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William Westney
11+ albums
ClassicalpianoAmerican classical pianist
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Pianist WILLIAM WESTNEY was the top piano prize-winner of the Geneva International Competition, and he appeared thereafter as soloist with such major orchestras as l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Houston, San Antonio and New Haven Symphonies. Westney holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queens College in New York and a Masters and Doctorate in performance from Yale University, all with highest honors. During his study in Italy under a Fulbright grant he was the only American winner in auditions held by Radiotelevisione Italiana. Solo recital appearances include New York's Lincoln Center, the National Gallery and Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., St. John's Smith Square in London, National Public Radio ("Performance Today"), and a U.S. State Department tour of Italy. Educational honors include TTU’s highest distinction, the Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching Award (2008), the Yale School of Music’s “Certificate of Merit,” and a Fulbright “Senior Specialist” grant to Asia (2006). For the 2009-10 academic year he is dividing his time between the U.S. and the University of Southern Denmark (Odense), where he has been named Hans Christian Andersen Guest Professor, in an interdisciplinary research role involving philosophy and pedagogy. His innovative “Un-Master Class” workshop, which was profiled in a New York Times article, has been held in Vienna, Beijing, London, Seoul, Melbourne, Toronto, and many other prominent music centers. Dr. Westney’s book T
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Burgmüller: 18 Characteristic Studies, Op. 109
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Selected Studies Op. 45 & 46
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Heller: Selected Piano Studies, Op. 45 & 46
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Music of Leo Ornstein
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Friedrich Burgmüller: 18 Characteristic Studies, Op. 109
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Grieg: Selected Lyric Pieces
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Quintette For Piano And Strings, Op. 92; Three Moods
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Heller: Selected Piano Studies, Opus 45 & 46
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First Recording of Music by Leo Ornstein - Three Moods & Piano Quintet, Op.92
First Recording of Music by Leo Ornstein
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In Recital