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Performances by Edward Aldwell of the Goldberg Variations, English and French Suites, Italian Concerto, D-minor Sonata, French Overture--as well as works by Handel, Chopin, and Brahms--and his presentation of the complete Well-Tempered Clavier during the Bach tricentenary are among the highlights in his career. New York Magazine chose Aldwell’s “boldly individual, searching exploration of the Well-Tempered Clavier” for its Best of New York listings. Nonesuch has released the pianist’s recordings of Books I and II. Invariably, Mr. Aldwell’s performances are followed by tremendous critical acclaim: The San Francisco Chronicle stated, “No one who heard him play Bach’s “Overture in the French Manner” and the “Goldberg Variations” at Herbst Theatre Friday night will ever forget it”, and Tim Page of New York Newsday commented, ”Aldwell is a musician’s musician, in the best sense: his playing not only entertains, it teaches.” Two recordings by Mr. Aldwell were released in 1995/96: Bach’s Goldberg Variations is receiving worldwide distribution by Biddulph Recordings, while ProPiano released a disk comprising Hindemith’s Ludus Tonalis and three Fauré Nocturnes. Boston Globe reviewer Richard Dyer said of this disk: “Aldwell has the technical understanding, the keyboard chops and the musical imagination to unleash the whole range of emotions and colors encoded in [the Ludus Tonalis]” and “The playing is lucid, visionary, ecstatic--this is the Fauré playing I have been waiting to hear all my life”. In 1997 Biddulph released Aldwell’s recording of Bach’s French Overture and Contrapunctus 1-11 from The Art of Fugue. Born in Portland, Oregon, Edward Aldwell received his early musical training in Texas and at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He received both the Bachelors and Masters of Science degrees at the Juilliard School, where he was a student of Adele Marcus. Upon graduating from Juilliard, Mr. Aldwell was awarded the Marie Dring Prize which enabled him to spend two years in intensive study of the keyboard works of J.S. Bach. Subsequently, he received an Ingram Merrill Foundation grant for analysis and performance of Bach’s keyboard music and was presented in his New York debut performing the complete Book I of the “Well-Tempered Clavier”. Mr. Aldwell is co-author with Carl Schachter of the textbook Harmony and Voice Leading which is used widely in universities and conservatories throughout the United States. During the last two decades , he has taught theory and Schenkerian analysis at The Curtis Institute of Music and at The Mannes College of Music where he is also a member of the piano faculty. Deeply committed to teaching analysis to serve performance, he has appeared in this country and abroad, giving masterclasses and lecture-recitals focusing on Bach’s keyboard works. |
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