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| JUDITH COHEN | ||||
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| Pianist Judith Cohen began her keyboard
career at the age of five and studied at the Chicago Musical College until
the age of eighteen. She was First Prize winner in the 1984 Pacific
International Piano Competition, prompting jury chairman Bela Nagy to call
her "one of the five best pianists I have heard in the last fifteen
years." In 1985, Ms. Cohen made her Community Concerts debut with
recitals in Idaho, Washington and Montana, and her international debut
with a recital in Mexico under the sponsorship of the Insituto Nacional de
Bellas Artes. Critic Robert Somerlott of the Mexico City News hailed her
as "an artist of unusual talent who captivated the audience with both
her musicianship and stage presence." Since 1989, Judith Cohen has
served as Artistic Director of the Governor's Chamber Music Series,
planning and performing in chamber music concerts throughout the Pacific
Northwest. She has also appeared at the Abbey Bach Festival, the Second
City Chamber Music Series, the Ernest Bloch Music Festival and the Mostly
Nordic Chamber Music Series.
In 1996 Ms. Cohen released a CD featuring the solo piano music of Béla Bartók. Of this recording, Fanfare reported: "On this attractive Bartók collection — in which some of his most popular piano music rubs up against less standard fare — [Cohen] shows herself to be a persuasive advocate for his gentler side…her light, treble-tilted tone and her transparent textures show her chosen repertoire off to good advantage. Her deft swing through the Roumanian Folk Dances is especially refreshing." Ms. Cohen recently signed an exclusive recording contract with Pear Records of Los Angeles, who recently released three solo and chamber music CDs featuring her at the piano. |
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