia to find it in the midst of revolution. She returned to France in 1920, commenced her professional career in Belgium,〔(''The News and Courier'', 23 October 1953 )〕 and played throughout Europe and Britain for the next 15 years, under such conductors as Willem Mengelberg, Sir Thomas Beecham and Sir Henry Wood.〔(Naxos )〕 She made her home in London during this time.〔 Among the artists she appeared with in Britain were John McCormack〔(''Glasgow Herald'', 22 September 1932 )〕〔(McCormack Society )〕 and Heddle Nash.〔(Dartington Hall Trust )〕 She made her New York debut in 1936 at the Town Hall,〔 and played there again in 1938 and 1939. She was the first female pianist ever engaged as a soloist by Arturo Toscanini,〔〔Some sources say Ania Dorfmann was the only woman pianist who ever played under Toscanini, but Dame Myra Hess played Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 under him on 24 November 1946. (Frank, pp. 86-87)〕 under whom she played Beethoven's ''Choral Fantasy'' with his NBC Symphony Orchestra on 2 December 1939, the only time Toscanini ever programmed that work.〔Mortimer H Frank, ''Arturo Toscanini: The NBC Years'', pp. 122-123〕 They later played all the Beethoven piano concertos,〔〔(radiogoldindex )〕 and recorded the First Concerto in 1945 (there is also a recording of a live performance from 1939).〔 She settled in the United States in 1938,〔 touring and recording. Her agent at that time was David Rubin.〔(''New York Times'', 10 May 2003 )〕 Her appearances included concerts under Serge Koussevitzky.〔(Boston Symphony Orchestra concert programs, Season 63, 1943-1944 )〕 In 1947 Ania Dorfmann worked intensively with the actress Barbara Stanwyck, who was making the film ''The Other Love'', in which she played a concert pianist.〔(IMdB: ''The Other Love'' )〕 Although Ania Dorfmann played the piano music heard on screen, she had Stanwyck practise for three hours a day to make her actions match the music.〔(TCM: ''The Other Love'' )〕 In 1956〔 (some sources say 1966) she joined the piano faculty of the Juilliard School, where she remained for most of the rest of her life.〔〔 Ania Dorfmann's students included Lev Natochenny,〔(''D magazine'' )〕 Solveig Funseth,〔(Det Virtuelle Musikbibliothek )〕 Minuetta Kessler,〔(''The Boston Composers Project: A Bibliography of Contemporary Music'' )〕 Raymond Jackson,〔(cbschurch )〕 Suezenne Fordham,〔(Fordham )〕 Roman Markowicz,〔(''Polish Music Newsletter'' )〕 Robert Shannon,〔(New World Records )〕 and Marian Migdal.〔(National Taiwan Normal University )〕 She retired in June 1983 and died on 21 April 1984, aged 84.〔(''New York Times'', 23 April 1984 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ania Dorfmann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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