Gary Goldschneider

Curriculum Vitae – Gary Goldschneider

1939 Born, Philadelphia, USA, May 22

1942-49 Weekly appearances on The Children’s Hour, WCAU radio Philadelphia.

1947-56 Piano instruction with David Sokoloff (student of Leo Ornstein and Joseph Hofmann at Curtis Institute of Music). Many concerts, student, school recitals

1945-56 Philadelphia Public Schools, graduating from West Philadelphia High School first in class, class valedictorian

1956-60 University of Pennsylvania B.A., Phi Beta Kappa

1960-63 Yale University Medical School

1963-65 University of Pennsylvania M.A. English

1965-67 Studied piano with Agi Jambor (student of Zoltan Kodaly and Edwin Fischer), named her teaching assistant

1966-1987 Many solo piano recitals in Philadelphia, New York, California, England, New Zealand, Netherlands, France. All-Beethoven, all-Mozart, all-Schubert, all-Bach programs, mixed programs from Byrd to Bartok, complete cycles of Beethoven and Mozart sonatas, complete Mikrokosmos of Bartok at Temple University, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City College, and concert halls in above mentioned cities including Concertgebouw Amsterdam and leading halls in Philadelphia, California, England and New Zealand.

Many performances of chamber music and as accompanist

1964-1966 Member of Piano Faculty, settlement Music School, Philadelphia

1964-1970 Taught English literature and music at Drexel University, Philadelphia City College. Named Assistant Professor and Head of Music Department Philadelphia City College 1968-1970

1974 Wrote The Self Taught Pianist (unpublished), Corfu, Greece

1978-1985 In Nevada County, California, conducted Golden Chain Chorale, Nevada County Concert Band, formed Sierra Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted it in its first year. Broadcast Music of the Masters on KVMR community radio.

1980-81 Member piano faculty Nelson School of Music, Nelson, New Zealand. Guest conducted Radio Nelson Chamber Orchestra. Two concert tours (piano solo) of North and South islands. Guest lecturer at Wellington Polytechnic Music Dept., Wellington, New Zealand.

1982-85 First Beethoven Marathon (32 sonatas at one 12-hour concert) – Nevada City, California; Second Beethoven Marathon – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Third Beethoven Marathon – Amsterdam, Netherlands; Fourth Beethoven Marathon – San Francisco, California.

1984-1988 First Mozart Marathon (18 sonatas at one 6-hour concert)- Nevada City, California; Second Mozart Marathon – Amsterdam, Netherlands; Third Mozart Marathon, September 1988 to open academic year at University of Pennsylvania

1985-88 Substitute instructor Muziekschool Amsterdam; guest lecturer Rotterdam Conservatory of Music, Arnhem Conservatory, Musicology Department University of Amsterdam

1987-present – Complete Mikrokosmos of Bartok 1987 Concertgebouw Amsterdam; recitals English Church Amsterdam, Vinkeveen, complete Well-Tempered Pianist of Goldschneider at Bach Festival Groningen; Cristofori Amsterdam. Organized and performed at Chamber Music Festival Vondelpark, summer 1987. Formed Bohemia Piano Trio, concerts on Dutch TV, outdoor festivals, Concertgebouw, English Church, Amsterdam

1999 September 11, Beethoven Marathon Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

2000-present - All-Schumann Recital, France; The Three G’s (Gershwin, Gottschalk, Goldschneider), New York and France; Concert tours of Russia, Romania, Bulgaria as soloist with Piano Concerto #1 of Goldschneider, conducted by Conrad van Alphen and Florin Totan; Mozart Piano Concerto in D minor with Rimnicu-Valcea orchestra, Romania, Florin Totan, conductor. Chamber music with Jan Opsitos, violin, Nitzan Laster, cello, in France and Holland.

As composer

1972 – present:

10 preludes for piano
Miniatures for piano, clarinet, voice
Symphony #1 in 5 movements (Sierra Nevada Symphony)
Symphony #2 in D minor
Piano concerto #1 (One World Concerto)
Piano concerto #2 (Hymn of Divine Love)
Chamber music
Songs
48 pieces for piano (Well-Tempered Pianist premiered at Bach Festival Groningen 1985)
Call Me Ishmael (2 hour opera based on Moby Dick of Melville, World Premiere at Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, May 30, 2004). Libretto: Gary Goldschneider, Director: Nicholas Heath, Conductor: Conrad Van Alphen, Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra, cast of 13 singers
If By Your Art (1 hour opera in 1 act based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest)
Sinaia for Chamber Orchestra

CD recordings:

Beethoven – Early Sonatas
Goldschneider – Piano Pieces
Goldschneider – Sinaia

All three released by Sunshower Productions

As music writer:

The Meaning of Key, Redefining Tonal Music (unpublished)
Six Lectures on the Spiritual Aspects of Music (unpublished)
The Self-Taught Pianist (unpublished)

Autobiography:

1990 Wunderkind (first volume of four published in Dutch by Bzztoh publishers, The Hague)

As writer of Astrology books:

1989 Publication of Astrologie Anders in Dutch by Bzztoh publishers, The Hague)
1994 Publication of The Secret Language of Birthdays (832 pages) with Joost Elffers and Aron Goldschneider, by Penguin Studio Books, New York. To date over 1 million copies sold
1997 Publication of The Secret Language of Relationships (832 pages) with Joost Elffers, Penguin Studio Books, New York. To date over 350,000 copies sold
1998 Publication of The Secret Language of Birthdays Relationship Workbook and Birthday Keeper, with Joost Elffers, Penguin Studio Books, New York.
1999 Publication of The Secret Language of Destiny (832 pages) with Joost Elffers, Penguin Studio Books, New York. To date close to 100,000 copies sold
2002 Publication of The Astrology of Time (265 pages), Atria Books (Simon and Schuster, New York). To be republished as Charting the Times of Your Life in January 2005 by Pocket Books)
2004 Publication of The Secret Language of Luck (265 pages), Riverhead Books (Penguin Books, New York)
2005 To be published: Daily Chartcaster, Running Press, Philadelphia.
1996-2001 Hundreds of radio, magazine, newspaper interviews, TV appearances for Penguin USA throughout major cities of America and Canada; many BBC interviews

Above Books published in over 13 languages worldwide

As columnist:

1989-present Astrologer for AvantGarde magazine, Netherlands
1998-2000 Astrologer for Mirabella magazine, New York

Also, have a look at the unpublished works and autobiography in the "Books" section

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