Jane Carlson

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'''Jane Elizabeth Carlson''' (November 19, 1918 – February 8, 1998) was a professor of piano at the Juilliard School. She won the 1947 Naumburg International Piano Competition.

== Education == Carlson was born in Hartford, Connecticut.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1949-03-06 |title=Jane Carlson and Melvin Ritter appear in piano-violin recital |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bradenton-herald-jane-carlson-and-me/147150052/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=The Bradenton Herald |pages=6}}</ref> Her interest in music began at a young age, and she started piano lessons when she was eight years old. Carlson received a regional scholarship to attend Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, and received her Bachelor of Music degree from there in 1940. When Léon Barzin heard her play, he said she should study with Carl Friedberg, and in 1941 she was awarded a fellowship to attend Juilliard so she could do so.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1947-10-04 |title=Jane Carlson, pianist, to play at founder's day performance |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-news-leader-jane-carlson-pian/147149371/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=The Daily News Leader |pages=3}}</ref> She received her professional diploma from Juilliard in 1946.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1948-03-15 |title=Jane Carlson, Naumburg Prize Pianist, in Many Concerts |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_music-magazine-and-musical-courier_1948-03-15_137_6 |journal=Musical Courier |language=English |publisher=Summy-Birchard Publishing Company |volume=137 |issue=6}}</ref> Carlson also studied with the British pianist Myra Hess.<ref name="Naumburg" />

== Career == Carlson taught as Carl Friedberg's assistant during Juilliard's summer school from 1947 until 1952. She joined the piano faculty at the Juilliard school<ref>{{Cite journal |date=Winter 1961–1962 |title=Alumni Council |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_juilliard-review_winter-1961-1962_9_1 |journal=Juilliard Review |language=English |publisher=Juilliard School |volume=9 |issue=1}}</ref> in 1960 first teaching piano ensemble and adding piano pedagogy in 1965.<ref name="Naumburg">{{cite web |title=Jane Carlson 1947 Piano Competition Winner |url=https://www.naumburg.org/naumburg-winners/jane-carlson |website=Naumburg Foundation}}</ref>

Carlson played solo piano recitals,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1949-02-08 |title=Concert group offers piano artist tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hinton-daily-news-concert-group-offers-p/147150452/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=Hinton Daily News |pages=1}}</ref> joint recitals such as with the violinist Melvin Ritter,<ref name=":0" /> and as guest pianist with local symphonies.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1955-10-16 |title=Symphony opens its 7th season with N.Y. pianist as guest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-angelo-standard-times-symphony-opens/147150682/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=San Angelo Standard-Times |pages=39}}</ref> While she played pieces from multiple composers,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1972-03-14 |title=Generous Recital By Jane Carlson, Pianist, of Juilliard |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/14/archives/generous-recital-by-jane-carlson-pianist-of-juilliard.html |access-date=2024-02-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> she was especially known for her performances of the music of Paul Hindemith.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hughes |first=Allen |date=1976-03-25 |title=Recital |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/25/archives/recital-jane-carlson-pianist-excels-in-tonalis.html |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=H.C.S. |date=1951-03-05 |title=JANE CARLSON HEARD IN KEYBOARD PIECES |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1951/03/05/archives/jane-carlson-heard-in-keyboard-pieces.html |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=H. |first=C. |date=1947-11-11 |title=RECITAL BY JANE CARLSON; Pianist's Reading of Hindemith Work Highlight of Program |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/11/11/archives/recital-by-jane-carlson-pianists-reading-of-hindemith-work.html |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She recorded his Ludus Tonalis in 1965,<ref>{{Citation |last1=Paul Hindemith |title=Ludus Tonalis |date=1979 |url=http://archive.org/details/lp_ludus-tonalis_paul-hindemith-jane-carlson |access-date=2024-05-12 |others=Internet Archive |publisher=Musical Heritage Society, Inc. |last2=Jane Carlson}}</ref> during a stay in Europe that also included a concert tour.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1968-01-21 |title=Hartford pianist back from Europe, her new Hindemith disc cheered |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-hartford-pianist-back-f/147151207/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=Hartford Courant |pages=108}}</ref>

Carlson died in 1998.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 February 1998 |title=Paid Notice: Deaths CARLSON, JANE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/08/classified/paid-notice-deaths-carlson-jane.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

== Honors and awards == Carlson won the Naumburg International Piano Competition in 1947,<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1947-12-01 |title=Jane Carlson, Naumburg Winner |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_music-magazine-and-musical-courier_1947-12-01_136_8 |journal=Musical Courier |language=English |publisher=Summy-Birchard Publishing Company |volume=136 |issue=8 |pages=15}}</ref> and then in later years served on its jury.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1971-01-18 |title=TWO PIANISTS SHARE '71 NAUMBURG PRIZE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/01/18/archives/two-pianists-share-71-naumburg-prize.html |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1971-01-15 |title=NAUMBURG CONTEST WILL END ON SUNDAY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/01/15/archives/naumburg-contest-will-end-on-sunday.html |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1992 the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music awarded her an Honorary Doctor of Music degree.<ref name="Naumburg" />

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==External links== *{{YouTube|id=yU3IxVfoVb8&t=6s|title= Jane Carlson plays Hindemith Ludus Tonalis}}

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