and I thank you for playing my Juilliard audition!
Back in 1984! Strauss sonata, and Shostakovich #1 I
think?Hope you are well,,,regards from Amanda
--- davidkorevaar <korevaar@...> wrote:

> I'm not too experienced with the news-group thing -
> thanks to Joshua
> for setting this one up. I certainly see many
> friends on the list of
> posters.
> For five years, I spent three evenings a week in
> Harvey's studio as a
> pianist - waiting for you guys to show up to play
> the first 10 bars of
> whatever piece you had. Nowhere else could I have
> a)learned the first
> 10 bars of most of the cello repertoire, b)learned
> to like the smell
> of cigar smoke, c)learned to appreciate a teacher
> who could be so
> profane with students, d)learned so much about the
> physical approach
> to playing any instrument (including my own) - at a
> certain point I
> urged at least one of my violin-playing friends to
> come play for
> Harvey, she did and loved it, e)had so much fun
> learning so much and
> getting to know someone of the same generation as my
> piano teacher
> (with whom Harvey had recorded the Rachmaninoff
> Sonata many many years
> earlier). I looked forward to the evenings when no
> students showed up
> and Harvey decided that we would play something
> (often Rachmaninoff
> Sonata); it was also a special pleasure to play with
> Harvey when he
> felt like demonstrating for a student. I have said
> to various people
> over the years that I learned as much from Harvey as
> from any teacher
> I worked with - I know he will be missed by many. It
> was a privilege
> to know him and to work with him and with so many of
> you.
> David Korevaar
> Boulder, Colorado.
>
>




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