Edmund Battersby (November 10, 1949 - March 25, 2016) [1] was a classical pianist and professor at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University.
Edmund Battersby (November 10, 1949 - March 25, 2016) [1] was a classical pianist and professor at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University.
Edmund Battersby was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1949. His teachers included Barbara Holmquest, Artur Balsam, at Kneisel Hall, in Blue Hill, Maine, followed by Sascha Gorodnitski at the Juilliard School where he earned his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees. Professor Battersby taught at Montclair State College, now Montclair State University, and Kneisel Hall before joining the faculty of the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. [2] Edmund Battersby performed as soloist with major symphony orchestras including Pittsburgh, New Jersey and Indianapolis, broadcast numerous concerts from the Library of Congress, appeared on the Great Performers at Lincoln Center and Mostly Mozart series and gave notable solo recitals at Alice Tully Hall and Wigmore Hall. [3]
In 2006, the American Record Guide wrote that his recordings of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, on modern and period instruments, put him "in the company of Brendel, Serkin, Schnabel, and Pollini.". [4] This recording was also reviewed in the Irish Times [5] and the Toronto Star described it as, "one of those must-get albums for anyone interested in Beethoven or piano music". [6]
Battersby's many recordings for Musical Heritage Society, Naxos, and Koch have been widely reviewed and recognized: the 1992 Grammy Short list for Goyescas of Granados among them. [7]
In 2013, Battersby re-released previously unavailable archival Musical Heritage Society recordings of Felix Mendelssohn's, Songs Without Words(complete), Franz Schubert's, Shorter Works for Piano and The Early Romantic Piano which was described as "...quite simply a beautiful recording that should be heard by everyone." [8] This was performed on a replica of an 1824 instrument by Conrad Graf crafted by Rodney Regier of Freeport, Maine. [8] Edmund Battersby's From Iberia was released in 2014.
During his career, Battersby gave recitals worldwide, including performances at Wigmore Hall, London; Carnegie Hall, New York; the Great Performers series at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; the Library of Congress, Washington; [9] and the Kennedy Center. [10]
Battersby performed with the Vermeer Quartet, the Tokyo String Quartet and the Orion String Quartet, [11] and has collaborated with conductors such as McGegan, Schwarz and Schuller [12] He debuted a work by composer George Crumb in California in 1981.
In 1990 Battersby played a recital at the National Museum of American History on a 140-year-old Erard piano that was made for Prince Albert at the request of Queen Victoria. [13]
Examples of published reviews of his performances:
Battersby performed at a number of festivals around the world, and gave masterclasses in the art of playing piano:
Battersby is included as an authority in Robert Cunningham's biography of Sergei Rachmaninoff, [22] as well as being a contributing author for Remembering Horowitz: 125 Pianists Recall a Legend by David Dubal. [23]
Battersby was interviewed about his career by Heidi Waleson in Early Music America, [24] and in 2013 by Jerry Dubins for the January 2013 issue of Fanfare Magazine. [25]
Battersby is included in: "Piano Lessons: Music, Love and True Adventures", by Noah Adams, [26] two reference books by David Dubal devoted to pianists, The Art of the Piano; its Performers, Literature and Recordings [27] and The Art of the Piano; an Encyclopedia of Performers by David Dubal [28] and in the Routledge Studies in Musical Genera series on 19th Century Piano Music by Larry Todd [29]
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