Irwin Gage
Irwin Gage (September 4, 1939 – April 12, 2018)[1] was an American pianist, specializing in accompanying Lieder.
Biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Gage studied piano at the University of Michigan with Eugene Bossart, and later at Yale with Ward Davenny.[2] Other teachers included Erik Werba at the Vienna Music Academy and Hilde Langer-Rühl. He performed as a soloist with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1973, playing the solo piano part for Mozart's concert aria Ch'io mi scordi di te? with soprano Jessye Norman.[3] Above all, he was a collaborator with singers such as Elly Ameling, Arleen Auger, Walter Berry, Brigitte Fassbaender, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Edda Moser, Dagmar Pecková, Lucia Popp, Hermann Prey, Christine Schäfer, Peter Schreier. From his work with such international elite singers numerous award-winning recordings emerged.
In 1970, he planned and accompanied an entire series of Lieder recitals at the Vienna Konzerthaus. From 1979 to 2005, Gage headed a song interpretation class at the Academy of Music and Theater in Zurich (now Zurich University of the Arts). In 2001, he was also appointed to a professorship for song interpretation at the Saarbrücken Music Academy, where he initiated a nationally unique program entitled "Song Duo."
Irwin Gage gave master classes in Europe, Japan, and the United States. He was a consultant and artistic director of concert series at various houses, including the Cologne Philharmonic. He sat on many juries for singing, song duo, chamber music, and solo piano at international music competitions.[4]
Death
Gage died in Zurich, Switzerland on April 12, 2018, after a long period of physical impairment and illness. He was 78.[5]
References
- ^ "US-Pianist Irwin Gage 78-jährig gestorben".
- ^ Cummings, David, ed. International who's who in music and musicians' directory, 17th ed. (Cambridge, England: International Biographical Centre, 2001): 217.
- ^ "7th Subscription Concert." Saturday, 26 May, 1973. https://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/en/konzerte/7th-subscription-concert/8140/
- ^ LeSueur, Richard (2001). "Irwin Gage". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.
- ^ "US-Pianist Irwin Gage ist tot". Der Bund.
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- 1939 births
- 2018 deaths
- Classical accompanists
- Academic staff of the Zurich University of the Arts
- University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni
- Musicians from Cleveland
- 20th-century American pianists
- American male pianists
- 20th-century American male musicians