# Lambert Orkis

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{{Short description|American pianist (born 1946)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Lambert Orkis
| image            = Lambert Orkis 2021.jpg
| caption          = Lambert Orkis, 2021
| origin           = [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia)
| genre            = Classical music
| occupation       = Pianist
}}
[[File:Anne- Sophie Mutter01 (51406248225) (cropped).jpg|[Anne-Sophie Mutter](/source/Anne-Sophie_Mutter) with Orkis (2021)|thumb]]
'''Lambert Orkis''' (born 1946, [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia)) is an American classical pianist.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/lambert-orkis-the-accomplished-accompanist/2013/03/07/2da76352-85a2-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_story.html|title=Lambert Orkis, the accomplished accompanist|author=Anne Midgette|date=March 8, 2013|newspaper=Washington Post|accessdate=November 1, 2015}}</ref> His career has been based on many differing roles: ranging from being the collaborative pianist for [Anne-Sophie Mutter](/source/Anne-Sophie_Mutter) for works of piano and violin [chamber music](/source/chamber_music) since 1988 (mainly containing sonatas for violin and piano by [Beethoven](/source/Ludwig_van_Beethoven), [Mozart](/source/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart), [Brahms](/source/Johannes_Brahms), and [Schubert](/source/Franz_Schubert)). In 2000, the duo was honored by a [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award) for their interpretation of the Beethoven violin sonatas.<ref name="GRAMMY.com 2023 y279">{{cite web | title=Lambert Orkis | website=GRAMMY.com | date=July 17, 2023 | url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/lambert-orkis/5473 | access-date=February 8, 2024}}</ref>

For eleven years, Orkis had also collaborated with the famous cellist (and conductor) [Mstislav Rostropovich](/source/Mstislav_Rostropovich) on [chamber music](/source/chamber_music) recitals. From this collaboration, Rostropovich created a permanent position for Orkis, appointing him as first piano instrumentalist member of the [National Symphony Orchestra](/source/National_Symphony_Orchestra) during his tenure as a chief conductor in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web |title=Orkis, Lambert (Thomas)
|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/orkis-lambert-thomas |access-date=2025-04-03
|publisher=[Cengage](/source/Cengage_Group) |website=[encyclopedia.com](/source/Encyclopedia.com)}}
</ref>

A third specialty of Lambert Orkis are his performances on period instruments but is also a specialist in contemporary music, having collaborated with the cellists [Lynn Harrell](/source/Lynn_Harrell), [Anner Bylsma](/source/Anner_Bylsma) and [Daniel Müller-Schott](/source/Daniel_M%C3%BCller-Schott), as well as with the violinists [Julian Rachlin](/source/Julian_Rachlin) and [Jaap Schroeder](/source/Jaap_Schroeder). Contemporary composers such as [George Crumb](/source/George_Crumb), [Richard Wernick](/source/Richard_Wernick) and James Primrosch have written piano compositions especially for him.

Lambert Orkis is professor of piano of the [Boyer College of Music and Dance](/source/Boyer_College_of_Music_and_Dance) at [Temple University](/source/Temple_University) in [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia).

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://archive.today/20130116040154/http://www.lucernefestival.ch/de/kuenstler/lambert_orkis/ The Lucerne Festival on Lambert Orkis]
* [http://www.lambertorkis.com/ Website of Lambert Orkis]

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Category:1946 births
Category:Living people
Category:Musicians from Philadelphia
Category:American male classical pianists
Category:Temple University faculty
Category:20th-century American classical pianists
Category:21st-century American classical pianists
Category:Classical musicians from Pennsylvania
Category:Classical musicians from New Jersey
Category:20th-century American male musicians
Category:21st-century American male pianists

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