Arnaldo Cohen
{{Short description|Brazilian pianist (?-1948)}}
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Arnaldo Cohen is a Brazilian pianist.
Biography
Parallel to his piano studies, he also received degrees in Engineering and Violin from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and started his professional career as a violinist of the Rio de Janeiro Opera House Orchestra. Soon he decided to devote more time to playing piano and continued his studies with Jacques Klein, Bruno Seidlhofer and Dieter Weber. In 1972 he won the first prize of the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition.{{cite web | author= | title=Guest Artist Bio| url=http://www.orsymphony.org/bios/guestartists/cohen.aspx| publisher=Oregon symphony | date= | accessdate=22 August 2009}}
Arnaldo Cohen has been invited to perform as soloist, among others, by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Bellingham Festival Orchestra,{{cite web | author= | title=Performance Today from American Public Media - August 27, 2009| url=http://performancetoday.publicradio.org/?month=8&day=27&year=2009| publisher=American Public Media | date= | accessdate=2 March 2011}} Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra conducted by conductors such as Kurt Masur, Yehudi Menuhin, Wolfgang Sawallisch and Edo de Waart. He has performed in concert halls such as Wigmore Hall, Frick Museum and the Concertgebouw.{{cite web|author= |title=Arnaldo Cohen |url=http://www.robertgilder.com/ArtistDetail.aspx?artist_id=2292&category_id=1024&location_id=3002 |publisher=Robert Gilder & Co |date= |accessdate=22 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715191719/http://www.robertgilder.com/ArtistDetail.aspx?artist_id=2292&category_id=1024&location_id=3002 |archivedate=15 July 2011 }}{{cite web | author= | title=Guest Artist Bio| url=http://www.orsymphony.org/bios/guestartists/cohen.aspx| publisher=Oregon symphony | date= | accessdate=22 August 2009}}
Arnaldo Cohen served as a professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Music in London and currently is a professor at the Jacobs School of Music in Indiana (USA).{{cite web| author=| title=Biography| url=http://www.arnaldocohen.com/bio/| publisher=arnaldocohen.com| date=| accessdate=22 August 2009| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005211615/http://www.arnaldocohen.com/bio/| archivedate=5 October 2009| url-status=dead}}{{cite web| author=| title=Arnaldo Cohen| url=http://info.music.indiana.edu/sb/page/normal/793.html| publisher=Indiana University| date=| accessdate=22 August 2009| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002161459/http://info.music.indiana.edu/sb/page/normal/793.html| archivedate=2 October 2009| url-status=dead}} In October 2012 Cohen was appointed as the Artistic Director of Portland Piano International, the presenter of one of the leading solo piano recital series in North America.{{cite web |url=http://portlandpiano.org/artistic-director/ |title=Artistic Director — Portland Piano International |website=portlandpiano.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731181050/http://portlandpiano.org/artistic-director/ |archive-date=2013-07-31}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.arnaldocohen.com/|Arnaldo Cohen, official website}}
- [https://pianistscorner.com/person/55c4d99cb203c021b86f7600/map/person Genealogy on Pianists Corner]
- [https://pianistscorner.com/person/55c4d99cb203c021b86f7600/playlist/playlist Playlist on Pianists Corner]
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Category:Brazilian classical pianists
Category:Brazilian male classical pianists
Category:Academics of the Royal Academy of Music
Category:Jacobs School of Music faculty
Category:Jewish classical pianists