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John Browning
Browning in 1966
Browning in 1966
Background information
Born(1933-05-23)May 23, 1933
Denver, Colorado
DiedJanuary 26, 2003(2003-01-26) (aged 69)
Sister Bay, Wisconsin
GenresClassical music
OccupationsPianist
InstrumentsPiano

John Browning (May 23, 1933 – January 26, 2003) [1] was an American pianist known for his reserved, elegant style and sophisticated interpretations of Bach and Scarlatti and for his collaboration with the American composer Samuel Barber.

Biography[edit]

Browning was born to musical parents in Denver, Colorado, in 1933. He studied piano from age 3 with his mother and, at the age of 10, was accepted as a student by Rosina Lhévinne.[2] He appeared as a soloist with the Denver Symphony Orchestra later that same year.

In 1945 his family moved to Los Angeles, California. He spent two years at Occidental College there. He began his studies at the Juilliard School in New York City with Rosina Lhévinne in 1950. He won the Leventritt Competition in 1955 and made his professional orchestral debut with the New York Philharmonic in 1956.[3] At this point his career came under the management of well known talent manager Herbert Barrett, later signing with Columbia Artists Management Inc. in the early 1990s.

As early as 1960, Browning had already emerged as a featured soloist in the prime-time CBS Television network special Spring Festival of Music. His appearance with the conductor Alfredo Antonini and the Symphony of the Air featured a virtuoso performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto, which was noted for its musical excellence and its imaginative visual presentation on television.[4]

In 1962 he gave the premiere of Samuel Barber's Pulitzer Prize-winning Piano Concerto, which was written for him, in connection with the opening of Lincoln Center. He subsequently made a commercial recording of the work for Columbia with George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra. His second recording of the work, with Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in 1991 for RCA Victor, won a Grammy Award for best instrumental soloist with orchestra. In 1993 Browning won a second Grammy Award for best instrumental soloist without orchestra for a disc of Barber's solo works on MusicMasters.[3] He continued to follow the works of contemporary American composers but found relatively few to his liking.

Browning developed a busy career, giving some 100 concerts a season.[3] He eased his schedule in the 1970s, explaining later that he had grown ragged from overwork. In the 1990s, his career had something of a renaissance. His last public appearance was at the National Gallery of ArtinWashington in April 2002.[3] He also taught and gave master classes at Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School in New York City.

His last performance of all was to an invited audience at the United States Supreme Court in May 2002.[1] He died (from heart failure) at the age of 69 some eight months later in Sister Bay, Wisconsin.

Legacy[edit]

John Browning is remembered for his penetrating, intellectual interpretations of Bach, Haydn, Mozart, and Scarlatti, among others, and for his many recordings of the works of these and other composers. Browning recorded for RCA Victor, Columbia Records, Capitol Records, Delos Productions[5] and MusicMasters Records.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Boston Globe, obituary, by Richard Dyer, January 30, 2003, pg. C.14
  • ^ Slonimsky, Nicolas; Theodore Baker (1992). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Eighth Edition. New York, New York: Schirmer Books.
  • ^ a b c d Oestreich, James R. (2003-01-28). "John Browning, 69, Pianist With Reserved, Elegant Style". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  • ^ Television and the Performing Arts. Brian G. Rose. Greenwood Press, New York 1986 p. 104 ISBN 0-313-24159-7 "Spring Festival of Music", Alfredo Antonini, Symphony of the Air, Robert Herridge and John Browning collaborating on books.google
  • ^ John Brown Recordings on Delos
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