Entertainment & Arts
Rudolf Serkin, who began his life in abject poverty but spent it performing in nearly every grandiose concert hall in the world, has died, it was reported Thursday.
May 10, 1991
** 1/2 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4; Choral Fantasy. DVORAK: String Quintet, Opus 77.JANACEK: “Mladi,” Suite for Winds. Rudolf Serkin, piano; Marlboro Festival Chorus, Orchestra and Ensembles, Alexander Schneider and Peter Serkin, conductors. Sony Classical
Oct. 15, 2000
“Vladimir Horowitz Rediscovered: Carnegie Hall Recital, Nov. 16, 1975” Vladimir Horowitz, piano (RCA Victor Red Seal) ** “The Incomparable Rudolf Serkin” Rudolf Serkin, piano (Deutsche Grammophon) ** Rudolf Serkin and Vladimir Horowitz were close contemporaries.
June 8, 2003
At his recital in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Tuesday, Peter Serkin asserted his own offbeat ideas of programming by mingling Bach with such mildly daring composers as Wolpe, Takemitsu and Messiaen to open the proceedings.
Jan. 29, 1987
Pianist Rudolf Serkin plans to join the San Francisco Symphony for a debut performance in Shanghai next month, a symphony spokesman announced Friday.
Jan. 9, 1988
In the 1960s, Rudolf Serkin, one the world’s most revered pianists, used to fret about his hippie son, Peter.
Feb. 28, 2014
The recital by pianist Rudolf Serkin, scheduled for Tuesday night in the Pavilion of the Music Center, has been canceled.
Dec. 11, 1985
Critic’s Pick: Peter Serkin
Virtuoso Pianist Embraces the Contemporary Without Turning His Back on Family Tradition
Jan. 27, 1999
If genealogy is not all, then it’s very nearly an answer to why music seems to flow in the veins of some rather than others.
Nov. 8, 1993