Sunday, January 8, 2023

At the piano, part 2

 Here's the second part of my series of Piano Portraits. Part 1 is here.


A great photo by André Kertész of Norman Dello Joio composing at the piano



Erich Auerbach's splendid photograph of Rosalyn Tureck at the piano, with the Philharmonia Orchestra, 1958.



Vladimir Horowitz by Philippe Halsman, 1966

"The music is behind those dots. You search for it, and that is what I mean by the grand manner. I play, so to speak, from the other side of the score, looking back."



Dave Brubeck by Julian Wasser, 1955



Leonard Bernstein by Don Hunstein, 1958



A great Slim Aarons shot from the Mister Roberts set: Harry Carey Jr. plays a jazz piano duet with Jack Lemmon. I love the convenient drinks on the piano.



Glenn Gould by Don Hunstein, 1957
After playing every piano in Steinway's Astoria factory, he had four sent to the studio for intensive auditions.



Maurizio Pollini by Barbara Pflaum, 1966



Dame Myra Hess by Howard Coster, 1940



Eartha Kitt by Russell Westwood, 1951



Vanessa Redgrave by Norman Parkinson, 1968



Sting by Michael Ward, 1982



Keith Jarrett by Abe Frajndlich, 1987



Marc Blitzstein by Arnold Newman, 1945



Jerome Robbins by Yousuf Karsh, 1986



George Gershwin by Edward Steichen for Vanity Fair, 1927

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