Duo pianists Melvin Stecher and Norman Horowitz joined forces in 1951. Later in their career they established their own foundation and created the New York International Piano Competition, which has launched the careers of quite a few young pianists. The competition,...
Melvin Stecher and Norman Horowitz have brought a refreshing concept to the often cutthroat arena of music competitions: Everybody wins. Stecher and Horowitz met in 1951, and during the next five decades they toured the world as a celebrated duo-piano team, while also...
by Michael Miller, November 1, 2016 Almost any seasoned music lover will at some time complain about the globally-renowned musicians who play at Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall, or Tanglewood. You’ll hear that the players in this orchestra or that are cynical and...
by Frank Daykin, June 29, 2016 Language has become so debased in our time, words no longer seem to mean what they once did, but one thing I can guarantee; an hour spent with duo-pianists Melvin Stecher and Norman Horowitz reveal them to be gentlemen, in the truest...
by Stephen Sorokoff, June 26 2016 Unlike those TV competitions which have arguable talent and hyped elimination dramatics, The Eighth New York International Piano Competition presented by The Stecher Horowitz Foundation is just the opposite. From June 19-24 at The...
THE EIGHTH NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION (NYIPC) UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE STECHER AND HOROWITZ FOUNDATIONGREENFIELD HALL, MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, NEW YORK, NY by Rorianne Schrade, June 24, 2016 It was an honor and pleasure to be asked to review the...
