William Corbett-Jones

Summary

William Corbett Jones is an American pianist who performed throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico and Central America, Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Singapore.

Education

William Corbett Jones' private teachers include Adolph Baller, Alexander Lieberman, Egon Petri, Lili Kraus, and Dario de Rosa, pianist of the Trio di Trieste at the Accademia Chigiana, Siena, Italy. He has participated in masterclasses given by Olga Samaroff, Ernest Bloch, Pablo Casals, Rosina Lhevinne, Lotte Lehmann, Ilona Kabos,Janos Starker, Christoph Eschenbach, Malcolm Frager,Jean-Phillpe Collard, Adele Marcus and Guido Agosti.

Performance

William Corbett Jones performed as pianist in the Alma Trio during 1971-76, following the retirement of his teacher and the Alma Trio's founding pianist, Adolph Baller.

Among the artists with whom Dr. Corbett-Jones has performed are those listed here.

1. Violinists: Henri Temianka, Berl Senofsky, Salvatore Accardo, and Tossy Spivakovsky, Christian Ferras, Hansheinz Schneeberger and Mischa Elman, Andor Toth and Jacob Krachmalnick, Camilla Wicks, Pierre D’Archambeau andJassen Todorov. He was also rehearsal pianist forJosef Szigeti and Yehudi Menuhin.
2. Violists: Paul Yarbrough, Andras Toszeghi, and Ernst Wallfisch.
3. Cellists: Laszlo Varga, Gabor Rejto, Joseph Shuster, Claude Starck, and Christine Walevska, William Van Den Burg and Margaret Tait.
4. Clarinetists: David Glazer, Rosario Mazzeo, and Rudolf Stalder.
5. Flutists: Paul Renzi, Peter Lukas Graf, and Michel Dubos.
6. Oboist: Heinz Holliger.
7. Singers: James McCracken, Hilde Rossl-Majdan, Robert Weede, Marilyn Horne, and Arthur Loosli.

References

External links

1. William Corbett Jones [[1]]
2. William Corbett Jones [[2]]
3. Altenberg Trio Ensemble Database, Vienna[[3]]

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