Ozan Marsh
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Ozan Marsh (June 25 1920 in Pasadena, California - March 15, 1992) was a pianist active in concert performances throughout the world as well as across the United States.
A student of Rachmaninoff, Horowitz, Petri, Casadesus and von Sauer, the late Ozan Marsh has received the plaudits of audiences and critics around the world, particularly for his performances of Liszt and Chopin. For more than four decades Ozan Marsh has won critical acclaim in recital appearances and as soloist with the world’s most distinguished orchestras. Among these are the New York Philhadelphia Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Moscow Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestras, to name a few.
Ozan Marsh coupled an outstanding performing career with an equally distinguished academic one. He served on the faculties of such major institutions as The Indiana University, Manhattan School of Music, Butler University, St. Lawrence University, University of Arizona and the Chautauqua Institution. He participated in judging various international piano competitions including the Van Cliburn, the Franz Liszt, the National Federation of Music Clubs and many others. Some of his students include Donna Amato, Michael Caldwell, Edgar Coleman, and David Syme among others. He was also the President of the Pianist’s Foundation of America, (formerly the Southwest Pianists Foundation) an organisation devoted to furthering of the careers of promising young pianists. He gave a great deal of his time to the much needed project of furthuring the goals of those pianists, many whom have gone on to wonderful careers themselves.
Ozan Marsh has recorded for RCA (His Masters Voice), CBS (Columbia), PFA and VLR Records, the Voice of America and the Boston Symphony Transcription Library.
His discography includes: Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra RCA (His Masters Voice)Victrola, Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra 1959 Re-Released several times on RCA "Nothing but the Beer","Three Concert Gems" CD and others. Dimitry Kabalevsky Concerto #2 for Piano and Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic of London, CSP Columbia Records,Collectors Edition Dimitry Kabalevsky Preludes and Rondo, CSP Columbia Records, Collectors Edition Liszt Piano Concerto #1 in Eflat, Spanish Rapsody (Busoni), Totentanz (Solo Piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Released on VOX Cum Lauda, Allegro Records and Concert Artists Records (UK) Other Recordings VLR: Liszt B Minor Sonata, 12 Hungarian Rapsody "A Century of Treasure" All Liszt Recording (SPF Records) Chopin 2nd Piano Sonata and Mazurkas Live Recordings- Rachmaninoff Concerto #1 (1960) Kabalevsky Concerto #2 (1960) Liszt B Minor Sonata (1983) Rachmaninoff 2nd Sonata (1983) Scriabin 7th Sonata (1983) Kabalevsky Piano Concerto #2(1980)
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