Years active 1962– | Name Joan Benson Role Musical Artist | |
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Born October 9, 1925 (age 98)
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States ( 1925-10-09 ) Occupation(s) Keyboard player, teacher, writer Website Joan Benson: Early and Modern Piano Genres Renaissance music, Classical period, Contemporary classical music People also search for Carole Terry, Herbert Boswell Nanney, Margaret Fabrizio | ||
Instruments Clavichord, fortepiano | ||
Froberger - Tombeau sur la Mort de Monsieur Blancheroche - Joan Benson-clavichord
Joan Benson, born October 9, 1925, in Saint Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota, is an American keyboard player specializing in the clavichord and fortepiano. Educated at the University of Illinois (B.Mus., M.Mus. 1951) and Indiana University (1953), she received instruction in Europe from Edwin Fischer, Guido Agosti, Olivier Messiaen, Viola Thern, Fritz Neumeyer, Ruggero Gerlin, and Macario Santiago Kastner before returning to the United States in 1960 to pursue dual careers as a concert keyboardist and university professor.
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She debuted on the clavichord at the Carmel Bach Festival in 1963 and went on to perform at many concerts in the United States, Europe, and the Far East. From 1968 through 1976, she taught at Stanford University until joining the faculty at the University of Oregon in Eugene, where she taught through 1987. In 1980, she also joined the faculty of the Aston Magna Music Festival in Massachusetts. Among her varied interests is Buddhist meditation. She has been credited with helping to revive interest in the fortepiano and the work of C. P. E. Bach.