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Jacques Abram (August 6, 1915 – October 5, … Jacques Abram (August 6, 1915 – October 5, 1998), born Jack Gregory Abram, an American classical pianist, was born in Lufkin, Texas and died in Tampa, Florida. Abram began improvising at age 3 and performing in public at age 6. As a youth he studied with Ima Hogg and Ruth Burr of Houston. At the urging of Ignace Jan Paderewski and Josef Hofmann, who had heard Abram in concert, his parents enrolled him in the Curtis Institute, where he studied with David Saperton. At age 13, Abram transferred to the Juilliard School, where he continued his studies with Ernest Hutcheson. The well-known pianist and Leschetizky pupil Arthur Shattuck also mentored Abram for many years. The National Federation of Music Clubs awarded Abram its Schubert Memorial Award in 1937. As a result of winning these awards Abram debuted with the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall performing the MacDowell D minor concerto. During World War II, Abram was stationed with a special services unit in San Antonio, Texas. He became the artist in residence at Oklahoma College for Women, Chickasha, Oklahoma, in 1955, where he numbered among his devoted pupils Margaret McConnell, Larry Graham, Karen Reynolds, and Leon Whitesell. He assumed the same position in Toronto, Ontario, Canada's University of Toronto and Royal Conservatory of Music in 1960, and in 1963 he moved to Tampa, Florida, where he was on the faculty of the University of South Florida. In 1948, Abram gave the American premiere of Benjamin Britten's piano concerto in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1949 he gave the work its New York premiere under the baton of Leopold Stokowski, and on January 25, 1956 he was soloist in the work's first recording, with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Herbert Menges. EMI has reissued that recording on compact disc. According to the composer, Abram also gave the first English and US performances of Arthur Benjamin's 1949 Concerto quasi una Fantasia; in Benjamin's words, "Jacques Abram, the American pianist, gave it its first English performance at the Cheltenham Festival in 1952 and the first American performance in San Antonio in 1953." In 1955, he married Christine Dorsey, and was the father of Jonathan, Gregory and Nell Abram.ather of Jonathan, Gregory and Nell Abram.
, جاك إبرام (بالإنجليزية: Jacques Abram) هو عازف بيانو أمريكي، ولد في 6 أغسطس 1915، وتوفي في 5 أكتوبر 1998.
, Jacques Abram (Jack Gregory Abram; * 6. Au … Jacques Abram (Jack Gregory Abram; * 6. August 1915 in Lufkin, Texas; † 5. Oktober 1998 in Tampa) war ein US-amerikanischer Pianist und Musikpädagoge. Abram hatte als Kind Klavierunterricht bei , und in Houston. Sechsjährig spielte er mit dem Houston Symphony Orchestra ein Klavierkonzert von Mozart und wurde dann von Ima Hogg gefördert, mit der ihn eine Freundschaft bis zu deren Tod 1975 verband. Ab dem zwölften Lebensjahr studierte er am Curtis Institute of Music bei , später an der Juilliard School bei Ernest Hutcheson. 1937 war er Gewinner des Schubert Memorial Award, und im Folgejahr hatte er mit Auftritten mit dem Philadelphia Orchestra unter Eugene Ormandy in Philadelphia und in der Carnegie Hall sein professionelles Debüt als Pianist. Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges diente er im Army Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) und im United States Army Air Corps. Nach dem Krieg unternahm er Konzerttourneen durch die USA, Lateinamerika und Europa. 1949 spielte er die amerikanische Erstaufführung von Benjamin Brittens Klavierkonzert und nahm das Werk bei His Master’s Voice auf. In den 1950er Jahren unterrichtete Abram an der University of Toronto und am Royal Conservatory of Music. Ab 1963 lebte er in Tampa und unterrichtete bis zu seiner Emeritierung 1987 an der University of South Florida.g 1987 an der University of South Florida.
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Jacques Abram (August 6, 1915 – October 5, … Jacques Abram (August 6, 1915 – October 5, 1998), born Jack Gregory Abram, an American classical pianist, was born in Lufkin, Texas and died in Tampa, Florida. Abram began improvising at age 3 and performing in public at age 6. As a youth he studied with Ima Hogg and Ruth Burr of Houston. At the urging of Ignace Jan Paderewski and Josef Hofmann, who had heard Abram in concert, his parents enrolled him in the Curtis Institute, where he studied with David Saperton. At age 13, Abram transferred to the Juilliard School, where he continued his studies with Ernest Hutcheson. The well-known pianist and Leschetizky pupil Arthur Shattuck also mentored Abram for many years. The National Federation of Music Clubs awarded Abram its Schubert Memorial Award in 1937. As a result of winning these awards A937. As a result of winning these awards A
, جاك إبرام (بالإنجليزية: Jacques Abram) هو عازف بيانو أمريكي، ولد في 6 أغسطس 1915، وتوفي في 5 أكتوبر 1998.
, Jacques Abram (Jack Gregory Abram; * 6. Au … Jacques Abram (Jack Gregory Abram; * 6. August 1915 in Lufkin, Texas; † 5. Oktober 1998 in Tampa) war ein US-amerikanischer Pianist und Musikpädagoge. Abram hatte als Kind Klavierunterricht bei , und in Houston. Sechsjährig spielte er mit dem Houston Symphony Orchestra ein Klavierkonzert von Mozart und wurde dann von Ima Hogg gefördert, mit der ihn eine Freundschaft bis zu deren Tod 1975 verband. Ab dem zwölften Lebensjahr studierte er am Curtis Institute of Music bei , später an der Juilliard School bei Ernest Hutcheson.der Juilliard School bei Ernest Hutcheson.
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