Samuel Sanders

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'''Samuel Sanders''' (June 27, 1937{{spaced ndash}}July 9, 1999) was an American classical collaborative pianist and pedagogue.

He was born with a congenital heart condition that required him to undergo surgery at the age of nine.<ref>Dan Rodricks, "A former 'blue baby' touches the heartstrings of Dr. Taussig," The Evening Sun, May 21, 1986, 4.</ref> His first piano teacher was Hedwig Kanner-Rosenthal.<ref>Malcolm Miller, "Music and Drama," Knoxville Journal, December 6, 1953, 11-D.</ref> He studied at Hunter College and later received a master's degree at the Juilliard School, where he studied solo piano with Irwin Freundlich and Martin Canin.<ref>David Dubal, The Art of the Piano (Pompton Plains, NJ: Amadeus Press, 2004), 314.</ref> While at Juilliard, he also studied accompanying with Sergius Kagen.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/samuel-sanders-7-15-1985 | title=Concert Grande - Samuel Sanders, 7-15-1985 | date=15 July 1985 }}</ref>

As a collaborative pianist, he worked with many important classical musicians including Joshua Bell, Håkan Hagegård, Yo-Yo Ma, Jessye Norman, Itzhak Perlman, Rachel Barton Pine, Leonard Rose, Beverly Sills, and Robert White.<ref>Allan Kozinn, "Samuel Sanders Is Dead at 62; Accompanied Noted Performers", ''New York Times'', July 12, 1999 [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/12/arts/samuel-sanders-is-dead-at-62-accompanied-noted-performers.html]</ref> With Perlman, he won two Grammy Awards in 1981 for "The Spanish Album" and "Music for Two Violins."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://grammy.com/artists/itzhak-perlman/15774|title=Itzhak Perlman | Artist|website=Grammy.com}}</ref> With Chilean cellist Andrés Díaz, Sanders formed the Díaz-Sanders Duo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A1456|title=Samuel Sanders (piano) on Hyperion Records|website=Hyperion-records.co.uk}}</ref>

Sanders was the founder and artistic director of the Cape and Islands Chamber Music Festival in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://capecodchambermusic.org/about/ | title=About | Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival|website=Capecodchambermusic.org}}</ref> He received honorary doctorates from Lehman College and the St. Louis Conservatory of Music.<ref name=hyperion>{{cite web | url=https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A1456 | title=Samuel Sanders (Piano) |website=Hyperion-records.co.uk}}</ref> He taught at the Juilliard School and the Peabody Institute, creating accompanying programs at both schools.<ref name=hyperion/>

Samuel Sanders died from liver failure at New York Presbyterian Hospital in 1999. He was 62 and lived in Manhattan.<ref>Kozinn, "Samuel Sanders Is Dead at 62." The New York Times</ref>

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==External links== * [https://archive.org/details/samuel-sanders-7-15-1985 Concert Grande - Interview with Samuel Sanders, July 15, 1985]

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