Samuel Sanders
Born(1937-06-27)June 27, 1937
OriginUnited States
DiedJuly 9, 1999(1999-07-09) (aged 62)
New York Presbyterian Hospital
GenresClassical
Instrument(s)Piano

Samuel Sanders (June 27, 1937 – July 9, 1999) was an American classical collaborative pianist and pedagogue.

He was born with a congenital heart condition that required him to undergo surgery at the age of nine.[1] His first piano teacher was Hedwig Kanner-Rosenthal.[2] He studied at Hunter College and later received a master's degree at the Juilliard School, where he studied solo piano with Irwin Freundlich and Martin Canin.[3] While at Juilliard, he also studied accompanying with Sergius Kagen.[4]

As a collaborative pianist, he worked with many important classical musicians including Joshua Bell, Håkan Hagegård, Yo-Yo Ma, Jessye Norman, Itzhak Perlman, Rachel Barton Pine, Leonard Rose, Beverly Sills, and Robert White.[5] With Perlman, he won two Grammy Awards in 1981 for "The Spanish Album" and "Music for Two Violins."[6] With Chilean cellist Andrés Díaz, Sanders formed the Díaz-Sanders Duo.[7]

Sanders was the founder and artistic director of the Cape and Islands Chamber Music Festival in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.[8] He received honorary doctorates from Lehman College and the St. Louis Conservatory of Music.[9] He taught at the Juilliard School and the Peabody Institute, creating accompanying programs at both schools.[10]

Samuel Sanders died from liver failure at New York Presbyterian Hospital in 1999. He was 62 and lived in Manhattan.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Dan Rodricks, "A former 'blue baby' touches the heartstrings of Dr. Taussig," The Evening Sun, May 21, 1986, 4.
  2. ↑ Malcolm Miller, "Music and Drama," Knoxville Journal, December 6, 1953, 11-D.
  3. ↑ David Dubal, The Art of the Piano (Pompton Plains, NJ: Amadeus Press, 2004), 314.
  4. ↑ https://archive.org/details/samuel-sanders-7-15-1985
  5. ↑ Allan Kozinn, "Samuel Sanders Is Dead at 62; Accompanied Noted Performers", New York Times, July 12, 1999
  6. ↑ https://www.grammy.com/artists/itzhak-perlman/15774
  7. ↑ Hyperion Records: Samuel Sanders
  8. ↑ https://capecodchambermusic.org/about/
  9. ↑ https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A1456
  10. ↑ Ibid.
  11. ↑ Kozinn, "Samuel Sanders Is Dead at 62." New York Times.

Concert Grande - Interview with Samuel Sanders, July 15, 1985


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