Looks as if he died earlier today. He was born in 1930 and was definitely one of the great pianists of the twentieth century.I was fortunate indeed to have gotten to know him a bit better than many were able to, since I was a student in one of his master classes in the early 80's, I helped him with a lecture he did at Stanford, and I had dinner with him and his wife twice.
The recordings he made on the Connoisseur Society label were fabulous, but there were some great recordings he did for other labels too - one of my favorites is the very personal Schumann Concerto / Franck Symphonic Variations he did with Neumann and the CzPO on the Supraphon label.
RIP.
Edits: 07/27/15
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Topic - Ivan Moravec - RIP - Chris from Lafayette 11:32:02 07/27/15 (10)
- Love his Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4... - kuma 22:53:11 07/27/15 (0)
- Wow, what an honor to have met him. I love his Chopin Nocturnes and his recording of the Mozart #25 PC.... - jdaniel@jps.net 21:29:32 07/27/15 (1)
- Yup - both those recordings are great - Chris from Lafayette 00:17:29 07/28/15 (0)
- RE: Ivan Moravec - RIP - Ivan303 18:42:55 07/27/15 (0)
- RE: Ivan Moravec - RIP - steve.ott@kctcs.edu 18:34:49 07/27/15 (2)
- RE: Ivan Moravec - RIP - Chris from Lafayette 01:06:58 07/28/15 (1)
- RE: Ivan Moravec - RIP - pbarach 17:18:10 07/28/15 (0)
- This is a sad loss - k-k-k-kenny 17:59:23 07/27/15 (1)
- Actually, I have a picture. . . - Chris from Lafayette 00:59:13 07/28/15 (0)
- I have a Debussy CD that I love! - oldmkvi 11:38:44 07/27/15 (0)