Denver Oldham

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Denver Oldham (September 15, 1936 – May 6, 2012)[1] was an American concert pianist and recording artist. A Steinway Artist,[2] he had to his credit twelve European concert tours, two South American concert tours, as well as numerous domestic performances. He recorded ten albums, paying special attention to the works of neglected American composers. He was born in Long Island, New York to Scottish immigrants. Denver Oldham first began formal piano lessons at the age of five with Edna Dalton after his kindergarten teacher discovered him improvising on nursery rhymes. By the age of twelve he was performing with symphonies in the Long Island area regularly, and he soon held his first public solo recital at the behest of the Music Education League. Oldham graduated from the Juilliard School of Music, where he studied under Joseph Bloch and Leland Thompson. He subsequently studied in London with Dame Myra Hess and Ilona Kabos and at the Aspen Music Festival with Alexander Uninsky. At the age of 24, Oldham went on his first European concert tour, which spanned Copenhagen, Zurich, Oslo, The Hague, and Vienna. In 1961, he made his New York City debut at The Town Hall. He later performed at both Philharmonic Hall (later renamed Avery Fisher Hall) in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and at Carnegie Hall. Continuing European tours have taken him to Basel, Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Dublin, and London. Beginning in 1982, Denver Oldham built up a library of recordings highligh

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R. Nathaniel Dett: Piano Works

John Knowles Paine: Selected Piano Works

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Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still

Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Collected Works for Piano

John Alden Carpenter: Collected Piano Works

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Dett: Piano Works

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Jacques Ibert: Piano Works

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Charles Tomlinson Griffes - Collected Works For Piano

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Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

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Música de concierto

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Griffes: Collected Works for Piano

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John Knowles Selected Piano Works

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